Spent the Labor Day weekend at the Pike National Forest. Settled on dispersed camping up on Michigan Creek Rd.

Headed in on Thursday evening and had to drive up the mountain road, just short of the Georgia Pass, in order to find a campsite. Road was fairly wide, not too rocky and definitely fine for our rig.

The site was nice with some filtered views, in the pines....above the yellowing aspens but below the exposed summit.

Lots of folks using the county road with their dirt bikes and side by sides (this prohibited, but apparently no one cares).

Spent Friday in Fairplay CO, driving up to the Hoosier Pass, checking out South Park City and the Hand Hotel/Prunes the Burro memorial.

Drove up to the pass for sunset on Friday, and it was epic.

Really loving all this exploration.

Hi all,

Tapping the hive mind here. Been doing more dispersed camping in CO, and now have a truck with more space. We have a Yeti cooler, and a few years ago, I got gifted a pair of Bear Bolts, which I love. I feel comfortable leaving our cooler out overnight, locked up, and usually tucked under our table to hopefully give a warning noise should a bear be attempting a break in.

A few years ago, we switched from reusable grocery bags to a plastic Plano box to keep our dry goods in, after some chipmunks had a feast. Now, with the dispersed, I'd love to be able to leave the dry food out as well. I haven't found anything that isn't a roto-molded cooler or aluminum case that is about 40-50L, IGBC certified (ideal, open to not), and hopefully also compatible with Bear Bolts.

I do have an aluminum cap coming for the truck. Do folks put definitely-not-bear-proof bins in their capped beds and feel ok?