2 5/5/2012 Posted On: 5/6/2012 By: zxbraves Info: The road is completely clear of snow to the trailhead. Any vehicle can make it up there including a smart car. This is a class 1 road. | ||||
4/21/2012 Posted On: 4/22/2012 By: tmathews Info: Summer TH accessible by 4WD. There are just a few drifts left in the road that would be kind of sketch for 2WD vehicles (although there was a Toyota Scion at the TH). If the next week brings warm temperatures, it'll probably be mostly melted out by the weekend. | ||||
4/19/2012 Posted On: 4/20/2012 By: dehrlich101 Info: The road is drivable to within 1/10 of a mile from the TH. There is snow on the road from that point on. It looks like someone had driven the rest of the way to the TH. The snow gets deep in some places, a modified 4x4 with chains would probably make it. I hiked the trail towards harvard to around 10,000 ft. The trail was clear until the bridge, after that there is a lot of snow. Attached pictures: 1) Snow covering the road 2) Hork Fork Basin 3) Bear Lake 4) Columbia to Harvard Ridge | 1 |
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2/26/2012 Posted On: 2/27/2012 By: wincoder Info: The road is passable with 4wd for about 3 miles (to the first trail head). A couple of deeper sections but no need for chains on my jeep. The trail up to the main Harvard/Columbia/Yale TH is packed snow. Possible on foot but better w/ snow shoes or skis. Beyond the trail head sign is fairly deep snow (I didn‘t go much further). 2" crust on top of sugar. Broke through even with snow shoes in some places | ||||
11/25/2011 Posted On: 11/28/2011 By: mountaintan Info: The road to North Cottonwood trailhead is passable. There are sections of ice and packed snow, as well as bare road. I would recommend a 4 wheel drive just due to the ice. About a half mile before the trailhead is packed snow the rest of the way. The deepest snow on the road is only about 6-8 inches. | ||||
7/17/2011 Posted On: 7/19/2011 By: Doctor No Info: Got to the trailhead fine in a stock Corolla. May have bottomed out once. :-) | ||||
7/4/2011 Posted On: 7/5/2011 By: mediocre_climber Info: The condition of the gravel road to N. Cottonwood Creek TH is perfect as of July 4. There are a few bumps and dips, but it was nothing our beat-down low-slung 2WD car could not handle. | ||||
7/4/2011 Posted On: 7/7/2011 By: FredBud Info: No problems at all in a passenger car. | ||||
5/15/2011 Posted On: 5/18/2011 By: pioletski Info: Road is open and passable all the way to N. Cottonwood TH, a couple of snowdrifts in the last 1/2 mile require some clearance. | ||||
3/19/2011 Posted On: 3/22/2011 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Road is open a short distance past the normal winter closure. Some 4wd vehicles were able to get to the Harvard Lakes trailhead and a few were able to get slightly higher, within 2+ miles of upper TH. | ||||
12/14/2010 Posted On: 12/15/2010 By: JMB Info: Clear past Colorado Trail THs, and up to ~9600‘. | ||||
10/16/2010 Posted On: 10/17/2010 By: tmathews Info: Still clear all the way to the TH. | ||||
8/16/2010 Posted On: 8/16/2010 By: robanar Info: We drove this road Friday August 13 in the afternoon. Compare to several years back there has been an great improvement done! Easy dirt road. There were regular cars parked at the trailhead (i.e. Toyota Corolla, Dodge vans, etc) so it should not be a problem for anyone unless you are driving a low rider (which shouldn‘t be in the mountains anyway!). There is one section near the start of the road that is very annoying because it has the grooves of the half-track equipment used to condition the road. The faster you go the more your vehicle will shake and rattle. Otherwise its a breeze until you get to the parking lot at the end. Then the road is pretty bad, but regular cars, with care, should be able to drive it. | ||||
8/14/2010 Posted On: 8/14/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Road has some annoying washboard sections right now. | ||||
7/29/2010 Posted On: 7/29/2010 By: Markwise Info: Drove our Dodge Caravan up here yesterday, had no issues. |
