Fourmile Creek Trailhead

Posted On: 4/11/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Road open to normal winter closure, 1 mile below Leavick. Some cars have tried and failed to get to Leavick. A Dodge Durango made it to Leavick yesterday morning when the snow was hard and was able to drive out before 4pm.

Posted On: 4/11/2010 By: sdkeil
Info: Multiple 4WD drives made it to the Leavick townsite today. A snow drift prevents further passage. The last mile of the road was still pretty snowy and slushy, I would consider bringing a shovel for added insurance. We needed it when we pulled off to the side to let another 4WD pass us on the way up. Cars were still parking lower down the road.

Posted On: 3/14/2010 By: Greenhouseguy
Info: The road is in good shape all the way to Leavick, where the plow berm has stopped everybody except for the snowmobiles. The snow beyond Leavick isn‘t very deep, and it should be passable by 4WD before too long.

Posted On: 3/6/2010 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Good News! The road has been plowed all the way to the Leavick site, 1 mile up from the normal winter closure. It was plowed on 3/4/2010 but I don't know if they will continue to keep it plowed that far.

Posted On: 2/20/2010 By: mrgooseskin
Info: Following the recent snowfall, the Four Mile Creek road is, well, covered in snow. Today there was about 6-10 inches of soft snow covering the road surface. We were able to 4 wheel through the fresh powder to about 9.5 miles, and then it became a little sketchy, even a tricked out rig wouldn‘t be able to make it much further than that.

Posted On: 1/17/2010 By: Alpine
Info: Just a restatement of Kevin‘s comments:
I drove my Corolla to the nine mile + mark along the FourMile access road Sarurday 1/16 with absolutely no problems - 99.5% no snow until the 9 mile mark. I actually drove it another half mile or so but decided it was not a good idea - the snow quickly got deeper and softer than I was comfortable with.

Four wheel drive will get you maybe another hundred yards.

Posted On: 1/16/2010 By: Kevin8020
Info: The road is accessible to the normal winter closure near 11,100‘. A car with snow tires can make it up to that point, though I would recommend other vehicles stop where the deeper snow begins.

There is no defined place at the end of the area an which to turn around. I spent over an hour slowly turning around at that location and significantly tore up the snow at the end of the drivable part of the road.

Posted On: 12/2/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: The road is still open to the gate at 12,000 feet. Was up there on 11/28 to ski Sherman and even a few cars were able to drive almost to the gate.

Posted On: 11/26/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Road is still open to the gate at 12,000‘. 4WD is required because there is a thin layer of packed snow above the normal winter closure. Drove my Suburban up there on 11/25.

Posted On: 11/22/2009 By: Dad Mike
Info: Road was mostly clear to Leavick...passenger cars would have no issues. We stopped at 11,600 for the Horseshoe turnoff, but could have made it to the gate with no problem in a stock jeep wrangler.

Posted On: 10/17/2009 By: MountainHiker
Info: basically dry to just beyond Levick. Last mile had snow. 4WDs made it to the gate. The snow got slushy during the day. It was probably more icy the following evening.

Posted On: 7/5/2009 By: bblack99
Info: Reached parking at 11,800‘ in a Mazda 3. Road is dry and pretty simple to navigate. Could have made it to the gate, but parking there was full.

Posted On: 6/17/2009 By: hfd73
Info: Easily made it to the gate in a 2WD Ford Escape. Small parking area here.

Posted On: 5/17/2009 By: geno71
Info: Cleared all the way to the gate at 12,000 feet.

Posted On: 5/9/2009 By: Aubrey
Info: Made it to about 11,700‘ and about 1 mile past the Leavick site. Good parking there, as the road is wide. Just beyond that point, a big pile of snow (ice in the morning; slush and melting snow in the late morning through afternoon). Farther up the road, there are many dry parts; just a couple snow drifts here and there.