5/28/2012 Posted On: 5/30/2012 By: CO Native Info: The road is clear to within 3/4 of a mile of the upper trailhead at the first Blue Lakes Trail turn off. Approximately 11,860 elevation. | ||||
5/7/2012 Posted On: 5/7/2012 By: PKelley Info: The road is open all the way to the large pull out area immediately below the Coffee Pot. | ||||
2/18/2012 Posted On: 2/20/2012 By: Dad Mike Info: The gate is locked at the winter closure, but the road beyond the gate is plowed all the way to the Revenue mine...just past the Imogene Pass junction. Not sure what elevation this is. I would guess it‘s around 10,500‘. There is one impressive section where they plowed through a huge debris pile. The walls are at least 15‘ high. From the end of the plowed road, there is now a decent track to the base of Teakettle. Snow was in the forecast though. | ||||
7/6/2011 Posted On: 7/8/2011 By: YEONDERIN Info: Still can not drive to upper trail head 12,460. Road is chained shut at 11,700 (see photo) with snow drifts just beyond this point. Room for a few vehicles here. Road is good to lower trailhead at 11,350 but there is much more runoff than normal cutting accross and through the road changing it daily. | ||||
7/3/2011 Posted On: 7/4/2011 By: rleclair Info: Open to summer TH and about 1 mile above that towards Upper TH. Snow drifts block the remainder of the 4x4 road to the upper TH. | ||||
6/3/2011 Posted On: 6/3/2011 By: Beachrodney Info: Open to the summer trailhead! :) May need a high clearence vehicle to get there. | ||||
5/6/2011 Posted On: 5/9/2011 By: Wyoming Bob Info: Road is closed by snow at point 3.5 miles from turnoff from main highway, a few miles shy of the Camp Bird. Dozer parked at closure point . . . a good sign? Deep snow from cut out portion of shelf road onward, talking 3+ feet, short of that dozer working, going to be a while before anyone gets past the cut out shy of skis or snow shoes. | ||||
8/2/2010 Posted On: 8/5/2010 By: crossfitter Info: Made it to the lower trailhead with the permanent bathroom in my Subaru outback. Road is somewhat rough on the way in and I struggled with having enough power on some of the steeper hills when they were wet. Just after the section that recommends parking 2wd there is a large roller which I was hesitant to cross, but was able to do so without bottoming out too badly. I would be very cautious of taking any lower clearance vehicle past that section as the possibility of getting high-centered seemed high. Road is definitely rough but passable if you have decent clearance and 4wd though. | ||||
6/26/2010 Posted On: 6/26/2010 By: PKelley Info: Open all the way! | ||||
6/9/2010 Posted On: 6/10/2010 By: Kevin8020 Info: The road is cleared to a small parking turn off at 11,700 just below the switchbacks at the 4WD sign at 8.5 miles. There is a road closed sign and a snow drift covering the road at 8.2 miles - HOWEVER, but turning left at 8.0 miles instead of staying right, you can follow a rougher 4WD road over 2 river crossings (high water right now but not impassable) and bypass the section. | ||||
5/30/2010 Posted On: 5/30/2010 By: scotthsu Info: Hi clearance 4WD's made it to about 300 yards beyond the outhouse today. Snow is melting fast up there. | ||||
5/13/2010 Posted On: 5/13/2010 By: joe4186 Info: The road is clear all the way to the upper TH at 11,420 | ||||
5/2/2010 Posted On: 5/3/2010 By: lordhelmut Info: Road is closed a little after Weehawken TH around 9400 ft at a gate closure (next to a bridge and waterfall/creek). We didn't really understand why till we got to the C-rock along the road. Covered with BIG and about to break ice daggers. Lots of remnants of rockfall as well. We skinned up 4 miles to right under Stoney Mtn. LOTS OF SNOW back there. Watch out though, some asshole smashed in my rear window, pried open my hood, disconnected my battery and sorted through my interior. Epitome of amateur hour if you ask me. | ||||
4/4/2010 Posted On: 4/6/2010 By: mountainmicah83 Info: CR361 Gate closed at 3.5 miles (9,300‘) Sign says Avalanche Danger extreme. The road is actually plowed for the next 4 miles where you split right to go up to Yankee Boy. You will not need snowshoes for those first few miles but definitely necessary after. Bring a helmet because human sized ice chunks are breaking off from above and crashing intot the road everywhere. At the lower TH, the snow is over 8‘ deep and there was tons of fresh natural avy activity on Saturday Night. | ||||
1/12/2010 Posted On: 1/12/2010 By: tmahon Info: Road is plowed to the right fork past the Sneffles townsite. Actually it is plowed further up the road to Virginius Pass, past where you would turn off for Sneffels. However, the shelf section of Yankee Boy is almost impassable by vehicles due to a large stretch of ice on the road, some 4wd w/ chains were unable to get through. So you can drive to the shelf and then walk a plowed road to the snow closure, where you leave the main road and go up the valley to the right. |
