4/14/2013 Posted On: 4/14/2013 By: Monte Meals Info: Similar to LordHelmut‘s report from last week (4/7/2013) I drove to the same turn around in a 4wd pick-up today (stopped by snow drifts.) Easy hiking from there up to the summer road closure with only minimal post holing. Only minimal melting in this east facing, shady valley. | ||||
4/7/2013 Posted On: 4/8/2013 By: lordhelmut Info: Road impassable to new upper summer TH. Got a 4runner to around 1 mile past lower TH. Took sled to wilderness boundary, just shy of old upper TH. Sled up was interesting. Bare spots were unavoidable at times, but short. Jerry rigged a bridge of boulders and snow a little past the new TH at a short creek crossing, which allowed the sled adventure to continue. Downed tree 50 yards past creek crossing, which was lift-able to get the sled under. | ||||
10/14/2012 Posted On: 10/15/2012 By: Neil Info: After the storm on 10/12 and 10/13, the South Colony Lakes road is totally clear of snow to the Rainbow Trail TH. Since the South Colony Lakes TH is just a short distance beyond, I can‘t imagine any snow whatsoever on the road. We didn‘t hit snow on Humboldt‘s East Ridge until almost 11,000 ft. | ||||
10/11/2012 Posted On: 10/12/2012 By: Alpineair Info: Road and trail were ice and snow free to summit of Humbolt Peak. Beautiful conditions. | ||||
9/9/2012 Posted On: 9/9/2012 By: dpage Info: The roller coaster ride that was ~1.5 to 2 miles from the 2WD parking has been smoothed out compared to earlier this summer. Seems like the lower portion of the 4WD road near the private property is in better shape/recently graded. The rest of the road is normal SCL 4WD. I think I saw a muffler along the side of the road if anybody needs one... | ||||
9/2/2012 Posted On: 9/3/2012 By: MC.Ikema Info: CO 67 is OPEN. There‘s a temporary bridge in place with a restriction on vehicles wider than 11 feet. See CDOTs August 24th news release for further information (http://www.coloradodot.info/news/2012-news-releases/08-2012/highway-67-now-open-to-through-traffic) | ||||
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. |
