2/23/2025 Posted On: 2/23/2025 By: masonzastrow Info: I was able to comfortably get to about 9'150 in my Nissan Juke. Road was icy in places and dry in others but clearance was never an issue. Probably could've gotten another .3-.5 miles further but I was intimidated by a hill that wasn't as scary as I imagined. A Subaru made it to I think about .4 miles from the trailhead, and a Jeep made it all the way. Tire tracks continued beyond this trailhead. | ||||
1/27/2025 Posted On: 1/27/2025 By: bigfoot1 Info: No car tracks past the first few camping areas at the beginning of the road, only skin tracks and footprints on the road. Snow hawk maybe up to 6" in some spots. Most cars can probably make it to the Colorado trail trailhead. | ||||
12/22/2024 Posted On: 12/23/2024 By: AndrewJCraigie Info: Was able to make it to the proper trailhead w/ my Subaru outback with four season tires pretty easily. Some snow and ice along the way could be difficult for some cars. | ||||
11/23/2024 Posted On: 11/23/2024 By: bigfoot1 Info: Road is still not plowed, I guess it doesn't get plowed in the winter. Mostly patchy, some completely bare spots and where there is snow, it is very hard packed and icy (as of 7am and noon). My car did not need to be pushed out this time, but did scrape just a wee bit on the snowhawk on the way out. The ice does seem to be mostly on the steep hills heading up, so if you can get up, you'll have no problem making it back down again. Snowhawk as tall as 5" max. A Kia SUV made it up the first hill, and puled off into the second pull off/dispersed camping area. There was a GMC SUV parked right at the trailhead at 12. Oddly enough, there was a deer leg at the first pulloff by the national forest sign and then a half eaten deer head in the middle of the road like a half mile up. | 1 |
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11/11/2024 Posted On: 11/11/2024 By: bigfoot1 Info: Road not plowed. Snow mohawk in the middle starts out around 3" at the beginning of the road and gets to 6-7" tall by the silver creek trailhead. Packed tire tracks icy in the morning, slushy in the afternoon. I would guess the road will be clear of snow in a week assuming it doesn't snow again. | ||||
9/7/2023 Posted On: 9/8/2023 By: JasonKline Info: My Hyundai Ioniq had little problem making it to the trailhead. Just pay attention and take it slow through the potholes. | ||||
5/18/2023 Posted On: 5/18/2023 By: dennywitte Info: Road is drivable by any 2wd vehicle. A few bumps along the way. | ||||
4/15/2023 Posted On: 4/17/2023 By: coloradomojo Info: one six inch area of rutted snow that will be gone quickly. Made it easily to TH in F150 | ||||
1/14/2023 Posted On: 1/15/2023 By: IanJSmith Info: I drove to within 0.6 miles of the trailhead in a Subaru Outback, and I'm glad I stopped there. Multiple vehicles stuck after that point - its worse than it looks. Getting to the trailhead in a truck or Large SUV with good treads is possible - I saw a Jeep, Tacoma, and I think even a Rav4 up there (though I wouldn't recommend with a Rav4). Here is the location of the convenient pull off and turnaround spot that I used which is fairly easily accessible with any AWD vehicle: 38.8605389, -106.2301959 | ||||
1/9/2023 Posted On: 1/9/2023 By: dennywitte Info: Drove to the Harvard Lakes TH on FS365 today. Looks like people with 4WD, high clearance, and offroad tires turn around there. | ||||
12/11/2021 Posted On: 12/11/2021 By: dennywitte Info: The FS365 road to the N Cottonwood trailhead is open and snow covered. The main obstacle continues to be the deep holes at .2 miles into the national forest. High clearance and 4wd is advised. | ||||
4/3/2021 Posted On: 4/3/2021 By: NatDog Info: I was able to drive my pickup up and down the road to the start of the trailhead today. Coming back down in the afternoon was definitely more of a challenge. Snow is melting fast and was super slushy. | 1 |
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3/27/2021 Posted On: 3/27/2021 By: dennywitte Info: Anyone hoping to access the Harvard Lakes, Silver Creek, or North Cottonwood Trailheads should plan to have 4wd and good ground clearance to reach the National Forest boundary and park there. There is a solid boot pack for .7 mile and then a good trench requiring flotation after that all the way to the North Cottonwood TH. | 1 |
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2/9/2021 Posted On: 2/9/2021 By: dennywitte Info: I just hiked and snowshoed back to the North Cottonwood TH from the National Forest boundary, three miles from the TH. The road is pretty much impassible now. Figure on parking at the NF boundary. Pictures are taken just a few tenths past the NF boundary. | 2 |
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1/21/2021 Posted On: 1/22/2021 By: daway8 Info: CR365 switched between being dry then fairly heavily snow covered but with easy to follow tracks then being plowed next to the turn into the neighborhood (where there is a large, dry pullout area there near Creek run a couple miles or so from the trailhead) and then back to heavy snow with tracks for only a short distance. I got my Jeep Renegade with 4WD and autosocks to within 0.9mi of the trailhead before giving up and executing a multipoint turn to back up to a pullout that was 1.13mi from the trailhead where one vehicle had previously made some tracks into. After getting back at the end of the day saw tire tracks from someone who appeared to have excellent tires but they only got maybe another 1,000ft or so beyond where I gave up. Expect to add at least 2-4miles to the summer milage unless you have a vehicle that's extremely capable in winter. The last stretch of the road to the trailhead now has a good foot traffic path beaten in, after that I paid my trenching dues on the trail itself, along with a couple hikers (see coming conditions report). | 4 |
