8/19/2012 Posted On: 8/20/2012 By: Zambo Info: As of 8/19, CO road 67 is closed and there is a detour in place. I believe that a bridge is out along the road. Regardless, for those of you coming North from Denver/The Springs, be advised that your cannot go through 67 South of Florence at this time. We took I-25 South to Pueblo, then West via 96. There may be other options, but this seemed like the easiest to us. | ||||
8/12/2012 Posted On: 8/14/2012 By: Tony1 Info: Lots of opinions about this road so I'll give mine. Long story short, my 4x4 Patriot made it just fine. More detailed: There were (for me) two tricky sections, the 2nd being more so than the 1st. The first rocky outcrop section is more about tire placement than power to get up. The 2nd is more about power and keeping traction. I put on 4x4 only for one spot - the 2nd steep rocky section which was almost too much for a 4 cylinder to handle without a running start. I don‘t have pictures of these rocky areas... my apologies. 9 inches of clearance was plenty. I'd recommend at least a 6 inch clearance for vehicles that attempt this road. Of all the vehicles at the upper TH, mine was definitely on the lower side of capability there. Didn't see any passenger cars. | 4 |
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8/10/2012 Posted On: 8/10/2012 By: Jtjohnso24 Info: If arriving via I-25, there is a detour on co 67. You cannot get to 96 from 67. You need to reroute. | ||||
8/5/2012 Posted On: 8/6/2012 By: jford Info: If anyone has the older version of the 14ers book, it says you can get up to within 3.8 miles of Humboldt by going to Colony Lakes. This was closed in ‘09...a fact I wish we had known about prior to going! | 1 |
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8/2/2012 Posted On: 8/8/2012 By: smuckerjams Info: South Colony Rd is fine up until the lower 2 wheel lot. We parked there and hiked to the 4 wheel drive parking. Smart decision since there‘s now plenty of oil pan killers along the route. Someone drove an Accord to the top but it looked like it had some battle scars on the rocker panels. I wouldn‘t try it unless you have a good 12" clearance. You can make it without 4 wheel drive if it‘s dry, just need a high clearance. | 1 |
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7/29/2012 Posted On: 8/6/2012 By: mtnrunner2 Info: Somehow "Easy 4WD" doesn‘t really describe this road accurately to me. There are a couple of steep climbs, the occasional softball to football-sized rocks and a few embedded boulders, one of which reached above my 8.7" ground clearance to try to carve its initials underneath my Outback (no doubt my bad choice of line). I passed a Jeep that wimped out and was turning back. Then again... there was a Civic that made it. Nuts. Glad he didn‘t get stuck and block the road. | ||||
6/25/2012 Posted On: 6/25/2012 By: GraceU2DSummit Info: If there was any doubt, not only did the Nissan Murano make it up to the top of the 4wd trail, so did an Audi. Props to whoever drove their Audi car up there!!! No pics taken for privacy sakes. | ||||
6/17/2012 Posted On: 6/17/2012 By: zdero1 Info: Trailhead is dry nearly all the way to the trailhead, with a large diameter puddle of water traversing across the entire road just before the 4wd parking lot. It appeared to be only several inches deep with no risk of getting stuck. I drove a Forester with 8.7" clearance and observed only SUVs and Pickups at the TH. Some pickups and SUVs parked prior to the 4wd TH along a few pulloffs on the road. Really only two sketchy sections on the road, with the most difficult section being about 0.7 miles in passed the 2wd TH. Woke up in my car today and my heart just wasn‘t into climbing. First time that‘s happened :/ Very few spots of snow on the mountain I would anticipate the route to be snow free. If anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to PM me. It would be my pleasure to help. | 1 |
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5/25/2012 Posted On: 5/26/2012 By: Shogun Info: Got the big rig to Upper TH no problem. The constrictions that Terry mentioned last month must have been taken care of/cleaned up. | ||||
4/28/2012 Posted On: 4/28/2012 By: tmathews Info: Road is clear of snow to the upper TH. Vehicles larger than, say, a mid-size SUV/truck may get some damage to the sidepanels due to cleared fallen trees on either side of the road as they cause constrictions in a couple of places. | 1 |
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4/19/2012 Posted On: 4/19/2012 By: AndYouSeeMe Info: Just pulled into the summer TH in my Forester! Some drifts to drive through but the biggest thing to pay attention to is all the downed trees. This TH is open for business!! | 2 |
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3/24/2012 Posted On: 3/24/2012 By: tmathews Info: I was only able to drive 0.7 mile up the road. The road from the lower to the upper trailhead is a mix of ice, compacted snow, and exposed road. | ||||
1/14/2012 Posted On: 1/17/2012 By: maverick_manley Info: Much of the deadfall leading up to the rainbow trail has been chopped (thank you to whoever did it). Trail was skinnable / skiiable from the car. There still is some deadfall past the lower TH but not too troublesome. The entire trail was super packed down (often icy) by foot travelers and sleds. We skinned but I‘m not sure that floatation was necessary to get to the upper TH as on 1/14/12. | ||||
12/11/2011 Posted On: 12/12/2011 By: d_baker Info: We parked at the 2wd parking lot on S Colony Lakes Rd and booted/snowshoed the rest of our approach to Rainbow Trail. Beyond the 2wd parking lot, there‘s a track for another 1/4 mile or so. With 4x4 and chains, you might go further if you want to try. Be prepared to get yourself unstuck or back down the road though if you can‘t. The road probably has a good base for sleds now. Skis would certainly be a good mode of travel. | ||||
11/13/2011 Posted On: 11/15/2011 By: mountainmicah83 Info: We had to put on snow chains just past the lowest 2wd th due to icy road. About 3/4 mile past where the road takes a sharp turn and it says no parking all over we were stopped. Looks like that‘s where everyone stops. There were 4 wheeler tracks from there but there was crusty heavy knee deep snow on the road from there all of the way up to the upper TH. We did a full moon hike so no real good pics. |
