10/9/2015 Posted On: 10/9/2015 By: zhowell79 Info: The 4WD road to trailhead is a bit rough, we saw a Kia Sonata (sedan) stop before the rut mentioned in earlier posts. I think with a low speed and patience getting up to that point is fine, though I think a 2WD car would have a real hard time getting over the washouts. For reference the road is much worse than the Grays/Torreys TH road | ||||
8/9/2015 Posted On: 8/10/2015 By: jblyth Info: Trail has a major washout rut about .3 mile from trailhead. Unless you have high clearance, you‘ll need to park a bit lower. | ||||
7/11/2015 Posted On: 7/11/2015 By: JQDivide Info: Just after the road splits about .5 mile from the TH the road goes up and the spot in question looks much worse than it really is. The culvert is exposed on the left. The large "pothole" is on the right. Any SUV should be able to straddle the pothole without even noticing its there. There was a Nissan Maxima at the TH if that tells you anything. Rest of the road is fine, typical 4wd. Saw a large 4Wheeler cross the creek at the TH. Deep hole, two others didn‘t try it. | ||||
7/3/2015 Posted On: 7/3/2015 By: Horn Info: As others have said, it‘s not really a hole as much as just large potholes that you would come across while on a 4wd trail. I got my Outback up without much trouble at all. Although I have been told I‘m crazy so maybe just park below the section that gets steep. It doesn‘t add that to the trip, maybe a mile total RT but that‘s still better than the Standard route. | ||||
6/28/2015 Posted On: 6/28/2015 By: asnellstrom Info: I‘m not quite sure why everyone is saying the "hole" in the road is that big. ANY stock 4wd vehicle CAN drive to the upper trailhead of this road. Would I take a subaru? NO! Could you get a subaru up there? Probably, I have seen subaru‘s in worse places... | 1 |
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6/21/2015 Posted On: 6/21/2015 By: LivingOnTheEdge Info: The previous update of the culvert is accurate, though we didn't have any issues getting by it in a Lexus GX470. Also saw an older Subaru Outback up top that wasn‘t there when we parked in the morning. Also a rock crawler Jeep that wouldn't try it. So go figure. It's definitely doable and looks worse than it is. | ||||
6/5/2015 Posted On: 6/5/2015 By: Lyssah Info: Road to Halfmoon Creek Trailhead (standard Massive approach) was dry but had the typical washouts and holes. Past Halfmoon Creek Trailhead, the remaining stretch of road to North Halfmoon Creek Trailhead is also dry, but there is one humongous hole at the top of a hill intersecting with a buried culvert pipe. The pipe is exposed from wear and right beside the hole with the pipe is a giant hole/washout. Giant. We were in a chevy silverado with skid plates and with some careful maneuvering, were able to avoid both the exposed culvert and straddle the giant hole. I would say it isn‘t a beginner move, but when we got to the end of the road at North Halfmoon Creek Trailhead, there was a suburu outback sitting there. Who knows for how long, but somehow it made it past the disaster hole and the rest of the dry, but extremely rugged 4WD trail. | ||||
6/4/2015 Posted On: 6/4/2015 By: KTC88 Info: Dry all the way to the TH and in pretty decent shape. High clearance vehicle a good idea for the last .5 mile. | ||||
10/25/2014 Posted On: 11/2/2014 By: spiderman Info: Drove to 10,300‘ with Civic. | ||||
9/17/2014 Posted On: 9/18/2014 By: goldenite Info: Road in good enough shape to get my 5.5 inch clearance car to the 110J junction. Read that my car couldn't pass a spot further on the road and they were right. Just a few hundred yards up is a big, deep pot whole abutting a culvert that people have partly filled with rocks. Half of the vehicles parked at the junction and the others at the TH, based on clearance. | ||||
9/9/2014 Posted On: 9/14/2014 By: 2giqs Info: Made it to FR 110J in a compact Kia with no problem. Maybe 0.2 m further a serious dip in the road (culvert partially visable) would halt further low clearance traffic. Maybe a couple rock problems after that, but actually the last half mile is seemed less problematic than those earlier encountered rain filled potholed miles. One vehicle observed at the TH: Subaru Outback. | ||||
9/6/2014 Posted On: 9/6/2014 By: MountainHiker Info: The road is rougher than last year when I drove it. There is one spot in particular on a hill after the 110J junction that separates the vehicles. | ||||
6/2/2014 Posted On: 6/5/2014 By: DenverTRex Info: 4x4 road past first TH through far TH passable by most non-modified 4x4‘s | ||||
5/24/2014 Posted On: 5/24/2014 By: wyojeremy Info: We were able to drive all the way up to the trailhead this evening. Needed 4wd but made it without any complications. | ||||
5/18/2014 Posted On: 5/19/2014 By: vailmtnman_26 Info: As of 05/18/2014 there have been no vehicles to make it past a large snow drift about 150 yards before the Mt. Massive trailhead at 10,050 feet. For the next 2 miles past this point there are stretches of dry road with sections of deep snow especially in the shaded areas. Past the South Halfmoon Creek trailhead the snow cover over the road is continuous. |
