1/12/2021 Posted On: 1/12/2021 By: Cide Info: Stock Frontier 4x4 w/ good all terrains can reliably make it to .6 mi from TH. A bit deeper past that. Caught a ride to TH w/ a beefy, snow tired Tacoma that paddled its way to the TH. | ||||
10/29/2020 Posted On: 10/29/2020 By: Unknown Info: Trenched to Lakes after first log crossing, came north on the CT and descended 368B | 1 |
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4/14/2020 Posted On: 4/14/2020 By: dennywitte Info: The North Cottonwood Road (FS365) is now open. I drove to just before the Harvard Lakes TH where it looked like people were getting stuck. | ||||
4/6/2020 Posted On: 4/6/2020 By: dennywitte Info: FS365 is closed 1.25 miles from the Harvard Lakes TH. The road is patchy dirt/snow/ice until there. | ||||
3/1/2020 Posted On: 3/1/2020 By: dennywitte Info: The North Cottonwood Road (CR365/FS365) is closed by a barricade 1/10 mile east of the national forest boundary. The last mile before the closure on CR365 has lots of ice/snow and is suitable only for 4wd vehicles with good ground clearance. From this closure you have 1.25 miles to the CT junction going north to Harvard Lakes, 1.5 miles to the Silver Creek TH and 3 miles to the North Cottonwood TH. | 2 |
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1/10/2020 Posted On: 1/10/2020 By: dennywitte Info: The CR365 road is plowed up to the 5th private road intersection (Princeton Hills) in the Game Trail development. There is no parking there. Vehicles with high clearance and 4wd can continue until the National Forest Boundary. There are a few parking spots there. A few people have tried to go further on the road with bad results. From the National Forest Boundary you can access the Harvard Lakes TH (1.3 miles) and Silver Creek TH (1.4 miles) on the boot packed road. | ||||
12/25/2019 Posted On: 12/25/2019 By: HikesInGeologicTime Info: Road is maintained through the turnoff to the last subdivision. After that, its just thick and soft enough that it would be somewhat annoying to ski through (due to lack of slope) and even more annoying to drive through (due to the ease with which one's Subaru might get stuck hard enough to have steam venting out its hood shortly before its release). Left a trail of coolant all the way back to the Loves in BV; youre not supposed to mix it with water, but apparently snow is okay, so whats on the road is free and available to anyone looking to score some sweet post-Christmas deals! Car is currently sitting in the Silverthorne dealership service lot following a dash through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh...I mean, pricy Breck-based tow truck. Id recommend leaving this one alone until theres significant melting or unless you have high-clearance 4WD/snow tires. Bah, humbug. | ||||
11/9/2019 Posted On: 11/10/2019 By: daway8 Info: Google map link on 14ers.com is WRONG!! Coordinates put you about 3/4 mile short of the actual trailhead/parking pulloff (photo#1). Coordinates for actual parking pulloff (small area on left side of road when coming from Buena Vista) are 38.86456, - 106.23875. Pulloff wraps around a tree (photo #2). Trailhead is about 10-20 feet beyond this on the right side (photo#3). Several signs mark the trailhead but can be hard to see in the dark (photos #4, #5). Road was partly covered with snow/ice but not enough to impede travel unless you have a low clearance vehicle. Note: this trail starts on the Colorado Trail which shows up on Google Maps - that's an easy way to know if you're actually there. | ||||
4/20/2019 Posted On: 4/20/2019 By: dennywitte Info: See my North Cottonwood report. | ||||
3/31/2019 Posted On: 4/1/2019 By: wintersage Info: From the start of the dirt road (CR 365) to 1.5miles below the trailhead, the road still has mounds of snow in between tire tracks. A high clearance, 4WD car is recommended. There is a nice cutoff that you can park your car 1.5 miles before the trailhead, because beyond that, the road is not plowed at all and is full of deep snow. There are snowcat tracks for a short while, but don't be fooled, soon you'll find only footprints and even deeper snow. A 2WD passenger car was stuck at the closure Saturday night because they attempted to go up this section. They had to be towed out Monday morning despite multiple attempts by the driver to extract the car himself (using sticks for traction, lifting the car with a jack to shovel below the wheels and around it, etc). The snowstorm on Sunday made road conditions even worse, and I had to switch on 4Lo to get to the junction of CR 361. | ||||
3/28/2019 Posted On: 3/30/2019 By: finick01 Info: Road was clear and dry to the junction with Princeton Hill Rd (about 2mi below the trailhead). Past that, it was muddy and snowy to the fork with Creek Run (about 1.3mi from trailhead), and past that deep, unplowed snow. Snow tires didn't help with the mud. Wouldn't recommend 2WD past the Princeton Hill junction: even if you go up early when it's still frozen, coming down when things soften up would be unpleasant. | ||||
2/1/2019 Posted On: 2/4/2019 By: Kitten Info: We were able to drive up to about 1 mile from the Summer TH with our Suzuki SX4. Snow gets deep after that and several vehicles had trouble getting the last mile in. I would recommend 4WD and high clearance. | ||||
4/27/2018 Posted On: 4/28/2018 By: sallenrogem87 Info: Road to the TH is open, dry, and clear. With the current conditions, one could access this TH with a 2WD car, just drive slow. | ||||
3/24/2018 Posted On: 3/24/2018 By: screeman57 Info: Easily got to trailhead in my minivan. Mud more of an issue than snow. | ||||
3/3/2018 Posted On: 3/4/2018 By: dwoodward13 Info: Parked a mile below the TH. Was basically clear to that point. Mix of a few inches of snow and ice up to the official TH, and AWD/4WD cars could make it pretty easily I think. |
