11/5/2016 Posted On: 11/7/2016 By: mbxer Info: I arrived on November 3rd and left on the 6th the trail head was dry even with the snow that hit Saturday. | ||||
5/21/2016 Posted On: 5/21/2016 By: supranihilest Info: Dry and clear to the trailhead. Cottonwood Pass is still closed. | ||||
2/12/2016 Posted On: 2/12/2016 By: ChuckH Info: Clear to trailhead, but the road is not plowed past it. | ||||
1/3/2016 Posted On: 1/7/2016 By: backpackeramericano Info: Cottonwood Pass is closed, but 306 is open to the trailhead with only a thin layer of snow/ice in parts that any car should be able to manage. The road past the trailhead is normally closed to cars and used for snowmobiling, but this was actually still open (though not needed). | ||||
12/4/2015 Posted On: 12/5/2015 By: bmcqueen Info: Road is open to the TH, but no farther. Hard packed snow and some ice on the road, but any vehicle should be able to get to Denny Creek TH no problem. | ||||
11/14/2015 Posted On: 11/16/2015 By: Eagle Eye Info: Clear road to the TH. The gate is closed halfway across the road as mentioned. One sign says Road Closed. Another says No Snow Removal on Gunnison County Side of Pass. Another says Pass Closed Hunter Access Only. I drove to the Cottonwood Pass summit (12,126 ft) which has a combination of dry roads and drifted areas. The majority of the road is in snow some of it pretty deep. A deep drift immediately on the other side of the pass summit seems to be stopping people from going any further. | ||||
11/7/2015 Posted On: 11/8/2015 By: vdavidoff Info: Road is clear and dry even past the closure gates (which are just beyond the trailhead to the west), as is the parking lot. The pass is officially closed for the season but the closure gates are still half open, if for some reason you wanted to go further, though it‘s "at your own risk" since the state has officially closed the pass for the season, and I have no idea at which point you hit snow/ice. | ||||
6/26/2015 Posted On: 6/28/2015 By: fireguyCO Info: Trail is clear to tree line. Even when you go past the treeline up to the top the snow is spotty in some areas. The creek crossings were also very passable. The snow is melting fast! | ||||
5/12/2015 Posted On: 5/18/2015 By: WillRobnett Info: Yep, dry! The standard route is dry up to near 10,400. | ||||
5/2/2015 Posted On: 5/2/2015 By: asarsam Info: Dry! Cottonwood Pass Road and the parking lots for the trailhead. | ||||
4/5/2015 Posted On: 4/5/2015 By: Daniel Joder Info: Dry asphalt all the way there. Also, FYI...there is a snow machine blocking County Road 306 another 0.9 miles up from Denny Creek TH pull out, so you have to turn around through those parking lots that you‘ll find at that point. Beyond the snow machine, the asphalt looks dry, so maybe it would be fun to hop the barrier with your bicycle and check it out while the weather is like summer. | ||||
3/28/2015 Posted On: 3/28/2015 By: MountainHiker Info: Clear and dry all the way to the trailhead. | ||||
3/22/2015 Posted On: 3/27/2015 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Same as last report. Clear and dry | ||||
2/7/2015 Posted On: 2/9/2015 By: jwgrosser Info: Clear and Dry all the way to the trail head. Accessible by all cars. | ||||
12/25/2014 Posted On: 12/25/2014 By: vdavidoff Info: Plowed and clear to trailhead with some stretches of packed snow. BV was forecasted to get 3-6 inches today, but that hasn‘t happened yet. Same forecast for tomorrow (2014-12-26) last I looked, so it‘s possible things could get a little more nasty in the next few days. |
