5/27/2018 Posted On: 6/1/2018 By: generic_username Info: Road to trailhead closed. Had to park in overflow parking just off highway 9. | ||||
12/10/2017 Posted On: 12/11/2017 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: The 851 road to the summer trailhead is closed/gated for the season. Parking is available at the winter/overflow lot on the right, just after you turn off Highway 9. | ||||
8/12/2017 Posted On: 8/13/2017 By: paul33329 Info: Trail was in excellent shape, free of any snow and not muddy. We arrived at 5am and the small trailhead lot was full. Parked on the road right by the trailhead lot. There are two porta-potties at the overflow parking lot. | ||||
6/18/2017 Posted On: 6/20/2017 By: MGatMileHigh Info: Main TH is open and in great condition. Parking lot was getting filled by around 5:30. | ||||
1/14/2017 Posted On: 1/16/2017 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Winter closure in place at the start of the McCullough Gulch road so the only parking is the overflow lot, at the start of the Blue Lakes road. They keep this lot plowed. | ||||
9/10/2016 Posted On: 9/10/2016 By: stevek94 Info: McCullough Gulch is blocked and signed to be closed until 9/30 leaving all parking to the lower lot and adjacent roads. | ||||
5/29/2016 Posted On: 6/6/2016 By: Unknown Info: Lower and upper trailhead parking lots are open and free of snow. | ||||
5/28/2016 Posted On: 12/26/2016 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Main Quandary TH is now open, 0.1 mile up the 851 road. Good-clearance vehicles can drive another 1/2 mile or so up the McCullough Gulch (851) road. | ||||
5/6/2016 Posted On: 5/7/2016 By: coloradowriter Info: For Cristo Couloir or west ridge: Road is plowed and clear to .7 miles from the dam. | ||||
12/27/2015 Posted On: 12/31/2015 By: rachel88 Info: Lower winter parking lot is plowed, access off blue lakes rd. From co9. Snowmobile tracks up past 2nd parking lot. Trails obvious in snow to north west of parking lot. No trailers, no overnight parking, no bathrooms. | ||||
8/8/2015 Posted On: 8/11/2015 By: scoutbuff1 Info: This report provides info on dispersed camping neat the TH... McCullough Gulch Road (851) offers some good sites approximately 1.5 miles up from the TH on the left side of the road opposite Forest Rd 477 sign. Very nice area accommodates 6-10 tents very near the road and many more up in the trees. (Follow the forest road about 1/3 of a mile and you join the East Route trail to the summit.) The road also breaks right and offers some other usable sites that could accommodate a modest group. Additional camping is down in McCullough Gulch on 851, ~3 miles from TH. Campsites began to get filled around 2 p.m. on Friday... | 1 |
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7/26/2015 Posted On: 7/27/2015 By: MGatMileHigh Info: Easy dirt road to the trail head from CO-9. Good condition. Parking lots and the 851 road gets crowded easily on weekends. I could park my car right at the trail head on a Saturday only because I overslept ;-) and got to the place at 9 AM (then had to do a mad dash to summit, just before thunderstorms). Watchout for tight spaces on the road as vehicles get parked and if you face cars from opposite direction. | 1 |
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6/17/2015 Posted On: 6/17/2015 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: The McCullough Gulch (851) road is open, including the official Quandary trailhead, 0.1 mile up from the 850/851 road junction. | ||||
5/11/2015 Posted On: 5/18/2015 By: WillRobnett Info: Quandary parking is snow free. Snow from there. McCullough Gulch (851) Road was snow covered at the entrance of the road. Some dry patches at the beginning as I passed Quandary's lower standard route. | ||||
1/30/2015 Posted On: 3/10/2015 By: amcdonald Info: The winter parking lot is to your immediate right once you turn onto 850 - it is hard not to miss. It was packed down snow, but a 2WD could handle it. There are trails leading up to 851 and the summer trailhead in the back left (northwest-ish) corner of the parking lot. It is not a far walk to get to Quandary‘s summer trailhead from here. |
