1/2/2024 Posted On: 1/2/2024 By: Ricebowll Info: Made it up to summer trailhead with no issues in my 4runner w/ AT tires. Saw a suburu make it up that didn't have a lot of clearance but I don't know if I personally would have taken that risk. If you have a high clearance vehicle w/ 4WD its smooth sailing. | 1 |
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12/29/2023 Posted On: 12/30/2023 By: Thevirtualsherpa Info: Very easy to get to GG split, after that - a good driver with snow tires, good clearance AWD/4x4, cold conditions could get to and down upper TH too. Snow is at most, 4/5 inches deep with solid tracks in between. Biggest issue would be straying from that path where several vehicles have spun out and made mess in snow. Crazy though to say its very doable to reach upper TH in January. Dont block the road, saw many residents of area up there on Friday. | 1 |
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12/18/2023 Posted On: 12/19/2023 By: Mlee1076 Info: Made it 4/5 of the way in a VW Tiguan before aborting due to deep loose snow on the road. | ||||
12/16/2023 Posted On: 12/16/2023 By: bfaulkne Info: Saw a 4Runner and a Silverado make it to the summer trailhead today. I did not particularly care to try in my Crosstrek, but your mileage may vary. | 2 |
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12/9/2023 Posted On: 12/11/2023 By: maverick_manley Info: Same as the Nov update below with regards to ice, now underneath continuous 2-3" deep snow cover all the way up from I70. There are occasional deeper drifts. Lots of sharks made the skin difficult along the road and all the way up the creek bed. Totally your call but please avoid driving up that road December to early March if at all possible. I head up that road a half dozen times each winter and have come across a stuck vehicle 5/6 times. Its also dicey for XC-ers / skiers to descend refrozen tire tracks. | 1 |
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11/15/2023 Posted On: 11/15/2023 By: aholle88 Info: The snow is turning into ice flows. Id be more concerned about this in the coming week or two than snow based on the forecast. One person in front of me heading down lost it and spun around on one of the steep ice patches. I slid the whole way down that section and got very lucky. Both of us were in 4Runners with off road/snow rated tires, ice dont care what you drive. Use caution, or chains, or just avoid the road altogether for now because the ice wont be getting better. | ||||
11/13/2023 Posted On: 11/13/2023 By: jcsimp1 Info: Visited the trailhead on 11/12. Still accessible with 4wd/AWD but there is packed snow/ice from the interstate. My crosstrek sport made it up without any problems. A bit slippery on the way down so go slow. Might become impassable with the next snow though | ||||
11/3/2023 Posted On: 11/3/2023 By: daway8 Info: 2WD lot just off the interstate is partly dry, partly snow/ice. 4WD road is hard packed snow right from the beginning. Come with a capable vehicle or plan to walk from the 2WD lot. Note: did not go up the road, just paused to inspect en route to other goals. | 1 |
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9/20/2023 Posted On: 9/20/2023 By: tdearborn Info: Got to trailhead at 7:20 AM today (Wed). There were about 10+ spots left when I got there. (Please note that this is in the middle of the week though.) Road was rough but easily doable by a 4WD with normal clearance. The road was better than when I did it 8 years ago. | ||||
9/9/2023 Posted On: 9/9/2023 By: poseidon Info: Got to the trailhead at around 4 a.m., and luckily my car was narrow enough to snatch one of the last spots in the parking lot. There were at least three dozen cars parked along the road, mostly by the trailhead but some halfway down, none of them had tickets when I went back down at around 11 p.m. Access wise, the road to the trailhead was dry and my '23 Prius with just 6" ground clearance made it up and down without damage to the underbody, even though I could hear kicked up rocks occassionaly hitting the bottom of the car. There was a Tesla Model X and an Audi sedan at the top, so it's definitely doable with a sedan, just make sure to take it slow if you decide to attempt and give way to faster-moving more terrain-capable cars! | ||||
8/29/2023 Posted On: 8/29/2023 By: Carl Info: Seems the weekday crowds have subsided. Arrived this morning (Tuesday Aug. 29) at 7:15 a.m. still some spots left at the TH. Got back around 10 a.m. and no one had to park along the road. Weekends still filling up early, there was a line of cars 1/2 mile back parked on the road last Sunday Aug. 27 at 6:30 a.m. | ||||
8/27/2023 Posted On: 8/27/2023 By: Steelernation Info: Road is in bad shape with tons of rocks sticking up. Near the upper parking lot there is a huge rut with some big rocks although it looks avoidable. My RAV4 hybrid was undamaged, but it felt very sketchy and I would not drive it again with this many rocks and potholes. Saw a Honda Accord parked at mile 2 and another sedan coming up when I was going down but those were the only low clearance vehicles I saw. If you have a truck/jeep/4Runner type vehicle it looked pretty easy but smaller SUVs require careful, slow driving and navigating around some obstacles. | ||||
8/27/2023 Posted On: 8/30/2023 By: bmoney Info: Road up was dry and in better shape than I thought it would be. But then again its been roughly 15 years since I was last up there. My biggest concern was how our 170 Sprinter van would do. As I only see reports of whether or not small little cars can make it or not. The van did just fine up and down. There were one or two spots that we had to pay a bit of attention to but really just went slow and no issues. I could see where those couple of spots could get worse if a bad storm went through. The van is a 170 2023 AWD with all terrain tires but stock otherwise. It has decent ground clearance just a really long wheel base. | ||||
8/19/2023 Posted On: 8/19/2023 By: Lordofthegnar Info: See others for more detail on the conditions. We went up this morning in my 4Runner TRD Off-Road and of course that was fine. We saw one dude go up in a Prius. Wouldn't necessarily recommend that but it is possible. You will probably scrape a low clearance car here and there. More important thing to note is that the lot fills up EARLY on the weekends. We left Denver just after 330am and arrived at around 450am and not only was the lot full but cars were already lining up .2 miles away from it. Came back and no one had any tickets though. Total shitshow however; wouldn't be surprised if this moves to a permit system next year or thereafter. | 1 |
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8/10/2023 Posted On: 8/12/2023 By: Stikrig Info: Roads aren't great. I was given unfortunate advice that I would be fine in my sedan. Made it up okay but going down was super sketchy and I scraped the bottom of my car on a few rocks. By the end of the road, I could smell burning breaks and rubber. I'd recommend parking in the lower lot if your car is low to the ground. Trailhead was really amazing, the lots are even enough, landscaping is incredible, and the trail is extremely well maintained. Parking on Thursdays seems to be very solid but you'll probably want to get up there before 6am. |
