| Date | Status Information Posted by 14ers.com Forum Users | Posted By |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-17 | basically dry to just beyond Levick. Last mile had snow. 4WDs made it to the gate. The snow got slushy during the day. It was probably more icy the following evening. | MountainHiker |
| 2009-07-05 | Reached parking at 11,800‘ in a Mazda 3. Road is dry and pretty simple to navigate. Could have made it to the gate, but parking there was full. | bblack99 |
| 2009-06-17 | Easily made it to the gate in a 2WD Ford Escape. Small parking area here. | hfd73 |
| 2009-05-17 | Cleared all the way to the gate at 12,000 feet. | geno71 |
| 2009-05-09 | Made it to about 11,700‘ and about 1 mile past the Leavick site. Good parking there, as the road is wide. Just beyond that point, a big pile of snow (ice in the morning; slush and melting snow in the late morning through afternoon). Farther up the road, there are many dry parts; just a couple snow drifts here and there. | Aubrey |
| 2009-05-01 | The road is blocked with snow about 1/2 mile below the 2wd trailhead. | gregpeak |
| 2009-04-26 | Closed at normal winter closure, about 1 miles short of the old mine. We started to drive on the frozen snow, but thought better of it after 100 yards, knowing that a thaw could make it difficult get out again in the afternoon. | Ski4me |
| 2009-02-20 | Road totally clear to 11,100, as described in the route description for winter. I didn‘t test it with my car; didn‘t look like anyone had driven past that point recently though the high winds could have obscured things. | thunderinacircle |
| 2009-02-09 | Road is closed 3.25 miles from the summer trailhead according to my GPS. Snow drifts across the road. | Shad |
| 2009-01-20 | Road basically dry all the way to normal winter closure. | saxmotor |
| 2009-01-04 | Closed at winter closure about 1 mile below Leavick site. There is evidence that some have driven further but not much. Parts of the road are blown dry and others have over a foot of snow. | Brad |
| 2008-11-09 | Still clear as of 11/8, made it to the gate with my sedan without a problem. | srichmon |
| 2008-11-03 | Road was clear all the way to the gate as of 11/2/08. Our Toyota Camry made it almost all the way to the gate. | jeremy27 |
| 2008-10-13 | Drove all the way to the gate today in a rented Chev Impala. | plockey |
| 2008-09-21 | Made it to the gate on September 19th with a 4x4 but all vehicles could make it. A little rough above the parking area. | Scatman |
| 2008-06-09 | Road is clear all the way up to the gate below the mine. However, you want to park at the lot about 1000‘ before the gate. I believe 2 wheel drive vehicles could make it up. Be carefull leaving though as the road is muddy with the melting snow. Now snow drifts to drive through anymore. | skimrg81 |
| 2008-06-08 | Trailhead is mostly clear of snow all the way to the locked gate just below Dauntless Mine. There is some minor snow close to the gate but I believe a passenger car can make it. I had a 4Runner and made a track through 12 inches of snow on the uphill side. If you are not comfortable going to the gate, there is parking less than 1/2 mile from the gate that is snow free. At least as of this afternoon. | Kzar |
| 2008-06-01 | 4WD vehicles can make it all the way to the summer trailhead now, only a couple short snowdrifts remaining; they are easily crossable if you‘ve got clearance, and they should melt fairly soon for everyone else. 2WD vehicles are still parking right at the base of the Leavick Mine. No snow remaining on the road at all until that point. | Scanner |
| 2008-05-27 | No change in winter closure, but that will change very soon. There are only a couple snow drifts between there and Leavick and at least one vehicle managed to drive through on Memorial Day. | Phill the Thrill |
| 2008-05-19 | 5/18/08 Trailhead stops at 10,988, .8 miles below Levick Mine. Remember, the snow you can walk on top of in the morning you‘ll be postholing on the way out in the afternoon. Snowshoes are still recommended. | Dustin Sullivan |
| 2008-05-11 | Road is still impassable 1 mile below Leavick, right at the driveway of the fancy house. Several drier patches of road above the closure. I would estimate Memorial day weekend for access to Leavick and beyond, unless the county plows. 2wd cars should have no problems getting to current closure. | covfrrider |
| 2008-05-09 | 5/8/08 Trailhead stops at 10,988, .8 miles below Levick Mine. Plenty of snow on trail for snoeshoes if carrying full winter pack (recommended) | diver_bruce |
| 2008-05-04 | Still stuck at the winter trailhead. Maybe by next weekend someone w/ a modified 4x4 w/ chains could bust through, but more likely not till the 17th will it be open to the summer trailhead. Mornign of 2 May the snow was frozen and icy, great for walking. Afternoon was slushy, some postholing but mostly it is packed. Recommend against carrying snowshoes. | dean.dunham |
| 2008-04-29 | 4/20/08 Normal winter trailhead is almost accessible in a 2WD sedan. Had to stop at 11,000‘ about 1.25 miles below Leavick mill. | sgladbach |
| 2008-04-29 | 4/20/08 Normal winter trailhead is almost accessible in a 2WD sedan. Had to stop at 11,000‘ about 1.25 miles below Leavick mill. | sgladbach |
| 2008-03-30 | Road is accessible to 10,900 feet with a 4WD SUV or pickup. Still some snow ruts and drifts that would high center a low clearance 4WD. | covfrrider |
| 2008-03-25 | Attempted to reach the winter closure trailhead on March 22nd. After the turnoff just south of Fairplay, we traveled about 5 miles to a point where the road was no longer plowed. This point is about the start of the Fourmile Creek slough. We busted unplowed, hard crusted, 12 - 24 inch deep snow for about 2.5 miles. We had two SUVs, one with chains, both with reasonable clearance. We reached the Horseshoe Site and could not proceed any further. This was at 39*12.213‘N, 106*05.240‘W, and elevation of 10550ft. We took off hiking about 3 miles short of the Leavick mine. | MountainAx |
| 2008-03-18 | On 3/9, the road was covered with ~4 inches of fresh snow. The freshies actually smoothed out the bumps on the way up pretty well. We made it to the standard winter closing with no problems. It got very warm during the day and the roads were much cleaner and melted out on the drive out. Recent pics of the road in my Sherman TR. | GREENSon14s |
| 2008-03-01 | Went up today (3/1) for an attempt on Sherman. At about 4-5 miles below Leavick my Tacoma got stuck in a snow drift; it was only about one foot deep but the snow was very hard on top. We dug it out and then continued on the road and punched through another small drift. We reached a larger drift at about 2.3 miles below Leavick that looked too large to attempt to drive through, especially with the hardness of the snowpack (about 8-10 inches of hard slab over a weak layer). I estimate the depth of the drift to be about 2 feet. | CODave |
| 2008-02-16 | Road closed 1 mile below Leavick at the normal winter closure. Deep snow on much of the road above this point. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2008-01-01 | Road closed at the usual winter closure below Leavick. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2007-11-25 | 2 or 3 inches of fresh snow on the road on 11/24. But I drove a Subaru Outback all the way to the gate. | Hawbs |
| 2007-10-27 | Went up there yesterday AM, completely dry/passable for subaru forrester all the way to the gate. | breezytrees |
| 2007-07-04 | The Trailhead is still just as described below. It will prob. be this way till the end of the season | spacelepor |
| 2007-07-02 | The road is in good shape. If you drive real careful you can actually get a passenger car all the way to the gate. | CO Native |
| 2007-06-24 | road is dry all the way to the gate except for some wetness from the melting snow near the gate. This is of no concern. Be careful in low clearance vehicles on the last half mile as there are some small ruts/larger rocks in the road. I even saw a prius up near the gate, so any 2WD vehicles are fine. | ajkagy |
| 2007-06-03 | Ditto on the post before. Was up there today and made it to gate in my Jeep. Snow-free. I guess you could take a 2WD... passenger car possibly. There are places to park lower if you can't make it all the way. Kojones | Kojones |
| 2007-06-01 | Road is in good shape all the way to the gate at 11,680. A little gummy about a half mile before that, but should be able to navigate even with a 2WD. | CorduroyCalves |
| 2007-05-20 | The road is driveable all the way to the gate at 12,520ft. As already mentioned, the road higher up is wet & muddy from all the run-off. | Kiefer |
| 2007-05-18 | Fourmile Creek is wet up top but I could have driven all the way to the gate in my Grand Cherokee but I decided to park at Dauntless Mine.. You can easily park at Dauntless Mine in a passenger car.. | rockymtnhigh69 |
| 2007-04-23 | Snow starts about 4 miles below the gate at 12,100'. We got a 4x4 Liberty stuck in the snow about 1/2 mile into the snow. | boilermaker |
| 2007-02-27 | Was able to drive my 4WD F150 up to 11,000 feet. There were two drifts that we were able to drive through. Other than that the road was mostly dirt all the way. From where we parked the snow got a lot deeper, quickly. | spaceman |
| 2007-01-13 | the road is drivable until 11,000 feet before we were stopped by sugar snow. this point is roughly a half-mile shorter than we were able to drive in late december. | shanahan96 |
| 2006-12-24 | We were able to drive up to 11,110 feet on the fourmile creek road on saturday, december 23rd. This is roughly a half-mile short of the leavick townsite. | shanahan96 |
| 2006-12-08 | I drove up fourmile creek to about a mile before the Leavick site, whereupon snow covered the road. There were tire tracks, so I decided to see if I could go a little further, and made it about another 1/2 mile before getting stuck (even with 4x4)..glad I brought the shovel! | blakeduncan |
| 2006-09-18 | Open and dry all the way to the gate on 15-Sept-06 | Chris Gerber |
| 2006-06-26 | Open all the way to the gate. Tiny amounts of snow left on the peak. | mac266 |
| 2006-05-24 | OPEN to the gate at 12,100' | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2006-05-11 | Was able to drive to the 11,300' parking area without any problems with snow, b/c there was none. Hiking up the road was mostly snow free up to the closed gate at the 4x4 road. | Hook Em Horns |
| 2006-04-03 | Was able to drive to mile 9 on Saturday, Apr 1. Was probably driveable farther if you have a decent 4wd w/ clearance, but I was alone and didn't want to risk getting stuck. | run2xs |
| 2006-02-09 | Colorado 18 is plowed up to about 7 or 8 tenths of a mile below Leavick. After that you will want to have snowshoes or a ski touring setup as it gets fairly deep along the road in places. | Cruiser |
| 2005-09-06 | Climbed Sherman on 09/03 - The Fourmile Road is still open all the way to the gate at 12,100'. This road is in excellent condition, as even small passenger cars (Hondas) made it all the way up to this gate. Looks like they had recently smoothed out the road all the way to Leavick. | bayouaggie |
| 2005-05-25 | The road is open all the way to the closed gate near 12,100'. 4WD is recommended past the Leavick site but a good-clearance 2WD could slowly make it to 11,800'. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2005-05-10 | The road is still closed near 11,000' - 9 miles after leaving U.S. 285. The closure is about 1 mile before the Leavick site. The snow on the road is pretty deep. | BillMiddlebrook |
| 2005-02-18 | County Road 18 is closed in winter but not always at the same spot. The road typically clears up to the Leavick area (possibly higher) in mid to late May. | BillMiddlebrook |
| Location: | Mosquito Range |
| 14ers Served: | Mt. Sherman |
| Road Type: | Rough 2WD dirt to the TH. In spring, the upper portions of the road may require 4WD when wet. |
| Winter Access: | Closed near 11,100' below the Leavick site. |
| Directions: | From Fairplay, drive just over a mile south on U.S. 285 and turn right onto County Road 18. Drive 10 miles to a large parking area at 11,250'. This is the Leavick site. There is a large mine building on the right before the parking area. The road starts to get rough after this point but passenger cars can slowly drive another 1.5 miles before the road gets harsh. There are a couple of small pull-offs between 11,700' and 11,900' and more parking before a gate near 12,000'. The gate is usually closed. In winter, the road is usually plowed only to 11,100' which is one mile below the Leavick site.
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