Basecamp. Cutty's has been a family vacation tradition for over fifty years, sitting on 157 acres of National Forest land right on Hayden Creek at the foot of the Sangre de Cristos. Cabins, a creek, pines, the works. This is where most of the trip happened — the slow mornings, the campfire evenings, the kind of place you keep coming back to all day long.
Cutty's Hayden Creek Resort 7,300 ft
- It sits on 157 acres of National Forest land along Hayden Creek, about 30 minutes from Salida, Colorado.
- The resort has been a family vacation tradition for over 50 years.
- It offers deluxe and smaller cabins plus full-hookup RV sites and tent sites at 3428 Hayden Creek Rd, Coaldale.
- Amenities include indoor and outdoor pools, mini golf, tennis, sand volleyball, horseshoes, and a rec hall.
- It is tucked into a remote stretch of the Sangre de Cristo foothills in central Colorado.
Hayden Creek & Hayden Creek Campground
- Hayden Creek Campground is a secluded, wooded Forest Service site with only 11 sites on the banks of Hayden Creek.
- It sits at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest, Salida Ranger District.
- The nearby Rainbow Trail (#1336) skirts the edge of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness from a trailhead between the Coaldale and Hayden Creek campgrounds.
- Brook trout are the most common catch in Hayden Creek.
- The campground is first-come, first-served, has no potable water, and lies in active bear country with a bear closure order in place.
Coaldale, Colorado 6,550 ft
- Coaldale is a tiny unincorporated community in southwestern Fremont County, with a 2020 population of just 343.
- U.S. Route 50 and the Arkansas River both run along the edge of the community.
- Its post office opened on February 16, 1891, and its name reflects the coal industry that shaped early Fremont County.
- Before settling on 'Coaldale' the town went by several names, including Palmer, Hendricks, and the railroad's name Pleasanton.
- It sits in the agricultural Pleasant Valley and is part of the Canon City micropolitan area.