8/15/2026 Posted On: 8/15/2026 By: daway8 Info: There is now a pair of permanent pit toilets that has been constructed in the middle of the lot. Currently they're clean and well stocked. Parking lot is still a dirt lot but accessible by pretty much any vehicle - just a couple potholes to navigate at the entrance. Notable amount of road noise from adjacent I-70. Overall lot is fairly dark at night except headlights flickering through trees from the interstate. | 1 |
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5/3/2025 Posted On: 5/3/2025 By: daway8 Info: Still no bathrooms here (unless you count trees). Dramatically larger parking area than the tiny Dry Gulch trailhead less than 5 minutes down the road. That trailhead has no trees and nothing to block light or noise from the almost immediately adjacent I-70. But Herman Gulch is pretty much surrounded by trees and sits slightly farther off of I-70. For me the background noise of the traffic was perfect for falling asleep to. Several other folks overnighting here, with the dirt lot being large enough to spread out in. | 1 |
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11/3/2024 Posted On: 11/3/2024 By: swilson753 Info: Portapotties are gone. The privacy fence that used to be around them has collapsed. | ||||
6/30/2024 Posted On: 6/30/2024 By: kal_18 Info: Bathrooms are here again (3 port-a-potties). Lot filled up quickly today. | 2 |
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6/5/2024 Posted On: 6/5/2024 By: SionaRW35 Info: There are no longer any bathrooms at this TH. Why would the Forest Service remove these at such a popular location? | 2 |
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7/10/2022 Posted On: 7/10/2022 By: abe1982 Info: Hiked Parnassus on Saturday and arrived at the TH at 6:30 AM. North side of the lot was 95% full with no one parked on south side of lot. Got back down to TH at 11:30 and cars were parked up and down the interstate on/off ramps, the road under the interstate and on the side roads near the TH. Best to arrive before 7 AM or avoid on summer weekends. | ||||
5/31/2021 Posted On: 5/31/2021 By: RckyMntnHgh Info: Only one other car when I started at 9:30 am today - Memorial Day! Parking lot and first 3/4 mile dry (other than moisture from ongoing light snow but above freezing temp so it evaporates/melts quickly). Knee-deep post-holing off and on through snow belts last mile before lake. | 2 |
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12/27/2020 Posted On: 1/2/2021 By: kalestew Info: Still paved, still has 2 port-a-potties, still extremely accessible | ||||
9/2/2018 Posted On: 9/2/2018 By: madmattd Info: Huge lot, 2 port-a-potties. A bit bumpy at the entrance, but still passable by any vehicle. Cars were parked all along the entrance road mid-day (Labor Day Weekend traffic or the norm?). | 1 |
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7/24/2012 Posted On: 7/30/2012 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Lots of parking and an obvious start to the trail (left of the bathrooms). |
