4/19/2020 Posted On: 4/20/2020 By: 123tqb Info: Plowed up to Denny Creek, but not much past. | ||||
12/28/2019 Posted On: 12/28/2019 By: HikesInGeologicTime Info: Road is maintained to trailhead. Packed snow/ice in parts, but 2WD accessible. Restrooms are open. | ||||
12/3/2019 Posted On: 12/4/2019 By: Jay521 Info: The Chaffee county website shows that CO306 is closed a few miles beyond Denny Creek. This is NOT true - it is closed at the normal winter closure at Denny Creek. | ||||
3/30/2019 Posted On: 4/1/2019 By: Corey17 Info: Plowed and accessible to any vehicle. There was some fresh snow on it in the morning, but it was melted and dry by the time we drove down in the afternoon. Several impressive avalanche chutes off Sheep mountain slid this year, one substantially hitting the road. The debris pile was certainly impressive! | ||||
11/27/2018 Posted On: 11/28/2018 By: dennywitte Info: Denny Creek TH is accessible from CR306, where the road is closed for the winter. Hiked to Hartenstein Lake today from Denny Creek Trailhead. Good boot pack until Mt Yale Trail cuts off. Better have snowshoes after that! Lots of snow above 11000 feet. Picture below is just before the Mt Yale Trail cuts off to the right. | ||||
11/13/2018 Posted On: 11/13/2018 By: dennywitte Info: Access to the standard route for Mt Yale from the Denny Creek TH is now available again. According to https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/projects/co/cottonwood/ Where does the closure start and end? The Cottonwood Pass road is closed from the Denny Creek Trailhead parking lot (Chaffee County side) to the intersection of CR 209 and CR 742 (Gunnison County side). Access from Buena Vista will be open to the Cottonwood Lake area, Avalanche Trailhead Parking Lot, Denny Creek Trailhead parking lot, and businesses along Chaffee County Road 306. When work is occurring, traffic may experience delays up to 20 minutes. | ||||
10/22/2018 Posted On: 10/22/2018 By: CheapCigarMan Info: From the Federal Highway's website: https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/projects/co/cottonwood/ "Cottonwood Pass will remain closed the rest of 2018. The road will be open to traffic next year, on or around Memorial Day Weekend." | ||||
9/1/2018 Posted On: 9/3/2018 By: Cygnus X1 Info: Denny Creek trailhead is still closed. Road is closed for construction right after Avalanche trailhead. | 2 |
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7/8/2018 Posted On: 7/8/2018 By: cshaw9193 Info: Road to Denny still closed at the Avalanche trailhead - ended up taking that route instead. Longer and harder but beautiful! | 1 |
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6/30/2018 Posted On: 6/30/2018 By: sawyervillers Info: Road to Denny Creek is closed. However...I saw several hikers going up from Avalanche to camp and climb Yale the normal route. About a 60 minute walk from Avalanche, but no shade. YMMV | ||||
6/15/2018 Posted On: 6/15/2018 By: scottda Info: Cottonwood Pass/CR306 will be CLOSED at the Avalanche Gulch TH beginning Monday June 18, 2018. | 5 |
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6/9/2018 Posted On: 6/9/2018 By: scottda Info: Latest Press Release. Denny Creek TH is still OPEN until further notice. | ||||
6/5/2018 Posted On: 6/5/2018 By: Tlorbets Info: Open until 6-11-18 | ||||
6/1/2018 Posted On: 6/1/2018 By: scottda Info: | ||||
5/31/2018 Posted On: 5/31/2018 By: Rwright1953 Info: |
