This area I think always has perfect clouds, they cant be better. Blue Mesa resivoir isvery pretty and has pretty good fishing, and a great beach, boats are ok. I went canoeing down the river into it and well this is a very soft and gentle river but still very pretty and a lot of fun. There are a lot of ghost towns in this area and I think an extremely pretty hike and camp is at mill creek, just ask a local or look to the wnw on a map and it is at the base of the Gunnison towers I think they are called. Anyways it is known as mill creek. At the end of this trail is an overlook of the valley and also a perfect view of the formation. there is a steep hill at the end of this trail that my girlfriends blind dog fell down but she is ok so its not a cliff just a steep hill. There is not room for fribee right at the camping but there are beautiful fields all around. there was a small creek there so there might be mosquitoes but this place is so pretty it is amazing.

Also up the road toward crested butte closer to CB there are a great deal of camp spots easy to get to, you need 4 wheel drive for some or you can not be lazy and hike. This is a really pretty area I beleive that it is called cement creek or something, I honestly cant remember. but there are tons of nice hikes around there and they are all before CB the city to the right when coming from Gunnison. This is where the highschoolers from Gunnison and CB hold their parties thats how I know about it cause my girlfriend is from Gunni but there are so many that it would be rare to see anyone. There are a great deal of traditional and non traditional camp spots. Beautifull area.