Due to the heavy smoke and fire nearby we are closing the campground on Sunday 9/30/2012. 

Everyone have a great winter and we'll see you all next season.  Throughout the winter I will try to put something on here to let you all know when we are going to open back up for the season. Take care and be safe too.    RED  (your  friendly host at Holland Lake Campground)

 These are some awesome pictures of Holland Lake from Holland lookout that is about 8000 ft. elev. The campground is at 4000 Ft. Elev. . Two couples from the campground went up to Holland lookout on 9/17/2012 and this is what they saw. The lower picture is the cabin that was used for the lookout station. Thanks Kevin and friends for these great pictures.

Well today we only have two couples in the campground so there are only a few more weeks of camping left . . . so come on out before I lock up and go home .
Don't forget Oct 9th is the last day we will be open then it will have to be next year for camping.  It gets down in the upper 30's at night and up in the upper 70's in the daytime here at the lake. There has been no bear siting for about a week now . . . so lets go have some fun around the campfire one more time.

Oh just about forgot to let you all know about the fires.  They are still going and there is some smoke in the mornings and as it warms up and the wind blows,  it clears up.  There are about two hundred people and six helicopters on this fire at this time. They are really trying to get it put out.

Condon Fire Flares Up Again

 Well I am sorry to say but the Condon fire is going again but this time it is worse than the first time I am told.  These first four pictures were taken this morning at 6:30 am at the Condon ranger station / work station . They have more people fighting the fire and the Helicopters are back too. So if you are traveling in the area PLEASE slow down and be careful .  We will be open for three more weekends and during the week.   The campground closes October 9th.

This picture was taken as I was going back to the campground along the highway on highway 83 . The sun is trying to shine though.   The temp. was 36 out this morning and should get up to in the 70's today .

Yesterday I took the swimming buoys out so the season is coming to an end for this year . There is still time to get out for one last time before I close down for the season . . .so come on!  It is a little cool at night but gets warm in the daytime.

Over the last weekend there was a wedding at the beach area and here is a chair that the wedding couple sat in together around the fire . I took this picture on Sunday morning as everyone was starting to get up an about.

Here are two campers out on the lake yesterday afternoon with their two dogs . They told me later that it sure was fun out on the lake . . . so come on out while the campground is open, rent a canoe, and have some fun.  The weather is cool at night but warms up in the daytime.   Plenty of fresh air and sunshine!!!

This is our newest unusual pet that was here in the campground this past week .  She and her husbund say that they take him everywhere . If you don't know what it is . . . it's a Ferret and his name is Loki . 

Well each day is an interesting day here in the campground . Today at about noon this is what was going through the campground . The Black Bear was not hurting anything just going through looking for some food . There were about six campers in the camp and most of them saw the Bear . In the bottom of this picture is my truck so there you can see he was close . My truck was parked at the Host spot . He's a big one too.

 Here I was watching him to make sure he would keep going and not get into anything . I walked him all the way through the camp ground to the Group site .Then the Bear went off into the woods . So i just hope he stays out of the campground .

It was 1:30pm when i finally got back to my camper and made sure that everyone knew about the bear and that he was gone for today anyway . It's that time of the season for the bears to be looking for more food getting ready for the long winters here in Montana .

The campground is still open for awhile so come on out . It is getting cool at night down in the upper 30's at night and getting up in the upper 70's in the day time . This morning it was 38 out and it is already up to 46 out now and it is only 9 am. So you might want to bring a good jacket for the mornings. I have been told that the fishing is still good too . As long as you get off the shore where the water is a little deeper they are biting.

The camp ground will try to be open until Oct. 9 , 2012

 This one was taken in the early morning as the sun was coming up this morning .

This one is of the sunset last night at about 7 pm . Neat how the sun moves up the mountain as it is going down in the west because of all the tall trees you cannot get a good picture of the sun set from the west in the campground without leaving and going out on the highway .

Well it is good to see the clouds are back and not the smoke . Most of the fires are out in the area . This was taken at the boat launch this morning . It is about 38 degrees out this morning . We only have 12 campers here this morning so there is a lot of room for you to come out for a nice day in the campground or just come on out for a drive and have a look see at the scenery .  Larch Loop is all empty at this time too.

Hey it's raining out at this very moment.  Much needed rain,  and boy does it sound good with the rain hitting the trailer roof!  Well that's about all for today so come on out and do some camping while we are open. The rain will not last long.  We had  14 campers last night so come on out because the crowds are gone. The views are great this time of the year, too.

THE CROWDS ARE GONE - FALL BEGINS

Labor Day found the campground totally full with people doubling and tripling up on campsites.   By Monday night there were only 12 campers left out of 40 campsites.   Luckily a mild breeze was blowing and all the smoke from fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area went away.   Now is the season to come out during the week or weekend for your favorite camping spot and enjoy the fall atmosphere.  We are open until October 9th as long as the weather holds out ! If it gets too cold we will have to close so the water lines don't freeze up .  So come out, rent a canoe, enjoy some s'mores on the campfire and take life a little easier!!   For many FALL is the most favorite time of the year at Holland Lake!