11/2/2013 Posted On: 11/2/2013 By: mrickers Info: Few inches of snow, but passable with 4WD. | ||||
9/22/2013 Posted On: 9/24/2013 By: Trotter Info: Road is narrow but good condition until the last half mile. That last half mile needs 4WD and some ground clearance. | ||||
8/24/2013 Posted On: 8/29/2013 By: cougar Info: Road is narrow and a bit rough but passable with 2WD and some clearance to the 110J junction. Just beyond that junction is a hill that could be rough for 2WD and difficult to turn around. Clearance isn‘t an issue as much as having 4WD here, I saw a low clearance Suzuki ‘car‘ at the upper TH. Good campsites right at the 110J junction to the left and the walk to upper TH is only ~10 minutes from there. | ||||
7/10/2013 Posted On: 7/17/2013 By: cjwild Info: The road to southwest ridge for Mt. Massive was dry and we made it to .5 miles from the trailhead in our Subaru Outback on the 4WD road, there is a steep hill here and looked like it needed good clearance, so we didn‘t risk it, several other cars were parked here. All the cars at the trailhead were SUVs and had no problem making it up that last hill. | ||||
5/18/2013 Posted On: 5/18/2013 By: Grover Info: N. Halfmoon Creek TH is open. If you are driving a 4x4 vehicle, you will be able to make it with no issues. There are no true snow drifts on the road leading to the TH. just snow ruts......and those two or three ruts are melting fast. Road was in good shape everywhere else. | ||||
4/28/2013 Posted On: 4/29/2013 By: Eagle Eye Info: Drove up Halfmoon Rd ~ 4 miles from the 2wd parking, to the Emerald Lake Picnic Area. This is within about 1.3 miles of the Mt Massive TH. The road still has many sections of deep snow & ruts in drifts. | ||||
4/20/2013 Posted On: 4/22/2013 By: Eagle Eye Info: Early section of the road has been well drifted over, has a hard crust layer & I only drove only a little further than the 2wd parking lot/reflector signs in a high clearance 4wd. I hesitated to pull into the 2wd parking lot, it sits slightly lower than the road and looked to be filled in deep with drifts. | ||||
4/13/2013 Posted On: 4/14/2013 By: Eagle Eye Info: Road is passable, drove to the N. Halfmoon Campground. A well-known section at the start of the road has deep ruts in it, high clearance is necessary. | ||||
3/30/2013 Posted On: 4/5/2013 By: Eagle Eye Info: Road closure is just past the lower parking lot where the Halfmoon Rd turns to dirt. Two large reflector signs block the road, they can be gone around but the road is drifted over & has not been recently traveled. | ||||
1/16/2013 Posted On: 1/17/2013 By: Unknown Info: Got to within a 1/3 of a mile or so in a lifted Jeep Wrangler, before I was stopped by a steep hill with deep snow that I couldn‘t get up. The packed snow in the tire ruts should serve most 4-wheel drive vehicles ok, I would bring a shovel just in case you get slid out of one of the ruts into the deep sugar along side the ruts. | ||||
11/24/2012 Posted On: 11/25/2012 By: globreal Info: This TH is open! Drove all the way to the TH on Saturday, Nov. 24th. Hardly any snow on the Halfmoon Creek Rd. Come and get it before the next big snow hits. | ||||
11/21/2012 Posted On: 11/21/2012 By: mrschaible Info: Clear all the way to trail head. | ||||
11/20/2012 Posted On: 11/21/2012 By: Alpineair Info: Road to the TH has some snow but is not a issue. | ||||
11/4/2012 Posted On: 11/5/2012 By: caseymac Info: Road is free of snow all the way to the top. 4wd probably not necessary, but high clearance is in a few spots. | ||||
8/7/2012 Posted On: 8/8/2012 By: MTGOAT72 Info: Bumpy ride from the pavement. I have a Chevy Blazer and never needed to put it in 4WD on the upper sections. I would just say high clearance is needed unless the road gets wet. |
