6/15/2024 Posted On: 6/15/2024 By: backcountrybrodes Info: Lots of 4Runners (including mine), Subies, and Tacos up there. Hardest features I came across were: deepish pond crossing a few hundred feet from the trailhead (keep momentum), mandatory chunk-and-hope sections with good line choice and clearance required if you like your car. Subies can get up, just depends on the driver... and again on how much you like your car. | 3 |
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5/22/2024 Posted On: 5/23/2024 By: jmanner Info: Drove to the upper trailhead, its rough as always but better than when I drove it a handfull of times pre-Covid. Subaru Ascent didnt struggle on the up, but on the way down we scratched the bottom a few times. | ||||
4/24/2024 Posted On: 4/24/2024 By: MBosch27 Info: Made it about a mile past the winter parking area, modified Rav4: 11" clearance, 31" tires, no winch. With winch I could have made it about a mile and a half. (just past the "private land, no parking, no camping" stretch of road- I'm GUESTIMATING a mile and a half) The first half of the road up to the summer trailhead is mostly clear with some snow patches. The second half is mostly snowed in with a few spots of dirt showing. I estimate the snow depth at the summer parking lot to be around 24" (varied depending on where I placed my probe) | 1 |
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3/24/2024 Posted On: 3/24/2024 By: AlpineSplit Info: All vehicles will need to park at the 2WD trailhead. Snow is continuous all the way to the upper 4WD trailhead. | 1 |
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12/31/2023 Posted On: 1/1/2024 By: masonzastrow Info: For the 4WD trailhead, there's no closed gate, tire tracks go beyond the intersection with Rainbow Trail. 2WD trailhead is clear to the lot. | ||||
9/11/2023 Posted On: 9/11/2023 By: davebelin Info: This road is definitely quite rough, as others have noted. I did it this weekend in my stock Subaru Outback with no issues. X Mode going up and down was critical to the success. There were four or five steep, loose sections that tested my vehicle and nerves to the limit, but we made it. Onward! | 1 |
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9/6/2023 Posted On: 9/6/2023 By: Jack2 Info: Made it to the 4WD trailhead with my stock Subaru Crosstrek. I probably added a couple more scrapes and tears to my bumper, but I am long past caring about that. If cosmetics on your car is a concern you have for your vehicle I would not recommend going up without high clearance. Otherwise, the road is definitely Subaruable | 3 |
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8/24/2023 Posted On: 8/24/2023 By: mmbakken Info: The 2WD trailhead is accessible from South Colony Road from the East, but not from the North via Colony Lane. If you're coming from the Alvarado campground, do not follow Google Maps directions. The road basically ends about 1/2 a mile short of the trailhead. There's some tire ruts there but it's definitely not a 2WD road. | ||||
8/20/2023 Posted On: 5/28/2024 By: Marmot72 Info: After getting my '18 Forester up and down from the TH without incident, I declare this road, in its present state, as Subaruable! There are four rocky sections that required slow, careful navigation with the "X mode" (full-time 4 low) switched on. | 2 |
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8/5/2023 Posted On: 8/5/2023 By: aldsw Info: This is one of the rougher 4wd trail head roads I've been on. We had no issues in our Nissan Armada but do worry what unseen damage was done. We followed a Jeep Cherokee on the way up and they had a heck of a time. There were times they only had two wheels on the ground at a time. As others have said, with the right skill, any 4wd / decent clearance vehicle will make it, but at what cost? | 1 |
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6/19/2023 Posted On: 6/20/2023 By: Yossi Info: The road is annoying yet passable by any car with high clearance and 4wd but the better your vehicle the easier the drive will be. It is quite rocky and there is almost no reprieve from having to carefully navigate rocks. Many mid size SUV's were present so it seems with enough patience and skill most med/high clearance SUV's can make it. Still found it to be a frustratingly rough and slow road in a stock 4Runner. | ||||
6/18/2023 Posted On: 6/19/2023 By: Eagle Eye Info: I would call the road on the 'good' side of its summer condition, having been there a lot. It seems like some repairs or filling in has been done to sections of the road. A warning is that there are many cows grazing in a field/no fence on the North side of S Colony Rd just past the 2wd parking area. There were 3 or 4 cows in the ditch or in the road when I was leaving. | ||||
6/9/2023 Posted On: 6/12/2023 By: BRadleyC Info: Drove stock Ford Ranger Tremor Edition up to 4WD trailhead with no issues. Several rough sections which required slow speed and careful line selection. No ice nor snow encountered on way to 4WD trailhead. Was glad to have skid plates and not sure I would have tried it without undercarriage protection. Truck has 9.7 inches of ground clearance . | ||||
5/31/2023 Posted On: 5/31/2023 By: Scott Conro Info: After four trips up the road in my GMC 1500 4WD in 2017/2018, I decided to never do it again. However, I was told the road was regraded recently and not too bad. The previous two posts somewhat confirmed that information. It is, in fact, just as bad as it was five years ago and wish I didnt put that strain on my truck. It would have taken the same time to walk the road. | ||||
5/29/2023 Posted On: 5/29/2023 By: terribletigzy Info: I parked at rainbow trailhead which is past most of the difficulties on the road. Made it up in a stock Subaru Forester. This road was at the absolute limits of this vehicle and only recommend attempting in a subie if you are confident in your abilities and are willing to pay the potential consequences if you have a problem. Most of the road isnt too bad, but there are 3-4 sections where a good line and the right amount of speed are needed. | 3 |
