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It may be a challenge getting a campsite on Easter weekend. The campground at the bottom fills up real fast and there are not many backcountry sites up high. You have to wait until 8 a.m. mountain time until the ranger office opens to get a backcountry site.

Guad Peak itself is separated from the main backcountry area by a huge canyon. There's one campsite for a few small groups on Guad Peak. The other area has a pine forest and several campsites. Lots of great views, especially on the west edge. I camped up there and hiked down into McKittrick Canyon and back - one of my favorite hikes of all time. You have to carry a ton of water about 2500' up when you camp there. There is one stock tank up high and water at the bottom of McKittrick Canyon if you get desparate.