11/7/2010 Posted On: 11/7/2010 By: AlanC Info: Today, the road between Leavick and the 4WD trail head gate had some snow/ice patches with deep ruts due to traffic and many snow free areas. It is easily passable in a high clearance 4WD vehicle to the gate. | ||||
10/30/2010 Posted On: 10/30/2010 By: winmag4582001 Info: Park at the Leavick Site mine building or at the flat spot 50yrds past the mine building at the top of the little hill. I was unable to push through the snow a half mile up from the mine building and I have a 07 Pathfinder with aggressive tires. | ||||
10/30/2010 Posted On: 10/30/2010 By: MONDOMD Info: Small patches of snow/ice until mile marker 8-9, at which point there is consistently 3-6+ inches of snow and ice covering the road. My 4WD Audi A4 made it until this point and started bottoming out/sliding. A Subaru made it about one half a mile further up the road, but unless you have either a car with exceptional clearance or a truck/jeep/SUV I would not recommend making an attempt for the gate. Expect to hike two to three miles to the gate where the actual trail begins. | ||||
10/16/2010 Posted On: 10/16/2010 By: zoriloco Info: Drove up to the gate no problem in an Xterra, no 4x4 needed today. Saw some passanger vehicles there as well. No snow, some patches of ice along the road but nothing to worry about. | ||||
7/26/2010 Posted On: 7/29/2010 By: Gator Info: Drove all the way to the 12,000 ft gate in a 2WD 4Runner. Last section after lower parking area was fairly rough, but easily managable if you go slow. | ||||
6/6/2010 Posted On: 6/7/2010 By: bxphreak Info: Road is clear of snow all the way to trailhead/gate at 12000‘. Stock 4WD Jeep made it with no problems whatsoever. 2WD vehicles could likely make it far as well. Lots of pull off spots to park just in case you don‘t think your vehicle can make it all the way. | ||||
6/1/2010 Posted On: 6/1/2010 By: Montowski1 Info: Road is Clear all the way to the 12,000‘ gate. Road is not in too bad condition. | ||||
5/30/2010 Posted On: 5/30/2010 By: My-Therapy Info: Any vehicle should be able to make it all the way to the gate at 12,000 ft. now. The only concern for a 2wd. may be some of the ice in the early morning and fairly heavy snow melt/muddy mess during the last half of a mile or so before the gate in the afternoons. | ||||
5/24/2010 Posted On: 5/24/2010 By: BobbyFinn Info: Got to 11,700 (our chosen starting point) with no issues in a stock 4-Runner. A well-driven 4 wheel drive can get all the way to the gate. There is one drift that would block low-clearance vehicles (risk of getting high centered in the ruts) at about 11,850, but there were several tracks of high-clearance (probably higher-clearance stock SUVs and better) vehicles getting to the gate. Above that drift, there are still some spots of snow on the right half of the road, but you probably could either drive over it or around it (other tracks did both). With continued warm temps these drifts will be gone soon. Water had frozen on the road in the AM, but we passed it with no problems. It was melted in the late morning. | ||||
5/23/2010 Posted On: 5/23/2010 By: CO Native Info: Took a Honda Civic a mile beyond the Leavick townsite to the trailhead for Horseshoe Mountain. Quite a few trucks and SUVs went beyond there. | ||||
5/22/2010 Posted On: 5/23/2010 By: HMS Info: Looking great as of 5/22/10. Good clearence and 4 wheel drive are still recommended to make it past the Leavick site. A good 4x4 shouldn‘t have any trouble making it to the gate or a lower lot. | ||||
5/9/2010 Posted On: 5/9/2010 By: Aubrey Info: Yep, as avs88fan says, there‘s a big snowdrift just past Leavick. Upon arriving this morning, I came across a Chevy Blazer that was completely stuck in that snowdrift. Looked like they made it halfway up it, in the tracks, but then slid to the left and the left-front nose of the truck dove down into the snow. It took a couple tries, but I was able to yank their truck out of there. After dealing with that, I decided to just park there. That, and I worried that it would be really slushy later in the day, which it was, so getting back down wouldn‘t be easy. All that said, I imagine it will melt fast. It‘s amazing what a week or two of warm weather can do. | ||||
5/8/2010 Posted On: 5/8/2010 By: avs88fan Info: Big snow drift still right up the hill after Leavick. Got through it with 4wd pretty easily but was stopped right after due to patchy snow drifts. Saw tire tracks around 11,600 but not sure how they didn‘t get stuck. | ||||
5/6/2010 Posted On: 5/6/2010 By: HMS Info: Still blocked by the Big Drift at the Leavick site. It's getting closer though... We barely made it over the drift with a little yota but almost got stuck. its still pretty rough looking above that so we didn‘t try to get any further. Won't be long now. | ||||
5/2/2010 Posted On: 5/2/2010 By: Crestoner Info: Road easily driveable to Leavick...4WD a good idea. A large snowdrift blocks the road at Leavick. Horseshoe and Fourmile Campgrounds still closed. |
