11/9/2013 Posted On: 11/9/2013 By: mrschaible Info: Clear of snow but icy. Should be good for any 2wd vehicle. | ||||
9/21/2013 Posted On: 9/21/2013 By: spartan7mg Info: Went up in a Chevy Tracker looking for fall colors. No major road damage and most of the potholes can be driven around or straddled over. I felt I could have gotten my Prius up the trail. I was able to go all the way up to the turn around past the campgrounds. | ||||
7/27/2013 Posted On: 7/29/2013 By: vwaldoguy Info: Road to campground has a few potholes, several washboards, and a few exposed rocks. Was able to get to the TH just fine with a 2WD Nissan Altima with no problems. The road is narrow in some spots, and occasionally barely enough room for two cars passing each other. Take it slow and you should be fine. | ||||
4/21/2013 Posted On: 4/27/2013 By: MissH Info: Fresh snow on the way in, muddy on the way out. No high clearance needed, a 2wd could make it. | ||||
4/6/2013 Posted On: 4/7/2013 By: rleclair Info: Road was dry to the Mennonite Camp, some ice/snow on the way to the Crags TH. The tire ruts are shrinking and manageable. Only saw 4WD vehicles at the TH. I imagine a 2 WD car could make it the TH but that will all change with Monday nights forecasted storm. | ||||
3/20/2013 Posted On: 3/22/2013 By: rscanlon Info: The road to the trailhead was snow covered after the Mennonite church. It wasn‘t too slick but ruts had been made by the tires that made it hard for low sitting cars to pass. We were in a 4 door sedan and had to pull off before the trailhead to park because another car was stuck and blocking the road ahead. Coming back down from the mountain, we came across another sedan stuck in nearly the same spot and were able to push them out. If you don‘t have 4wd and have a low sitting car, the road may be passable, but be extremely careful. It may be best to just park a little lower and add a couple of miles to your hike. | ||||
3/11/2013 Posted On: 3/15/2013 By: kylerhuss Info: | ||||
3/1/2013 Posted On: 3/2/2013 By: piper14er Info: You can still get to the parking area just below the campground. The road is a two track on packed snow. There was a good amount of new snow so you want to stay in the tracks generally. The parking area has a good amount of snow and is pretty chewed up snowwise. There is packed trails going to Pikes Peak and to the Crags. We did the short hike to 10940. The snow on the steeper section towards the top had 15-18"of snow. | 3 |
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2/10/2013 Posted On: 2/11/2013 By: CO Native Info: The road to the trailhead is snowpacked but easily passable as a long as you have decent tires. 2wd cars could make it. More snow coming though so things may change. | ||||
1/26/2013 Posted On: 1/28/2013 By: Crestoner Info: Road is still in decent shape. From the Mennonite Retreat area, the road is primarily hardpacked snow all the way to the TH parking. I had my Tacoma in 4WD for that section. All of the vehicles in the Crags parking lot were 4WD or AWD. On my way out, I saw an AWD passenger car and a large truck having some difficulty on one of the steeper grades. | ||||
1/16/2013 Posted On: 1/16/2013 By: mrschaible Info: Road is clear. Made it easily with my Prius. | ||||
12/2/2012 Posted On: 12/2/2012 By: offman Info: There is very little to no moisture on the road and any car can make it all the way to the trailhead. | ||||
11/12/2012 Posted On: 11/12/2012 By: boudreaux Info: the road past the Rocky Mountain Camp is snowpacked all the way to the TH, it‘s minimal, but a 2WD may not get up there, it‘s a little slippery on some of the little more steep parts of the road, we had to get in to 4WD after we had some trouble making a slightly more steep section of the road. | ||||
11/2/2012 Posted On: 11/2/2012 By: Vangrove Info: The road up to the parking lot is mostly dirt, couple small snow/ice patches. | ||||
10/20/2012 Posted On: 10/22/2012 By: George Kaplan Info: The road to the trailhead is still completely dry and passable to all cars. |
