5/19/2012 Posted On: 5/20/2012 By: ElFuegoDelaMuerte Info: Open all the way to the damn. | ||||
4/1/2012 Posted On: 4/2/2012 By: burnindaylight Info: Road open approximately 1.8miles from Highway 9 (past lower reservoir) before reaching deeper/off-camber snow that covers the road. There are a few small snow drifts to cross. There were Subaru‘s, a Honda CRV, a Ford Escape, a F-150, and my Xterra that made it this far. | ||||
3/15/2012 Posted On: 3/16/2012 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Road closed at the normal winter closure, 0.3 mile up from Highway 9. | ||||
12/2/2011 Posted On: 12/2/2011 By: geojed Info: Very accesible with 4WD, 2WD would probably even work. Packed snow for 1st 2/3, then gravel/dirt from lower blue lake up to dam. | ||||
10/22/2011 Posted On: 10/22/2011 By: nmg5038 Info: Blue Lakes is nearly snow free. Only like two very very small patches that have been run over many times. Everything else is snow free and relatively dry. | ||||
6/17/2011 Posted On: 6/17/2011 By: joelsteidl Info: The road is clear all the way to the dam. About .5 miles from the dam, there is a cable / gate across the road. There is plenty of parking before the gate and it‘s an easy (snow-free) walk to the dam. | ||||
6/5/2011 Posted On: 6/5/2011 By: areed20 Info: The road is pretty clear with only some drifts of snow. I made it with a 2wd low clearance car to the turn off about a .5 mile before the damn. No one can make it past that though at least not in the near future. Give it a couple of weeks and things should be much more clear. The snow is melting fast. | ||||
6/4/2011 Posted On: 6/5/2011 By: caverdude Info: Drove within 1.5 miles of the Dam. One small section of snow blocks the road to get you even closer to the trailhead. It should melt out quickly, but the last 0.25 mile or so will take longer. | ||||
6/1/2011 Posted On: 6/1/2011 By: Nelson Info: I drove .4 miles from the intersection towards Blue Lakes TH before I bogged down. My guess is that in a week nyoun will be able to get a lot farther. The Lasst Half mile still has a lot of snow and will take a while. | ||||
8/20/2010 Posted On: 8/20/2010 By: mtgirl Info: Took my very low clearance Honda Civic up to the dam this morning. If my car can make it......ANY car can make it. | ||||
5/26/2010 Posted On: 5/26/2010 By: crossfitter Info: Road is bone dry and passable by any normal vehicle all the way to the dam. | ||||
5/9/2010 Posted On: 5/9/2010 By: rleclair Info: Road is bone dry to the Colorado Springs Utilities gate about 1/2 mile from the dam. | ||||
12/22/2009 Posted On: 12/22/2009 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Road is closed beyond the old Monte Cristo trailhead. From here, it is over 1.5 miles to the end of the road (summer trailhead). Open to view photo. | ||||
11/29/2009 Posted On: 11/29/2009 By: newnative Info: The road is still easily passable all the way to the dam. 2WD car made it up to the gate easily, some packed snow but mostly dry. | ||||
6/8/2009 Posted On: 6/8/2009 By: swturner Info: Road is open to the dam. |
