5/27/2021 Posted On: 5/27/2021 By: RWSchaffer Info: As of noon on 5/27, the winter closure gate remains closed and locked (pictured). | 1 |
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11/4/2020 Posted On: 11/5/2020 By: RWSchaffer Info: My 2WD hatchback made it to the trailhead without difficulty. The road is mostly dry. Significant stretches of packed snow remain, much of it in the first two miles which aren't melting as fast. Driving in late at night, the snow stretches were frozen solid. Driving out mid-afternoon, most snow stretches were sloppy and melting fast. The road closes to wheeled vehicles in just over two weeks (pictured). | ||||
9/6/2020 Posted On: 9/8/2020 By: E_A_Marcus_949 Info: Straight forward road pretty much any car can make with decent driving. Washboarding and a few small obstacles that can mostly be avoided or carefully driven around if in a lower-clearance car. Parking lot was full and packed at 3:30am on Sunday (holiday weekend) - parked along the road - even more full with plenty of cars lining the road early afternoon. | ||||
8/29/2020 Posted On: 8/29/2020 By: Green_river Info: Bad weather, this road can be a 2, but on a dry day, it's easily a 1. A Tesla Model S made it up right behind me. | ||||
8/25/2020 Posted On: 8/26/2020 By: beau730 Info: The road is most definitely passable for a 2WD vehicle. A few small spots to slow down and maneuver around, but nothing too low. Smoke wasnt terrible either. | ||||
8/13/2020 Posted On: 8/13/2020 By: bsargeant1 Info: HOLY CROSS ROAD CLOSURE Message from the US Forest Service: MINTURN, Colo. The Forest Service will close the Tigiwon Road (FSR 707) south of Minturn from Monday, Aug. 17 to Wednesday, Aug. 19 for annual road grading and maintenance. The Forest Service is temporarily closing the road this year to ensure the heavy maintenance can be accomplished safely by ensuring the large grader equipment, dump trucks and loaders are not interacting with the high volume of forest visitors the area is seeing this year. In past years this maintenance could be accomplished without a temporary closure during mid-week, when visitation was relatively low. This year the road has been busy all week long. Many of our visitors are parking along the side of this very narrow road to access the Cross Creek and Half Moon trailheads, said District Ranger Leanne Veldhuis. It would not be responsible for the heavy road equipment to try to navigate between the parked vehicles to get this important road work accomplished. We thank our visitors for understanding. The road will close beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday to ensure crews can begin early that morning. The gate will be closed at the Forest boundary. The land before the gate is privately owned and not available for parking. There are a number of great alternate hikes on the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District visitors can use during this short, three-day closure, Veldhuis said. Visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/whiteriver for up to date information or call the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District office at 970-827-5715. | ||||
8/12/2020 Posted On: 8/12/2020 By: Chicago Transplant Info: ALERT: Tigiwon road will be closed Monday 8/17/20 through Wednesday 8/19/20 for road grading. Should be nice and smooth for all the low clearance vehicles when it reopens ;) FS Office for questions: 970-827-5715 More info: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/tigiwon-road-near-minturn-will-close-from-aug-17-19/ | 1 |
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8/7/2020 Posted On: 8/7/2020 By: NathanLizard Info: No issues getting my Honda Civic to the trailhead today. There were a couple of places on the road up that required me to be strategic with my choice of path but it wasn't bad at all. Take it slow, make smart choices and you will be fine. | ||||
8/2/2020 Posted On: 8/2/2020 By: Thmpsn_ Info: Road to the trailhead is super easy to navigate with any vehicle. Took my 2006 Mazda 3 car to the trailhead with no remote issues. There was a 2018 Corvette ZO6 sports car at the trailhead....super low clearance vehicle. Literally any car can make it here regardless of clearance. Just go slow at the couple small rockier spots. This trailhead easily should stay a 1 on the scale. Any easier and it would be paved. | 1 |
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7/24/2020 Posted On: 7/24/2020 By: mtgoatmike Info: The road to the trailhead was totally doable in my 2wd, low clearance, 2000 Honda Accord. Had to do a lot of "tactical" driving. Driving up the road around 2am, there were some large potholes just below Tigiwon cabin on a few of the switchbacks. After the Tigiwon cabin the road got really muddy on the switchbacks; it was like driving on slushy snow. Driving down from the trailhead the road conditions had deteriorated with the morning's traffic coming up the road. The muddy switchbacks had some nice ruts that were unavoidable. Overall, the road should be rated, at minimum, a "2". Play it safe/smart, and you'll find your low clearance adventure vehicle at the trailhead in no time. | ||||
7/18/2020 Posted On: 7/19/2020 By: Dignus Info: Like many people have said, this ought to be rated a 2, perhaps even 3. Road is even bumpier than when I drove up last fall. | ||||
7/12/2020 Posted On: 7/13/2020 By: waelouf Info: Definitely should be ranked at least 2, still doable with a low-clearance car (AWD recommended) but with bit of struggle | ||||
7/4/2020 Posted On: 7/5/2020 By: rudi32 Info: Road should definitely be ranked a 2. Not terrible, but some lower clearance 2wd vehicles would struggle in a few spots. | ||||
6/24/2020 Posted On: 6/24/2020 By: Unknown Info: This road needs to be ranked a 2, not 1. Hundreds of potholes will make getting up in a passenger car very unenjoyable. Luckily I had no issues with ol trusty F150 | 1 |
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6/22/2020 Posted On: 6/22/2020 By: Clint the climber Info: The road is open all the way to the trailhead and is passable in a low clearance 2wd vehicle. |
