7/26/2018 Posted On: 7/26/2018 By: ranjc25 Info: Made it to the trailhead in my 2017 Subaru Outback no problem. Hooray for X-mode! | 1 |
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5/5/2018 Posted On: 5/6/2018 By: JQDivide Info: About .6 miles passed the Angel campground area, on the 4wd road, there is a short stretch of snow, maybe 30 yards long. Going up.... the snow covers about 2/3rds to 4/5ths of the road on the driver's side leaving bare road for the passenger-side tires. Snow bank is anywhere from 1/2 foot to 1 1/2 foot deep. Passenger side of the road... it is a significant drop=off, leaving little to no room for mistakes We decided not to drive it in our Suburban. If we slid, or a short piece of muddy road on a soft shoulder gave way, it would have been bad. I would have tried it in my Jeep. Now we later found out that day, someone drove over it in a full size single cap pickup truck. Also suspect a side=by-side drove it. The snow held for both on the way up and later in the day on the way down. Pickup driver said the rest of the road was clear. If the snow gets soft, and you get stuck, it could be a bad day. There is no room to maneuver. If the weather stays warm, it should melt out pretty quick. Take a shovel just in case. A couple folks in Subaru type vehicles were going to give it a try on Sunday. | 1 |
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12/22/2017 Posted On: 1/3/2018 By: Eagle Eye Info: Drove about .4 mile up from the Angel of Shavano TH/start of the 4WD road. Large ice flow in the picture covers the road about .6 mile up. Large Aspen tree down across the road roughly 1 mile up. Added two pictures of the Jennings Creek TH area & sign. | ||||
10/5/2017 Posted On: 10/5/2017 By: NickJohnson Info: The road is in good condition, though pretty wet in places. Was able to easily find the TH using the lat/lon coordinates in the description. | 2 |
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8/20/2017 Posted On: 8/20/2017 By: merrion13 Info: Road is passable in most crossovers, I saw an MDX and Element make it. No significant water or crazy obstacles, just a little slow going at times. As others have mentioned, TH is easy to miss so I recommend arriving with light. Some amazing dispersed campsites along the entire road, including ours which was 0.3 miles from the TH. No crowds, easy access, close to water. | ||||
6/17/2017 Posted On: 6/18/2017 By: xandc Info: TH is, as everyone mentions, very easy to miss. preprogramming the coordinates in your GPS before you head out is very helpful. Not sure if there has been some maintenance to this road recently, but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I did this in my Jeep Renegade Trailhawk with no problems or worries. (Your circa-2000 subaru outback/forester will shine on this one). There's a couple rougher spots, but nothing that requires particularly skillful driving (good thing for me) to get through with a little clearance and 4wd/awd. There were a few larger puddles to pass and some runoff making the road a little wet in sections, but I'm guessing it will be dry in a few weeks | ||||
9/8/2016 Posted On: 9/9/2016 By: Herbert Info: Accessed this trailhead on 9-8-2016 using a stock Jeep Rubicon in 4WD Lo and had no problems with the road. I had the TH coordinates from this site programmed into my windshield mounted portable GPS. Keeping an eye on those coordinates and looking for 7.6 miles on my odometer, I nevertheless overshot it in the dark on the way up. I went just a little past the coordinates, turned around, and saw it fairly easily on the way back. It is a lot easier to see in the dark on the way down than on the way up. A photo of my Jeep parked at the TH, facing down the road, is attached. The worst spots in the road are in the first half mile. If you get past those, you are good to go. I don't think I would try it with anything less than 9-10" clearance, solid axle and part time 4WD, but then admittedly I have a low risk tolerance. | 2 |
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8/12/2016 Posted On: 8/21/2016 By: hokiehead Info: TH is very hard to find, sticks are not obvious. We spent over 30 minutes looking for it in the dark, wish we had invested that time the night before. Sticks are about 18" above ground. Pix below (1 is at the start, we never saw the sticks; 2 is on the way back, when we did). TH is right by the creek, and you will be immediately on a good trail, which should confirm you‘re at the right place. lots of good camping spots below the TH. | ||||
7/30/2016 Posted On: 7/31/2016 By: HarknessHooligans Info: Our 2004 Subaru Forester made it to the TH. We have a one inch lift making it 8.5' ground clearance. There were 2 rough spots...the first one with large rocks on left or dips on right. We chose right and bottomed out. Backed up and took a different line on the right and was fine. Second spot was big rock that we had to squeeze to the left of and rolled the tire over the rock. Other than that...the rest of the road was a non-issue. Our odometer measured the TH at 7.8 miles? We started it as soon as we turned off Hwy 50. The biggest key was a large opening with pulloffs on both sides of the road...this was about .25 from the TH (about 7.5 for us). Once you see this the next small right pull off is the TH. No red taping anymore. There are however several one foot high small wood sticks vertically placed marking the entrance. | ||||
12/6/2015 Posted On: 12/7/2015 By: r_grizz Info: The road from the Angel of Shavano Campsite up to the TH has consistent snow coverage of about 3-8 inches. With tire chains on my F150, we had no problem making it all the way to the TH. There were only a couple of spots with drifted snow and steeper grade that really presented any sort of challenge. Along with 4wd and decent clearance, I would say that chains are necessary though. | ||||
8/12/2015 Posted On: 8/15/2015 By: richwill Info: As of Aug 12, someone was kind enough to stand a small neon cloth at the trailhead. There‘s also some red marking tape in 1 of the bushes. These may be temporary so best to track your mileage, mine was 7.6 from Hwy 50 | ||||
6/23/2015 Posted On: 6/27/2015 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open to the unmarked trailhead | ||||
5/31/2015 Posted On: 6/1/2015 By: AnnaG22 Info: Clear and rocky, but just a note about clearance: I have a 2003 Subaru Outback and getting two miles up the road (and back down after) took a lot of anxiety and precision. I would not recommend this for anything with similar clearance. Higher clearance is helpful and DRIVE SLOWLY, my friends and I picked up another driver after his car...prematurely retired. The rocks can do some serious damage. | 4 |
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5/25/2015 Posted On: 5/25/2015 By: asarsam Info: 97% snow free to the trailhead- and the snow remaining is no threat to a required 4WD for the road. Trees and branches have been cleared so that there is passage. | ||||
1/15/2015 Posted On: 1/16/2015 By: zombiewolf Info: See Angel of Shavano TH Update for more information. |
