0 5/6/2020 Posted On: 5/6/2020 By: planet54 Info: Read and decide for yourself https://www.skyhinews.com/news/mount-evans-highway-opening-delayed/ | 1 |
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10/7/2018 Posted On: 11/9/2018 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: The Mt. Evans road is now CLOSED at Echo Lake for the winter. | ||||
8/10/2018 Posted On: 8/12/2018 By: 123tqb Info: When my climbing partner and I returned to the parking lot at Summit Lake, a park ranger suggested that hikers should avoid the Northeast Face route to let it revegetate. Instead the West Ridge routes should be taken. | ||||
9/24/2017 Posted On: 9/24/2017 By: RyGuy Info: From the Clear Creek County Sheriff: "Highway 5, the road up Mount Evans from Highway 103, is now CLOSED due to adverse conditions. This will likely be for the season." | ||||
11/23/2016 Posted On: 11/23/2016 By: aim54pheonix Info: Closed at Echo Lake | ||||
7/4/2016 Posted On: 7/5/2016 By: sky_high Info: Road is in summer conditions all the way up. As usual, potholes aplenty but nothing else of note. Summit Lake was already mostly full at sunrise. Many goats in the area, especially around the lake early in the day so watch your speed or you might end up with a new hood ornament. | ||||
6/5/2016 Posted On: 6/6/2016 By: HannahBearCO Info: Summit Lake parking area is open. If you have any of the interagency passes, you do NOT have to pay the $5 to park there. If you don't have the pass, then you must pay the $5 parking fee or you will receive a $35 ticket from the city of Denver. Plenty of snow around, but most has melted from the parking area itself. There are patches of ice near the trail that I saw a few people slip and fall on, so spikes are recommended in the immediate vicinity of Summit Lake and the trail. | ||||
5/25/2016 Posted On: 5/26/2016 By: Eagle Eye Info: The Mt Evans road is now plowed to the summit. Biked up last night (5/25). The Echo Lake gate was closed. The Summit Lake gate ~ 9 mile marker was open. | 4 |
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5/14/2016 Posted On: 5/17/2016 By: Eagle Eye Info: The Mt Evans Highway is plowed to about 7 miles from the gate at Echo Lake/Highway 103. This is at 12,574 feet, about 2 miles from Summit Lake & about 7 miles from the summit parking lot. | ||||
5/7/2016 Posted On: 5/7/2016 By: Eagle Eye Info: See picture. A sign on the closed gate at the start of the road says bikes and hikers OK. The road might be plowed to some point now...in preparation for opening? It appears plowed behind the gate but I did not go any further. The sign was not there April 13th & the road was not plowed, in fact it was deep in snow & didn‘t have any vehicle tracks on it. Anyone hiked or biked up recently??? | ||||
10/7/2015 Posted On: 10/12/2015 By: JQDivide Info: Closed for the season, 2015-2016 winter. | ||||
9/6/2015 Posted On: 9/7/2015 By: jmjr2k Info: Made the drive along Hwy 103 South to Hwy 5 in the morning, and arrived at the park entrance/ranger station at 6:40 a.m., but no one was home. So, we proceeded and went on up to the Summit Lake parking area. There are two, separate, areas to park that provide access to the trailhead which will lead you to Mt. Spalding, the West Ridge, and Mt. Evans. We got the last spot in the closer lot to the trailhead. Folks were starting to park along the road as overflow on this Labor Day weekend. When we came back after the climb, we found a notice on our front windshield that said we needed to pay the park entrance fee. On the way back down, we stopped by the park entrance/ranger station and paid the $10 fee, and they marked us as paid on the ticket notice. The road was in great shape, and I talked to CDoT who said they would leave the road open up to the Mt. Evans summit top until the first significant snow closes it since there was extended reconstruction of the road in the Spring. We had a cold start with temps at 38 degrees F. and a nasty wind chill with gusts up to 30 mph making it feel like the teens. | ||||
8/6/2015 Posted On: 8/6/2015 By: George Mason Info: Road to Summit Lake is Open! Just got off the phone with the Clear Creek Ranger District, the road is Open. | 1 |
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7/20/2015 Posted On: 7/20/2015 By: fireguyCO Info: The Road that takes you to Summit Lake is Closed. Found out the hard way when I turned at Echo Lake. Myself and other people were talking and we all mentioned how there wasn‘t a trip report. So here it is. The sign says it will be closed until August. You may want to check back here or call the forest station before going there. | 2 |
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9/24/2014 Posted On: 9/24/2014 By: SoCool Info: Apparently the Mt. Evans Rd is closed (to cars) at Echo Lake as of 9/22/14, which is somewhat earlier than normal. There are places on the CDOT website showing it open to Summit Lake, and dry conditions- this is wrong. | 1 |
