Crags Trailhead

Posted On: 5/31/2026 By: greenschist
Info: Gate is open, road is clear to TH. Bumpy and full of potholes, but doable in most cars with careful driving.

Posted On: 5/24/2026 By: E_A_Marcus_949
Info: Gate closed. 1.1mi each way to trailhead. Bike was fun to shorten the trek. All dry otherwise.

Posted On: 4/28/2026 By: Jim Davies
Info: The gate is not open any more; we talked to the Forest Service today and they said somebody cut their lock off, and it's been replaced. The projected opening is around May 22.

Posted On: 4/25/2026 By: cloudust
Info: Gate just past the Mennonite Camp is open.

Posted On: 4/5/2026 By: CO Native
Info: Gate at the Mennonite camp is still locked. Snow is a non-issue.

Posted On: 1/18/2026 By: nathanolds146
Info: Road is in pretty decent shape, dry in many areas and hard packed snow in others. Easily reached in my sedan. Gate is closed about 1 mile from the trailhead.

Posted On: 11/16/2025 By: Amratkov
Info: Road to trailhead completely dry. Did have some washed out areas and potholes that I'm not too sure a regular car/sedan could make it through. But my stock Rav4 did just fine.

Posted On: 10/8/2025 By: feldyinstilly
Info: Past the Mennonite Camp turnoff to the right is where a 2wd sedan with low clearance will have to take it slow. There are a fair amount of bumps, deep ruts, and rocks for that last mile. Easy going for any car with "ok" clearance. But, low clearance, 2wd sedans will need to take that last mile with some patience.

Posted On: 9/28/2025 By: jacksonanduha223
Info: Some pretty gnarly ruts/potholes just pass the winter closure gate that have gotten progressively worse over the summer. Definitely pick a good line and be careful, bottomed out my car with 5 inches, of clearance on a few ruts. Until they come and patch this up, it should probably be upgraded to 2WD good clearance.

Posted On: 6/29/2025 By: wolfgangstiller
Info: The road is all dry. It has a few more ruts this year than the last few years but is still passable in a normal passenger car.

Posted On: 5/31/2025 By: Da Legit Master
Info: The upper Crags Trailhead is closed from December 1st to June 1st annually. During this time there is a closed gate just after passing the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp. This is the winter trailhead which is around 1 - 1.5 miles from the normal trailhead. There is room to park about 10 vehicles here, although there is a sign stating "parking in designated areas only". It is not clear if the winter trailhead is one of these designated areas. I did a deep dive for about an hour, and could not find a conclusive answer. Many people were parked in this area so I assume it's okay? The upper trailhead should open in the next few days, and the road is in good shape for a 2wd car. 

Posted On: 4/2/2025 By: bigfoot1
Info: Road not plowed at all since last snow, but I made it in a stock vw golf. Needed two tries to get up the final hill, but didn't need to put chains on.

Posted On: 3/29/2025 By: bigfoot1
Info: Road is muddy and super potholed now, but stock vw golf still makes it to the winter trailhead with no problems or chains. There was a tractor pulling dirt around with one of those road scraper things that was attempting to fill in all the holes, so they might not be so bad in the future.

Posted On: 3/6/2025 By: bigfoot1
Info: Road to mennonite is very plowed, but there are a lot more potholes than before. Looks like someone came and rough plowed the winter parking area. I needed chains to get up there and a few running starts for some of the hills. 4 Runner looks like it made it there easily and without chains. ------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: 6 Mar 2025 road is back to being ok with some melting. Didn't need chains to make it there and saw a prius pulling in as I was leaving.

Posted On: 1/11/2025 By: bigfoot1
Info: Plowed to the Mennonite campground and packed down with a 2-4" inch deep fluffy snowhawk after. My car didn't make it much past the campground (fun fact: traction control doesn't work when you are in reverse!) and nudged a snowbank. Clearance wasn't a super big issue, but tire type was. All seasons didn't quite cut it. Seems like everyone else was easily able to make it to the winter gate though!