Posted By: Eagle Eye Info: The main road CR 30 is very well plowed. Someone dug through a snowplow snowbank at the bridge entrance to Mill Creek TH (campgrounds area) allowing passage. The loop road through the many campgrounds is driveable but has not been plowed/is in deep drifts of snow. | ||||
Posted By: Tornadoman Info: Road is in excellent shape; dry and accessible to any vehicle. Minimal bumps. | ||||
Posted By: JtheChemE Info: Road was plowed and mostly snowpacked, with just a few icy sections. Currently any car can make it to Mill Creek, and on to Cataract. The Mill Creek gated pulloff has space for 3-4 cars. | ||||
Posted By: Squirrellysquirrel Info: Plowed, yet snow covered, accessible with AWD/FWD. Extensive powder exists off-road and is akin to quicksand. Mill Creek Campground is closed, but can part at the gate to access TH. | ||||
Posted By: angelmagnet1 Info: TH is accessible to any 2WD vehicle. Last 7 miles is dirt and the final 3.5Mi have patches of ice on the road but its wide and flat with no steep sections. Parking space limited to 3 or 4 vehicles. | ||||
Posted By: supranihilest Info: The road is plowed past the Mill Creek Campground all the way to Cataract Gulch. There’s patches of ice, snow, and mud on the road but I had no trouble in a Civic. The small parking lot at the campground is dry and can hold 3-5 vehicles. | ||||
Posted By: Kiefer Info: Mill Creek Road (FSR 637) is plowed to the water treatment plant/ponds. It’s about 1.5 miles. Beware though, there are EXTREMELY icy sections on this road. As we found out, the entire vehicle will slide. There’s room for perhaps 4-5 vehicles at the top of the road (treatment ponds). And a huge ice flow at the parking lot for good measure. | ||||
Posted By: WildWanderer Info: Easy 2wd access to the trailhead. I just drove around the campground and not one spot was taken. I stayed at the Williams Creek Campground where I was the only one there. I talked to the camp host: I was their first camper this year. People are afraid you cant access the trailheads and that the citys going to flood. County Road 30 is open 11 miles in: a mile past the Mill Creek Campground. The host told me this area is in no danger of flooding. The city looks like a ghost town over Memorial Day weekend. Please consider a trip here... and buy gas and lunch as well: they depend on tourism and this years avalanches are going to hurt their economy. | ||||
Posted By: Aphelion Info: Road to the trailhead is gated off and closed to all vehicle/foot traffic, due to uncleared avalanche debris and lingering avy danger. | ||||
Posted By: JQDivide Info: Road was nearly clear from the lake to Mill Creek, just a couple of spots of packed snow/ice. Any vehicle can make the TH, until the next big snow. Elk and Deer: Be careful driving at night from Monarch Pass to Gunni: Deer all along the road. From Blue Mesa to Powderhorn: Elk herds crossing the road. And the rest of the way in to LC, deer. | ||||
Posted By: Kelly M Info: Easy 2WD access to Mill Creek Campground. A few areas of packed snow. We made it with no issues in a Nissan Altima. | ||||
Posted By: Yikes Info: Road is dry to campground. There is a trail to Sunshine immediately across the road (look for a green power box about 50 feet to the west); we didn‘t hike east the mentioned quarter mile. | ||||
Posted By: San Juan Ron Info: The road is kept clear all winter and rarely will you have problems. As of late-April, CR-30 to Mill Creek was completely dry and the same goes for the Shelf Road up to Silver Creek/Grizzly Gulch. The SC/GG TH is around 5 miles beyond the Mill Creek campground via the Shelf Road. | ||||
Posted By: Lyssah Info: Road is clear of snow all the way to the small parking lot, but is impossible to make without the aid of a 4WD. Due to the recent rain the entire road is one huge mudhole. My party left our civics at the start of 15-GG which is where the road gets impassable by 2WD. | ||||
Posted By: SarahT Info: Road to the TH is in excellent shape. Drove a truck up it, but a car might make it - a little steep in at least one place. | ||||
Posted By: mouser Info: Road in excellent shape, easily reachable by passenger cars. Plenty of room for camping. No snow. |
