just have to look hard for free camping.
That Lot 4 campsite was 10 bucks a night on opening weekend. I returned on Tuesday and saw the sign had been changed to $20 per night.
It seemed a little steep for a gravel strip with no fires permitted, but my group paid it the first night. The second night the attendant told us he had screwed up and it was actually $20 dollars per vehicle and wanted $40 for our second night. I argued that the sign at the front of the area said "RV Park $20/Night Select Site Attendant will collect fee" and he replied with "Yeah, but the rules keep changing and I have to enforce them. We couldn't find legal overnight parking that we were comfortable with on such short notice and had to cough up two twenties to keep our vehicles in the empty lot.
If the rules had been presented to me before I unpacked I would have gone to a different campsite. At that rate I'm better off risking tickets to drive four people with an N (meaning I can only legally drive one person) or trying to convince a hotel to rent a room to a group of 18 year olds.
The following night my riding group and I stayed in the Silver Star camping area. It was refreshing to see all the rules and fees clearly stated at the front of the lot. The caretaker came around in the evening and undercharged us, made sure we were knew where the facilities were and lent us his personal bathroom key because he had run out. The 10 dollar area that doesn't provide electricity (the $25 area does) isn't split up and contains common fire pits. This means all the campers get pretty friendly. We ended up sitting around the campfire and chatting with our Swiss neighbor late into the night. All of us rode a lap together the next day too.
My buddies and I needed a place to sleep after we rode our bikes, not need huge areas of land cordoned off from the other riders or hikers. Because the campsite at Silver Star catered to these needs, it made for a much better camping experience. Please make some changes and in order to provide the same experience Sun Peaks.