Deer Creek Trailhead Trailhead

Posted On: 2/28/2025 By: soxfan249
Info: Road plowed to campground, unplowed beyond but doable. Managed to get to the trailhead in the morning by driving over tamped icy ruts and made it back down in the melted slush in the afternoon with no problems (Subaru Crosstrek).

Posted On: 5/7/2024 By: rhammond530
Info: Summer conditions. One short snow mound to cross near the trailhead, AWD vehicles should have no problem.

Posted On: 3/9/2024 By: yaktoleft13
Info: 10+ cars made it to upper trailhead, mix of 4wd and AWD. A bit of snow sliding needed but very doable

Posted On: 1/20/2024 By: sarahmariekirk
Info: Road is plowed until the Deer Creek Campground, and then we parked around .25-.5 miles after the CG. Any 4WD vehicle will not have a problem getting to the trailhead, as of now. There had been recent traffic as recent as today (1/20).

Posted On: 5/6/2023 By: RWinters
Info: There are still two small pesky, rutted snow/ice patches. There were a couple cars in addition to the 4wds at the TH and the patches looked negotiable.

Posted On: 4/3/2023 By: rhammond530
Info: 4WD with clearance was necessary on Saturday 4/1. Fairly deep off-camber snow ruts were a sloppy mess in the afternoon on the exit. There was a Subaru Outback that was stuck and caused a 30 minute backup exiting while folks got them unstuck. I would not attempt this road with a Rav4 / CRV / Subaru until the end of April.

Posted On: 2/26/2023 By: colin j
Info: Summer TH is still reachable, though I'd be weary of driving past campground without 4wd and clearance.

Posted On: 1/21/2023 By: AndrewJCraigie
Info: Road to trailhead had a few inches of snow on it, but my Subaru outback did fine. Not sure I would try without decent tires. Few cars came in after me so I thought it would make the drive out easier, but I was still sliding around.

Posted On: 11/7/2022 By: Dan_Suitor
Info: Final portion of the road was snow-packed and slippery. A 2wd with good tires could make it.

Posted On: 11/27/2021 By: good jorb
Info: Clear, a little snow in the morning but melted off by pm.

Posted On: 11/22/2021 By: Carl_Healy
Info: Nothing but a dusting of snow on the road that was gone later in the day. Dry, no 4WD needed at all

Posted On: 6/5/2021 By: daway8
Info: 4WD not needed at all - there are some pretty good size potholes and a few scattered softball size rocks but there were all manner of vehicles there when I got back. Only a few vehicles there at midnight (no camping at trailhead or within 100ft of the trail, however parking is allowed...) but by noon it was as crowded as the Quandary lot.

Posted On: 5/16/2021 By: mjlucarelli
Info: Road is snow free. All snow is off to the sides of the road so any vehicle should be able to make it to the TH, just move slow over those potholes!

Posted On: 4/10/2021 By: mikemalick
Info: Unlike last weekend, today the TH parking was completely snow-free. That doesn't mean, however, it is easy to get to. I'd say the last 2/10 of a mile to the TH are the easiest and snow free for the most part. There are snow free spots earlier along the road as well, but there are still some nasty ruts with the center mound snow/ice up very high. Vehicle clearance is key. AWD/4WD can't hurt either and it does get pretty sloppy in the afternoon.

Posted On: 1/11/2021 By: Bucktown
Info: Snowpack is started to build up on the road past the campground and tire track ruts are starting to form in places. Not advisable for low clearance vehicles, 2WD is debatable. AWD and 4WD should be still be good, there were four of these cars in the TH lot this morning.