Wow! site off Nip'n Tuck Road (#633) | Wild Camping

August 21st, 2024 by Miniadventuresoftheblackpearl

Beautiful spot! Unfortunately due to the fire I only got a few good snippets of the view. Will try to hit the Salmon Festival another year. Did get to sit in on a talk with a local Native American who was born and raised in the area. Great town to checkout and the visitors center at Redfish Lake. Road to camp is not easy but was able to get in with my little guy. Quite a few spots and plenty of space to share. May get some cow visitors. Would not recommend in the rainy season if you have concerns of getting stuck.

June 29th, 2024 by peacefulcraw42

Gorgeous! This is where you want to camp if it's open. I know that we are all doing our best not to blow this spot out, but it's very well known that you should try to find a camp spot on this road.

We were fortunate enough to find a this spot in the morning empty. Left a chair and table along with a note saying that we were out mountain biking and that we'd be back. When we returned around 6:30pm, there were theee vehicles... One was leaving, one van was directly in the spot where our table and chair was, and one vehicle was parked off to the side.

Anyways, everyone is jockeying for a place for the night and some folks don't understand the etiquette of overland camping on public land. So be ready to make friends and have a polite conversation if need be.

Enjoy yourself and the incredible view if you are fortunate enough to camp here.

June 24th, 2024 by ABlonde.andthe.beards

Make sure you enter through the town of Stanley. The road is easy going in. After you pass the first cattle gate, there are 2 solid sights on the right that are plenty big for several rigs if you are in a group. 2 more sites located just up the right before the 2nd cattle guard. The one on the left is secluded in the trees, we stayed at the one dir ally across it and had pretty rad views. Excellent cell service. Full bars LTE and I was able to hot spot for work on my laptop.

We did not make it further up the road but there were at least 3-4 killer spots with good views and the road looked to have plenty more.

ATV trails all around but only had 2 pass by. Lots of traffic and definitely get here early. People came after 6 and even up until midnight and they likely did not find spots. Would stay here again in a heartbeat.

July 12th, 2023 by mollibobolli

Absolutely breathtaking. Be warned, I was there 3 days at the "best view" spot and 3 separate times people just drove up into my camp to get the Instagram-worthy pictures. One group of 2 vehicles even just decided they were camping with me (even though there was a second camp spot about 70 feet away with a fire ring). Very awkward and this has never happened in my 2 years of boondocking. I decided to leave because it made me really uncomfortable. So yeah, spectacular view!

June 8th, 2023 by theroadthroughmyeyes

Absolutely stunning view of the Sawtooths. Easily one of my fave spots one 3 years of travel. Road in is pretty easy, some puddles but passable. Not a bunch of sites with views, but more down the road.

May 21st, 2023 by sether

Easy spot to get to, city cars can get here but will have a few spots where you'll have to wiggle around holes or runoff. The east side cattle guard is currently the worst part of it, it's getting badly eroded. Earlier you get here the better because there's regular traffic after 5pm looking for spots.

October 9th, 2022 by cpcarron11

As described - beautiful view of the Sawtooths and isolated

September 6th, 2022 by donald.miller2356

As described in previous reviews DO NOT USE THE US 93 ENTRY unless you have a tuck camper, van or car unless or you are not scared of a few holes which you can avoid in a truck, car or van but will hit in any other vehicle. This rough area lasts for about 1/4 mile and ends after the cattle grid.
The entry off the ID 21 is easy to find marked as FR 653 which is a well maintained gravel road with a few minor corrugations but is manageable, just slow down a bit. It changes to FR 633. We must be in about 3 miles and unhooked the Jeep to scope it out, but we shouldn’t have bothered, plenty of areas to turn our 37’ class a. We set up at the only vacant spot with a Decent T-mobile signal, 3bars consistent. Panoramic views but slightly restricted views of the Sawtooth’s. Reasonably flat with stone fire rings. We had our choice of several sites, some with better views but we need internet, no shade on our site but some have. Quiet with occasional passing traffic on fire road. Did not see any wildlife larger than a chipmunk which was disappointing. 10 day stay limit?

July 23rd, 2022 by me

Beautiful, yes. But on a Saturday night there was a huge group of local kids partying. Maybe 7-9 cars, left trash. If you can get it on an off day, worth a visit. Windy up there!

June 21st, 2022 by grizzly.overland

Almost don't want to make this site more popular, but damn this is an awesome site. Beautiful view overlooking the saw tooths and still a quick drive into town.

Regarding the rv warnings from 2020, both entrance sides are fine the road is newly graded in some areas and still has lots of bumps in others but nothing too crazy.

May 23rd, 2022 by Patrick Stone

great site, as previously described.
no gross stuff on the ground.

August 2nd, 2021 by Box Turtle

Beautiful views of Sawtooth Mountains! We think we got the best spot. Very flat.

May 4th, 2021 by molly.brule

BEAUTIFUL views of the sawtooths. There was a fire ring built out of rocks already at my site, but it gets really windy and is very exposed so having a fire was a little sketchy. The sites are free, no facilities, sign says they allow camping up to 16 days. I went mid-week in early may for 2 nights and there were plenty of spots open but I would assume in the summer it’s pretty competitive. 10/10 recommend this spot.

September 7th, 2020 by melanie.flanigan

People already noted the spots on this read. This exact GPS location is amazing if the road up is open (it wasn’t for us so we walked up to see the view). One steep climb so not all rigs would make it but walk up for the Sawtooth pics regardless! Gorgeous...

June 24th, 2020 by texasking

WARNING: RV access danger, read on.

There are 5 dispersed camping sites down this road (FR 633) with breathtaking views of the sawtooth range. The westernmost sites (not this one) are the best.

However, absolutely everyone knows about this area. Midweek in June and the area was heavily occupied by multi-day stayers who would set up camp and leave for the day. None of the view sites were available, we had to double up in a no-view site.

Standard RVs must not use the east entrance to FR633 (east of Stanley). A deep dip 100 feet from the highway requires very high clearance - it will crush plumbing outlets, generator exhaust, or rip your back bumper off if you have an overhanging back end. Looks like something a local dug to intentionally stop traffic.

West entrance to FR633 was fine for all vehicles.

August 15th, 2019 by postcardsfromsomewhere.home.blog

Great boondocking site with 360° view, including the Sawtooth Range. One of many such sites along FR #633. Intermittent Verizon 4G.