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Blue Sky Summit Lake Trailhead

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7/17/2009
Posted On: 7/17/2009 By: Marcos
Info: Mount Evans Highway closed to vehicle traffic from 9 PM Friday July 17 to 1 PM Saturday July 18 for the Annual Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb.
 
6/5/2009
Posted On: 6/5/2009 By: corinthia
Info: Evans Road is open to the summit.
 
4/26/2009
Posted On: 4/26/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Highway 5 (Mt. Evans Road) usually opens to Summit Lake in late May. Then, it‘s usually a week or more before the road is open to the summit.
 
12/27/2008
Posted On: 12/27/2008 By: Mountain Woman
Info: Closed 9 miles from Summit Lake, at the turn off from HWY 103.
 
9/10/2008
Posted On: 9/10/2008 By: interarma
Info: Rangers have closed the road 3 miles back from the trail head. Must hike along the asphalt road.
 
7/6/2008
Posted On: 7/6/2008 By: geno71
Info: Easy up about 1/2 mile before Summit Lake. There it starts to get really bumpy without warning. Look out for cars slowing down.
 
5/28/2008
Posted On: 5/28/2008 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Open to the top.
 
5/27/2008
Posted On: 5/27/2008 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Open to Summit Lake but may be closed for short periods due to adverse weather.
 
1/12/2008
Posted On: 1/12/2008 By: ColderThanDryIce
Info: Road is closed. There is a barricade of snow about 10 feet high blocking the last leg of the trip. This is located 9 miles from Summit Lake. The road is decently plowed and easy to get up to this point. Echo lake is accessible, but i wouldn‘t recommend using it due to the amount of snow.
 
6/5/2007
Posted On: 6/5/2007 By: lordhelmut
Info: Watch out for the road to all of s sudden get real bumpy and rought right before Summit Lake, I was cruisin at about 40mph and then all of a sudden the road got real shitty, almost rutted out, if they are going to charge 10$, they should atleast put a warning sign up or somethin, nearly lost my front end (actually its already lost).
 
6/3/2007
Posted On: 6/3/2007 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: The road is now open to the summit.
 
5/27/2007
Posted On: 5/27/2007 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: Open to Summit Lake. The USFS is still charging $10 to use the road if you plan to stop anywhere or access the large parking areas.
 
6/3/2006
Posted On: 6/3/2006 By: barrett
Info: Road is open to summit. I was there 28 May 2006.
 
5/20/2006
Posted On: 5/20/2006 By: ColoradoScott
Info: The Mt. Evans road website reports that the Mt. Evans Road is currently scheduled to open on Friday May 26, 2006. It does not specify if this is to Summit Lake or to the summit itself.
 
5/26/2005
Posted On: 5/26/2005 By: BillMiddlebrook
Info: The Evans road is opening on Friday, May 27th. Open to the summit.