2 7/18/2010 Posted On: 7/18/2010 By: Amgdharper Info: Drove up to North Cottonwood Creek to hike Harvard this morning in my 2wd sedan and had no problems on the road. It was completely passable. There were a couple of bumps, but nothing major. The parking lot was nice except when you exit. There are a lot of rocks and it gets a bit bumpy. Safe travels. | ||||
7/7/2010 Posted On: 7/7/2010 By: TravelingMatt Info: This road has definitely been re-graded and is now easily passable for most cars. There are a couple swales where a car should take it slowly, but the exposed drainpipe from previous years is gone. There were several late-model nicer cars at the trailhead. | ||||
6/20/2010 Posted On: 6/20/2010 By: CarpeDM Info: They must‘ve worked on the road because it is easily passable by just about any 2wd vehicle. I drove my very low clearance Honda Fit to the TH. | ||||
5/16/2010 Posted On: 5/16/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open to trailhead | ||||
5/8/2010 Posted On: 5/10/2010 By: robco Info: Drove all the way to the summer TH in a subaru. Still some snow patches, but for the most part, it‘s dirt & drivable all the way now. | ||||
4/28/2010 Posted On: 4/28/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: 4WD can get to within 1/2 mile of trailhead. Just some minor snow patches. | ||||
4/26/2010 Posted On: 4/26/2010 By: cjw Info: 4WD can get .9 miles above Harvard Lake Trailhead. | ||||
4/22/2010 Posted On: 4/22/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: 4WD vehicles can now drive (some snow patches) to the Harvard Lakes trailhead, approx. 1.7 miles below the North Cottonwood Creek TH. 2WD vehicles can get to some pull-offs approx. 2.7 miles below the trailhead. | ||||
3/13/2010 Posted On: 3/14/2010 By: cjw Info: Driving to the normal winter access works, but 1 mile later the road opens again. There is a way around, we were intimidated by "private property" signs right off the bat, don‘t be. There is proper space cleared for parking up higher (about 1.25 miles shy of the Colorado trail intersection). This would have saved us 35 minutes of skinning. | ||||
1/6/2010 Posted On: 1/6/2010 By: Dancesatmoonrise Info: See report from 1-4-10. Same, except it was getting a little icy on the 3 miles from winter to summer TH. Parking only for about three or four cars. Park after the last house. There‘s a more public-looking parking area for a few cars 100 feet further, but the track stops and almost got stuck with 4wd...so forego the extra 100 feet. | ||||
1/4/2010 Posted On: 1/4/2010 By: Kevin Baker Info: The winter TH for North Cottonwood Creek is at 9080‘, which is normally where the road is plowed to. The road was well tracked by skiers and snowshoers all the way to the summer TH. This adds ~3.1 miles each way to the hike. | ||||
11/16/2009 Posted On: 11/16/2009 By: killingcokes Info: Drove the 4runner to about 1/4 mile from the trailhead to the big boulder below the hill. Brought chains but didn‘t need them. It should be impassable after the next big storm | ||||
9/18/2009 Posted On: 9/18/2009 By: Duffus Kentucky Climber Info: Good news. While Jan and I were climbing Harvard yesterday, and dreading the drive back from the trailhead, all of the culverts were replaced. There is now new corrugated drain pipe under the road. The broken ones are gone and there are no craters from the wash outs around them. The dozer and Bobcat were still there as we left and some other road work had been done. Thank God we climb so dreadfully slow that they were able to get that much work done before we drove out! | ||||
5/30/2009 Posted On: 5/30/2009 By: realhillboarding Info: most of the road is rough 2wd, but there is one spot about halfway up where a culvert washed out. I was able to make it up fine in a Forester, it may be passable with careful driving and 2wd - clearance is the real issue, not traction. | ||||
5/6/2009 Posted On: 5/6/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open to the end. |
