| Date | Status Information Posted by 14ers.com Forum Users | Posted By |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-07-17 | Mount Evans Highway closed to vehicle traffic from 9 PM Friday July 17 to 1 PM Saturday July 18 for the Annual Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb. | Marcos |
| 2009-07-17 | Mount Evans Highway closed Tue/Wed/Thu during July 14 - 30. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be closing the Mount Evans Highway – State Highway 5 – on weekdays in July for road repairs. The entire 15 miles of the Mount Evans Highway will be closed to all traffic from the SH 103 junction at Echo Lake to the summit on the following days: Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9 Tuesday, July 14 through Thursday – July 16 Tuesday, July 21 through Thursday – July 23 Tuesday, July 28 through Thursday – July 30 If adverse weather impacts the schedule, additional closure days may be required. CDOT will send out an update if more work days are needed. Repairs include leveling the roadway in areas where frost heave has lifted the asphalt surface and stabilizing numerous shoulder segments. Road closure information is available at all times on the cotrip.org website or by calling 511. | Marcos |
| 2009-06-05 | Evans Road is open to the summit. | corinthia |
| 2009-04-26 | Highway 5 (Mt. Evans Road) usually opens to Summit Lake in late May. Then, it‘s usually a week or more before the road is open to the summit. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2008-12-27 | Closed 9 miles from Summit Lake, at the turn off from HWY 103. | Mountain Woman |
| 2008-09-10 | Rangers have closed the road 3 miles back from the trail head. Must hike along the asphalt road. | lussierc |
| 2008-07-06 | Easy up about 1/2 mile before Summit Lake. There it starts to get really bumpy without warning. Look out for cars slowing down. | geno71 |
| 2008-05-28 | Open to the top. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2008-05-27 | Open to Summit Lake but may be closed for short periods due to adverse weather. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2008-01-12 | Road is closed. There is a barricade of snow about 10 feet high blocking the last leg of the trip. This is located 9 miles from Summit Lake. The road is decently plowed and easy to get up to this point. Echo lake is accessible, but i wouldn‘t recommend using it due to the amount of snow. | ColderThanDryIce |
| 2007-06-05 | Watch out for the road to all of s sudden get real bumpy and rought right before Summit Lake, I was cruisin at about 40mph and then all of a sudden the road got real shitty, almost rutted out, if they are going to charge 10$, they should atleast put a warning sign up or somethin, nearly lost my front end (actually its already lost). | lordhelmut |
| 2007-06-03 | The road is now open to the summit. | billmiddlebrook |
| 2007-05-27 | Open to Summit Lake. The USFS is still charging $10 to use the road if you plan to stop anywhere or access the large parking areas. | billmiddlebrook |
| 2006-06-03 | Road is open to summit. I was there 28 May 2006. | barrett |
| 2006-05-20 | The Mt. Evans road website reports that the Mt. Evans Road is currently scheduled to open on Friday May 26, 2006. It does not specify if this is to Summit Lake or to the summit itself. | coloradoscott |
| 2005-05-26 | The Evans road is opening on Friday, May 27th. Open to the summit. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2005-02-18 | The Mt. Evans road is open in summer - usually from late May/early June to late September. It is open to the summit during most of the summer. | BillMiddlebrook |
| Location: | Front Range |
| 14ers Served: | Mt. Evans, Mt. Bierstadt |
| Road Type: | 2WD paved to the TH. |
| Winter Access: | Closed at Echo Lake Lodge. |
| Directions: | Take Exit 240 at Idaho Springs on Interstate 70. Drive south on Colorado 103 for 13.5 miles to Echo Lake. Pay the entrance fee and drive 9 miles up the Mt. Evans road (Colorado 5) to the Summit Lake parking area. Calculate Driving Time from your Address | Trailheads on Google Maps |
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