12/6/2014 Posted On: 12/9/2014 By: cyrrus Info: Quartzville plowed to the forest road. 1-2 feet of snow throughout forest road. Didn‘t want to chance getting my car stuck by myself so didn‘t chance it. | ||||
9/10/2014 Posted On: 9/16/2014 By: rpdawes Info: On September 10, I went up to Crest Drive where a 4WD road to Quartzville Trailhead began. I have my Jeep Grand Cherokee with a high clearance. I did drive it up about 100 feet and decided to drive in reverse to Quartzville Road to play it safe. I found a vacant pulloff to park the vehicle along the road about 1/2 mile from the junction. Then I took a walk to Quartzville TH and inspected the condition of the 4WD road. The road (Crest Drive) did not look bad until about 200 feet from the TH where there was a total washout. So I advise anybody not to try the road with any vehicle except a modified 4WD vehicle. I am glad that I did not risk my Jeep all the way to the washout. Otherwise, it would take me a long time to drive in reverse over 1/2 mile since there is no pulloff along that road. Without any future improvement to the washout, I believe that no vehicle can make it to the TH in 2 or 3 years. I suggest that the currently easy 4WD road be upgraded to Rating #5, rough 4WD. | ||||
6/17/2014 Posted On: 6/18/2014 By: pdenman33 Info: Trail is pretty blown out right at treeline. Creek cuts right through the road, leaving it only passable by (I would imagine) capable lifted trucks with lots of clearance. Yawning sections of the road are washed out. Probably would have tried to continue on if I had not been alone | ||||
6/8/2014 Posted On: 6/9/2014 By: CO Native Info: Drove all the way to the Quarzville site. Snow drifts are out of the way now. We even were able to drive a short ways past. The road is very washed out just below Quartzville though, making the road a bit rougher than Bill currently has it rated. It is not an easy 4wd right now. | 1 |
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6/3/2014 Posted On: 6/4/2014 By: Nelson Info: The 4wd road is thoroughly blocked in several places. I would guess 2-3 weeks before it is passable. I parked at the 3.5 mile parking spot adding an extra half mile and a couple of hundred vertical. Nelson | ||||
8/27/2013 Posted On: 8/27/2013 By: alanecharlesworth Info: The 0.5 mile jeep road was barely doable in my Forester. The CFI could hire some road machinery to smooth out this road, so that some use of Kite Lake TH could move here | ||||
8/25/2012 Posted On: 8/26/2012 By: Unknown Info: The 1/2 mile of 4-wheel drive trail before the flat area mentioned in the route description is passable with any 4x4 but I would not attempt this in a car as there are many deep ruts in the road from water runoff, some of which can be avoided by straddling them or going around, but some just need to be crossed. | ||||
8/5/2012 Posted On: 8/5/2012 By: jefwerner Info: I found this TH to be quite confusing as there is no signage for parking or a TH. Only after the sun came up and we gained some elevation were we able to understand. After turning onto Crest Drive and going 0.5 miles, there are two options: a parking area on the right and following the road to the left. If you stay on the road, it splits just after turning onto it with a rough section to the left and a less rough section to the right. You can go either way, as they join back up. We took the smoother section and followed the road for another mile from the parking area and slept on the side of the road. As we climbed up the road in the AM, we went up into the amphitheater and started switchbacking up the shoulder of Lincoln. Just before taking the ridge, there is a sign and chain across the road. As we were descending, we saw a Jeep that had driven all the way up to that point. I would be wary of driving that far, not because of difficulty on the road, a regular 4x4 can make the climb, but because of the convoluted patchwork of private and public property. | ||||
2/10/2012 Posted On: 2/10/2012 By: FatBaxter Info: Plowed and easy drive to Crest Drive. Deep snow at Crest Drive turnoff is undrivable. Many No-Parking and Your Car Will Be Towed signs at this junction caused us to turn around and go to Kite Lake. | ||||
1/4/2012 Posted On: 1/5/2012 By: jimmtman Info: Quartzille road has some patchy ice but driveable in 2WD. The jeep road (Crest drive) has deep snow and 4WD would be required. The jeep road has some tire tracks but I did not try to drive up the 1/2 mile to the TH. | ||||
9/23/2011 Posted On: 9/23/2011 By: alanecharlesworth Info: The 0.5 miles of jeep road leading to the parking area was passable with care in a Subaru Forester. There was one gully that looked chancy, but it was OK. | ||||
8/28/2011 Posted On: 8/30/2011 By: Ceastar Info: We thought ourselves silly for bringing the AWD until we turned up "Crest Dr." The high clearance was needed for the few rough spots on the .5 drive to the trailhead. We were one of only four vehicles on this TH as compared to the full lot + we saw at Kite Lake TH from the top of Bross (I mean, near the top of Bross). | ||||
7/30/2011 Posted On: 7/30/2011 By: socal_ck Info: Road is clear up to posted 4wd parking area. There was two "sketch" spots driving up from Crest Dr in my Subaru Impreza wagon. Jeeps ATVs continued up FS road 457. Sorry for no pics. | 1 |
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9/3/2010 Posted On: 9/3/2010 By: gouldst Info: Made it up to the Quartzville traillhead today in a Honda Pilot - normally not the best 4WD vehicle, but it did fine. Road is rough but certainly doable - there was a Chevy Traverse at the trailhead also. | ||||
12/22/2009 Posted On: 12/22/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Closed for the winter. The 4WD road is snowed-over and parking is not allowed at the bottom or along the main street. Open to view photo |
