Quartzville Trailhead

Location

RangeMosquito Range

Elevation11,700'

Lat/Lon39.34381, -106.07935

14ersMt. Lincoln, Mt. Cameron, Mt. Bross, Mt. Democrat

Road Difficulty

4 Moderate 4WD, good clearance

4WD dirt to the TH.

Driving Directions

From Fairplay, take Colorado 9 to Alma. Continue north for about 1/2 mile and turn left on the Park County 6 road. The trailhead is 4.5 miles from here. Drive 1.4 miles and turn left onto Quartzville road. Near 2.2 miles, make a hard left at a confusing intersection. At 3.5 miles, stay right at the intersection of Zinc Road. There is an intersection at 4.0 miles and Mt. Lincoln is ahead of you. Keep right and continue around a bend. At about 4.1 miles, turn left onto a forest road (recently named Crest Drive). There are private property signs and this is where people used to park before the land owners blocked off the parking. Don't park here. Continue 1/2 mile up the 4WD road to reach the Quartzville USLM site on the right.

On-Site Info

Parking5-10 vehicle capacity

CampingNo camping in the area although you could car camp at the Quartzville site.

Restrooms?No

Fees?No

Photos

Winter Access

Closed at the start of the 4WD road and there isn't good parking here in winter.

Trailhead added by BillMiddlebrook

Status Updates
Map


9/6/2009 Posted On: 9/6/2009 By: giarcd Info: Cameron Ampitheater is clear of abstructions for hiking all the way. Trail is free of snow to summit
5/17/2009 Posted On: 5/17/2009 By: scotthsu Info: Road is dry to within 0.2 mile of the end. Fairly large drift still blocking passage with no parking at the drift.
5/11/2009 Posted On: 5/11/2009 By: pioletski Info: 5/11/09 - still closed by snowdrift just after the turn onto "Crest Drive" (i.e. Quartzville Road).
3/9/2009 Posted On: 3/9/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Closed by snow and no available parking. Try the Moose Creek "trailhead" at Zinc Road.
5/27/2008 Posted On: 5/27/2008 By: randyk Info: The trailhead is still block by some pretty big snowdrifts. a 4 wheel drive will not get you through the half mile of private land. One of the drifts is an 8 foot vertical wall. You can drive approx 60 feet on the private land before getting stuck.
4/25/2008 Posted On: 4/25/2008 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Blocked by snow at the start of the 4WD parking area. No parking in the area.
5/29/2007 Posted On: 5/29/2007 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open
6/29/2005 Posted On: 6/29/2005 By: TravelingMatt Info: Do not follow the directions in Gerry Roach's book; his shortcut between Park Country roads 4 and 6 is now closed. The directions above are correct. A normal car can go at least 1/4 mile up the forest road to a small turnout, but parking there is probably tresspassing. On the way down two guys had an SUV parked all the way up at about 12,500 feet.
6/6/2005 Posted On: 6/6/2005 By: CO087DYO Info: CLEAR - However not well marked (and scary No Tresspassing signs). I would not have found if not for Bill's excellent directions
5/11/2005 Posted On: 5/11/2005 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Still the same - blocked by snow at the first corner
4/26/2005 Posted On: 4/26/2005 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Drove to the Quarztville 4WD road. Still closed after a short distance. Will be another few weeks before it's melted out.
2/18/2005 Posted On: 2/18/2005 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Closed in winter, this TH usually melts out in late May or early June. There is no longer a 2WD parking area at the base of the 4WD road. So, there is no winter parking in the area. Parking on the side of the first 1/4 mile of the 4WD road is considered trespassing and the town roads are clearly marked with "No Parking Along Road" signs.

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