| Date | Status Information Posted by 14ers.com Forum Users | Posted By |
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| 2008-07-13 | Hiked to the Chihuahua Gulch TH from the base of the Chihuahua Gulch 4WD Road. Encountered several streams, but none were too deep, and all stock SUVs and trucks with descent clearance should be able to make it no problem. You sometimes had to scope the area first to find the best route across, but all streams were passable by foot. | Chicalorado |
| 2008-06-28 | Open and dry to the TH. From the trailhead, I continued on ATV to the end of the Chihauhau Gulch road - encountered some deep stream crossings but no snow. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2007-05-26 | gate is still closed at peru creek parking lot. hiked to chihuahua TH and it doesnt require snowshoes but still had snow. | bombing |
| 2006-12-07 | I drove up Montezuma road to the Peru Creek trailhead; the winter closure gate was locked. I then skinned up Peru Creek Road, which had alot of snowshoe/skin/snowmobile tracks all the way up to the Chihuahua Gulch trailhead, where I saw a single skin trail going up Chihuahua Gulch. Folks I met on Peru Creek Road said they went all the way up to Horseshoe Basin. | blakeduncan |
| 2006-12-07 | I called the Ranger District office in Idaho Springs, and they said the Guanella Pass Road from Georgetown was plowed up to Clear Lake, 3 miles up, and then the road became \'impassable\'. | blakeduncan |
| 2005-06-08 | The 260 road is completely open. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2005-06-06 | On Wed. June 1st the gate was still closed at the Montezuma Road. | coloradoscott |
| 2005-05-22 | As of 5/22 the gate is still closed at the start of the Peru Creek (260) road. | BillMiddlebrook |
| Location: | Front Range |
| 14ers Served: | Grays Peak, Torreys Peak |
| Road Type: | Easy 4WD up to the Peru Creek road.4WD up the Chihuahua Gulch road. |
| Winter Access: | Closed at the start of the Peru Creek road. |
| Directions: | Take U.S. 6 to the west end of Keystone. If you are driving east on U.S. 6, take the exit for Montezuma Road before U.S. 6 begins its climb to Loveland Pass. If you are driving west (from Loveland Pass), turn left into the River Run area of the Keystone Ski Resort. Take another quick left and drive a bit to get to the Montezuma Road.
Drive ~4.3 miles on the Montezuma road and turn left on the 260 (dirt) road. There is a large parking area at the start of this road. You do not need 4WD to get to the trailhead but do not drive a low-clearance vehicle up this road. From the parking area, drive along Peru Creek approx. 2.25 miles to the trailhead (left). There is a small parking area on the right.
If you have a short, high-clearance 4WD vehicle, you can continue another 2 miles up the rough Chihauhau Gulch road.
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