8/3/2013 Posted On: 8/3/2013 By: winmag4582001 Info: Started up the road at 5am. No moon was out and it was darker than the inside of a goat! I walked right past the trailhead. Luckily there were 4 guys coming back down the road that had done the same thing. *Note: If you are leaving in the dark, the trailhead is roughly 450 steps past the end of the bridge, about 20 steps past the green gate. Also, when you get to the creek, do NOT follow parallel to the creek, the bridge is straight in front of you. If you look next to the tree that the trail runs into, you will see three rock steps. This may sound obvious, but if its your first time there and you are in the dark, it will help. The trail is easy to follow when you get past the bridge. | ||||
2/21/2013 Posted On: 2/22/2013 By: vdavidoff Info: Yesterday on the way to the trail head, 82 was unplowed after about .5mi from 285. I was on 82 from 5am to 6am driving through fresh snow and didn‘t see a single soul, let alone a snow plow. Signage on the road indicates that there is no plowing 7pm to 5am, so the absolutely earliest 82 would be plowed would be sometime after 5am. When I left the trail head at 3pm, the road was basically totally clear, having been plowed and melted by the sun. The point of this report is to indicate the hours during which the road is definitely not plowed. | ||||
3/17/2012 Posted On: 3/19/2012 By: semitrueskerm Info: Easy access as always to the NorthWest La Plata Trailhead. An incredible amount of snow has melted in the last four weeks. Watch out for the ice-sheet on the road/trail between the parking lot and the bridge a tenth of mile down yonder. A spill here is the equivalent of falling on a ski mountain catwalk... ouch! | ||||
1/2/2012 Posted On: 1/3/2012 By: RJansen77 Info: Paved and plowed all the way, easy for any car. | ||||
2/19/2011 Posted On: 2/21/2011 By: Theodore Info: CO82 up to the TH was easily drivable in a car. Look for turn off/parking area (use your odometer) as the plows have hidden the La Plata TH sign and blocked the road up to the standard summer TH. Hike on snow covered road to summer TH is packed and easy. Maybe 1/4 mile from 82 to TH. | ||||
1/13/2011 Posted On: 1/14/2011 By: Dancesatmoonrise Info: 82 open to La Plata. Snowpacked and icy in spots. 2wd should make it ok. | ||||
1/6/2011 Posted On: 1/6/2011 By: JsinDeAZ Info: Road open all the way and big area cleared for vehicles to park. Snow and icy patches on road after Twin Lakes, but nothing serious. Any car can make it. | ||||
3/6/2010 Posted On: 3/8/2010 By: JosephG Info: Open. 82, with 1-2 exceptions, is snow-free from junction with 24 to the TH. A scooter can make it (though it‘d be cold). | ||||
2/27/2010 Posted On: 2/27/2010 By: greenwade Info: 82 all the way from 24 to TH is largely snow and ice-free. A small 2wd car would be fine. | ||||
2/12/2010 Posted On: 2/13/2010 By: hollamby Info: TH is plowed and 82 was fine, although the pass was closed comming from the west. But approaching from the E to W no problem. | ||||
1/30/2010 Posted On: 1/31/2010 By: Doctor No Info: Patches of ice on Highway 82, but nothing scary. The lot is still well-plowed. | ||||
12/21/2009 Posted On: 12/23/2009 By: quaggy Info: Hwy 82 was open to the trailhead. The road was mostly dry with some icy spots. The trailhead parking area was plowed with ample parking. | ||||
5/3/2009 Posted On: 5/3/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open and dry. | ||||
5/19/2008 Posted On: 5/19/2008 By: RoanMtnMan Info: Still snowed in at the highway. Room for a few cars and continuous snow from highway to summer TH. | ||||
5/12/2008 Posted On: 5/12/2008 By: Chicago Transplant Info: Drove by this on 5/11 heading towards the winter closure gate for another peaks. The parking area is still surrounded by snow banks and only room for about 3 cars. The dirt road that marks the start of the route was completely snowed in from what we could see. |
