Buddies and I are planning a trip from Denver down to Ouray/Telluride for a 3-4 night trip early/mid September.

Day 1, we plan on hitting West fork the first night to camp after driving in from Denver.

Down to through Ouray to Poughkeepsie Gulch/The Wall/Lake Como day 2. Back to a campsite outside Ouray (need suggestion #1a) or continue on when we hit Ironton and go southwest Ophir Pass to Alta Lakes to camp (need suggestion #1b).

Day 3, Alta lakes north to Telluride, go see Bridal Veil Falls/Black Bear, and do Imogene pass, to Yankee Boy Basin back to Ouray (need suggestion #1a) to camp overnight just outside Ouray.

Day 4, Drive back home.

Suggestion #1a: this camping location potentially would be used 1-2 nights, looking for places just outside Ouray that aren't too far of a drive that can be used for dispersed camping.

Suggestion #1b: Has anyone done Poughkeepsie gulch and think it's possible to get all the way to Alta Lakes? If that's too long of a day, I'll support needing a location for suggestion #1a to use for 2 separate nights.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments on the trip!!