7/3/2021 Posted On: 7/3/2021 By: mknjester Info: Made it up and back with a 2010 Ford F150 XLT 4x4. I have about a 4 inch lift and about 8 inches of clearance. Did not scrape once and kept it in 4 low. The first section has a few tricky rocks but nothing too bad if you go slow and pick your line. Don't attempt in low clearance Subaru's or SUV's. | ||||
6/23/2021 Posted On: 6/27/2021 By: invisllama Info: Made it to the 4WD in a 2016 Outback. Probably a bad idea though. Most difficult part took me several attempts to get past on the way up and I bottomed out on it on the way back down. Someone better at finding lines might make an easier time of it but I wouldn't recommend trying it with an outback. | 1 |
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6/19/2021 Posted On: 6/20/2021 By: Mitsugi Info: Totally dry. Made it to the 4WD trailhead in a 2006 Toyota Highlander with new Falken Wildpeak tires. But, on the way down almost tipped it over on its side. There is a section about 10% up from the 2WD trailhead that is the worst spot. I watched a dodge truck absolutely choke on that section before I came down it and then almost tipped the SUV. People were on the back bumper preventing the car from rolling over. Beware, if in doubt, pass. | ||||
6/17/2021 Posted On: 6/17/2021 By: fsun71 Info: Made it in a stock 2015 Toyota Rav4 again - just need to be careful and maintain momentum at critical points | ||||
6/15/2021 Posted On: 6/16/2021 By: thecow Info: Made it up in F150 4x4 with no lift. Needed to choose line carefully on one part. Tried going low but ended up having to go high and place tires perfectly to clear it. | ||||
6/6/2021 Posted On: 6/6/2021 By: LetsGoMets Info: Clear to the upper TH. Having been on this road a number of times in the past, I can say that a couple of the recent obstacles from last year in particular are not as bad/gone. Still would not take a Subaru up. (1.5" lifted Land Cruiser). | ||||
5/4/2021 Posted On: 5/4/2021 By: TJ Knecht Info: About 1 foot of new snow on 5/3. 2-3' snow drifts start around 9400', below the forest boundary. Mostly continuous snow from forest boundary to 4wd trailhead but melting out fast in spots. Continuous snow above the 4wd trailhead to the lakes, other than a few spots where water crosses the road. | 3 |
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5/1/2021 Posted On: 5/2/2021 By: HikerGuy Info: Snow begins at 1.08 miles from 2wd parking area. Patchy from 1.08 miles to forest boundary at 1.50 miles. Snow mostly continuous from boundary to Rainbow Trail. | 2 |
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3/27/2021 Posted On: 3/27/2021 By: kalestew Info: If you take Schoolfield instead of Colfax, you can make it all the way to the 2WD lot. Otherwise, new 6in deep snow is covering 0.5mi of road to the winter lot from the Colfax side | 1 |
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12/26/2020 Posted On: 12/26/2020 By: WildWanderer Info: Lower trailhead free of snow and easily accessible with a 2WD vehicle. Snow starts at lower trailhead however, and is impassable from there to 4WD vehicles. Bring your snowmobile to go further. | ||||
10/3/2020 Posted On: 10/4/2020 By: angry Info: Dry, no problem getting to upper 4wd th. | ||||
10/1/2020 Posted On: 10/2/2020 By: Moogie737 Info: Drove the 4WD road up on September 29th. From the 2WD TH it took us 53 minutes. My 2003 Mitsubishi Montero made it scraping only one time. I was grateful for my partner's driving skills. On October 1st we made the tortuous descent and I took my turn. With careful and slow driving we made it without any undercarriage noises whatsoever. It took us one hour 5 minutes to drive down. My owner's manual lists clearance on the Montero at 8.6 inches. Used low 4WD all the way both up and down. | ||||
9/26/2020 Posted On: 9/26/2020 By: arthurspiderman Info: Made it up in an AWD Honda CR-V without much difficulty. The only challenge was 0.8 miles past the 2WD TH where it low traction + steep + big rocks. Once I found that clearance wasn't an issue it was easy to floor it and make it past the obstacle. I'm a fairly inexperienced driver and I never was too scared about damaging my vehicle. Anything with 8+ inches of clearance should be able to easily make it. Tons of Suburus/similar cars parked at the 2WD TH (none at the upper) when they could absolutely make it up to the upper TH without any chance of scrapping. | ||||
9/26/2020 Posted On: 10/1/2020 By: hipscaper Info: rough road, made it up in a 96 4runner with AT tires. a few nervous spots but did not bottom out at all. 4 - Low pretty much the whole time. | ||||
9/20/2020 Posted On: 9/20/2020 By: HPIvelocity97 Info: As in previous post, road is snow free all the way to the 4WD trailhead. For general awareness, I had no issues driving a 2020 Silverado Trail Boss (Z71). Definitely appreciated the 10.8" of ground clearance as I didn't have to be too careful choosing a line. For those wondering "how bad is it", here's my general take: 1. You'll know in the first .25 miles after the 2WD trail head if you really want to take your vehicle further. There are really only two other "tricky" sections after this, but there are somewhat limited "bailout areas" due to private property restrictions and crowds on weekends. 2. Clearance and/or skidplates are a must...if you want to avoid vehicle damage. At 10.8" of clearance I never touched my skid plates, but I would say easily doable in a vehicle with 8" clearance too. I did see a Ford Escape at the 4WD trailhead after all. 3. 4WD--I did the first mile or so in 4High, but switched to 4Low after that and mostly in 2nd gear (on the uphill) just to make it easy. 4. Bailout areas--make a mental note of bailout areas or alternate lines as there's a decent chance you'll hit two way traffic on the weekend. On the way down, we ran into 2 vehicles in one of the tricky spots, but common courtesy and good spotters amongst all parties made this a non-issue. 5. ATV? Normally, I take an ATV on a road like this mainly because it's significantly faster and, I would argue, more fun. So if you have one, I'd say use it and you'll be happier for it. But is an ATV required, definitely not. Happy trails! |
