5/24/2025 Posted On: 5/25/2025 By: madmattd Info: Plowed and mostly dry to the Missouri Lakes/Fancy Pass THs, should be fine for any vehicle. Road is plowed beyond the stream crossing 3/4mi up (I'm guessing all the way to the dam), lots of standing water/puddles but Outbacks/etc can definitely make it through. | 1 |
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5/21/2025 Posted On: 5/21/2025 By: swilson753 Info: I spoke to someone in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District office this morning. As of 5/16, FS 703 was dry and accessible up to the intersection with FS 704. FS 704 is passable 1.5 mi after that point. Sounds like Savage is reasonably accessible for this weekend. | 1 |
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6/1/2023 Posted On: 6/1/2023 By: Chicago Transplant Info: SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE CLOSURE 6/5-6/16: Access roads to the Missouri-Fancy and Brady Sopris trailheads in Eagle County will be closed to motorized vehicles June 5-16 while crews conduct heavy maintenance. Holy Cross City Jeep Trail will be closed as well. https://www.vaildaily.com/news/u-s-forest-service-to-close-roads-to-the-missouri-fancy-and-brady-sopris-trails-from-june-5-16/ | ||||
7/4/2022 Posted On: 7/5/2022 By: habaceeba Info: This trailhead is wide open. The upper '4x4' trailhead is easily accessible to most 2wd vehicles. | ||||
6/11/2022 Posted On: 6/11/2022 By: jbealer Info: Found out the hard way at 8pm last nite https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/whiteriver/alerts-notices/?aid=73497 No savage for us :( | ||||
11/14/2021 Posted On: 11/15/2021 By: kempenjn Info: Shortly after Holy Cross City 4x4 road, snowpack increases significantly. 4wd / awd highly recommended. | ||||
9/17/2021 Posted On: 9/17/2021 By: Chicago Transplant Info: Note: The FS is replacing the culvert at French Creek on the main Homestake Road, which is before the turnoff to Missouri Lakes between 9/20 and 10/1. They will be constructing a bypass for the work zone, but expect possible delays: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-valley/vail-valley-forest-users-expect-construction-on-homestake-road/ | 1 |
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8/7/2021 Posted On: 8/7/2021 By: Chicago Transplant Info: It's open again, the flood damage at French Creek is filled with gravel and shouldn't give anyone any issues. 70 cars at 9.30am, and 91 at 1.30 pm... yes I walked up the road and counted them all. Stretched over a quarter mile from the trailhead. I was hosting the trailhead for my wilderness volunteer group and about half the groups I talked to were packing in, that is a lot of campers. No limits (yet), so all I can do is encourage LNT as best I can, tell everyone to set up 100' from trails and water, not have fires and hope for the best. FS law enforcement officer hung out with me for a bit, didn't have to ticket anyone for blocking the road but was checking it. Hopefully seeing him led people to take my advice more seriously about LNT | ||||
6/28/2021 Posted On: 6/28/2021 By: JasonKline Info: My Hyundai Ioniq made it to the 2WD trailhead no problem. The road to the 4WD trailhead is now clear of snow as well. | ||||
5/25/2021 Posted On: 5/25/2021 By: adrenalated Info: Save one large puddle, the road to the 2WD trailhead is clear and dry, passable by any vehicle with average ground clearance. The 4WD road has been plowed and is full of many large puddles, which will get deeper as snow continues to melt. The road is somewhat rough but not a real 4WD road; any SUV with moderate clearance (think Subaru Outback) will have no issues reaching the 4x4 trailhead. | ||||
5/6/2018 Posted On: 5/6/2018 By: martinleroux Info: Homestake Road (FS703) is now only open from May 21 to Nov 22. The rest of the time it's gated and closed at US 24. | ||||
6/14/2017 Posted On: 6/15/2017 By: brerrabbit Info: Clear to the dam although the 4WD trailhead starts before the end of the road if you are attempting Savage. There's a fair bit of puddles although they are not very deep and I didn't see any hidden significant rocks in the puddles. A subaru outback made it to the 4WD TH without difficulty with care in just a few spots. | ||||
4/9/2017 Posted On: 4/9/2017 By: brerrabbit Info: Snow starting ~0.4 miles into the turnoff from US 24 onto Homestake road. There were tire tracks in the snow but since there were ~7.5 miles left just to the turnoff for Missouri Creek Road we decided to switch to a secondary objective. | ||||
6/26/2015 Posted On: 6/27/2015 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Open | ||||
6/9/2015 Posted On: 6/10/2015 By: Wildernessjane Info: We were able to get 1.1 miles up the 4WD road. I think with the warm weather someone could get all the way to the end of the road by now. There were about half a dozen pools of standing water 4-6 inches deep on the 4WD road. |
