5/15/2023 Posted On: 5/15/2023 By: WillRobnett Info: Forest Service road opened all the way to the lake! | 2 |
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5/5/2023 Posted On: 5/6/2023 By: WillRobnett Info: Ranch snow pile that was in the middle of the road this winter has now completely melted. road is drivable to winter gate.. that's below the Forest Service entrance. Pavement-trek from there and very little (scatter/infrequent/ at most 3" deep) ice on the road after winter gate. saw a few bikes heading up which would have easily gotten far up the road. Aspen Public Radio: Bells opening on May 15th for driving. | ||||
4/28/2023 Posted On: 5/6/2023 By: WillRobnett Info: road conditions... drivable up to Ranch. winter plows create a pile of snow in the middle of the road which prevents cars from getting further and still there. melting soon. a lot of snow still in the area | ||||
4/30/2022 Posted On: 5/2/2022 By: ClimberSkierDave64 Info: Biked up the road and then camped next to one of the bathrooms. The road has very minor patches of snow all the way until the last half mile where the snow becomes somewhat continuous and annoying. | 2 |
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6/15/2020 Posted On: 6/15/2020 By: angry Info: Reservation system is seamless. Once you arrive at lot, just park in the applicable section. Overnight requires you to print your confirmation and place on dashboard. | ||||
6/8/2020 Posted On: 6/8/2020 By: markf Info: Parking at the Maroon Lake TH is now by reservation only. Reservations are made online at https://aspenchamber.org/plan-trip/trip-highlights/maroon-bells/reservations and are $10. | 2 |
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5/24/2019 Posted On: 5/24/2019 By: Chicago Transplant Info: Road opened Friday 5.24.19 according to the local paper. https://www.postindependent.com/news/road-to-maroon-bells-opens-friday-independence-pass-gets-closer-as-opening-remains-on-hold/ | ||||
4/19/2019 Posted On: 4/19/2019 By: lodgling Info: Road is closed at T Lazy 7 Ranch. There are two brief concrete patches so far. Sleds are getting past slide debris at 7 mile mark, but not past debris at 8 mile mark. Getting past that pile on foot adds a good 20 minutes or so. | ||||
9/23/2018 Posted On: 9/24/2018 By: Conor J Info: I had no problems getting up to the trailhead to park in overnight parking, as I arrived at around 10:30 pm, however I climbed with someone who said there was still an attendant at the booth at 7:30 pm, who was turning people away due to full overnight lots. Could be the fact that the leaves are in full swing, but be ready to be turned away potentially! | ||||
8/9/2018 Posted On: 8/11/2018 By: madmattd Info: Got the last legal spot in the upper overnight lot at 6:15am on Thursday 8/9. Both lower/overflow lots had filled minutes before we got there. Several "creative" parking jobs in the overnight lots when we returned Friday afternoon. Day use lot was slightly less than 1/2 full both when we arrived and when we left, noticed several cars with "notes" on their windshields and payment envelopes. Pay the parking fee before you park ($10)! (National Parks Pass accepted). | ||||
7/30/2018 Posted On: 8/1/2018 By: wireless973 Info: Got to the entrance at around 4pm on a Monday and saw the "overnight parking full" sign. I continued to the main gate and sure enough they told me there was in fact overnight parking available. It seems they just leave that sign up all the time so you might as well drive all the way up since people are constantly coming and going from the overnight lot. When I got back from my hike at around 1 pm on Tuesday almost all of the day spots were filled but there were still overnight parking spots available even though the gate once again said it was full. | ||||
7/19/2018 Posted On: 7/20/2018 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: This was on a Wednesday... Reached the Maroon Lake road USFS entrance station at 3pm to find they have posted a temporary sign stating overnight hikers will be let in at 5pm if there is sufficient parking. The attendant confirmed this and told us to come back at 5pm or later in the evening when the station is unattended. However, we came back at 4:30 and the attendant said there was now enough spots so he let us pass. When we got up there the two overnight lots (West Maroon Creek Portal and general overnight) were about 1/2 empty. If you're going on a weekend, you might want to park ($) at the bus station and take the bus up to the lake. Also, we camped at Crater Lake site #4 and had a bear nose around our camp at night. :) | ||||
5/18/2018 Posted On: 5/18/2018 By: Eli Boardman Info: The road and parking is totally dry and open. Just posting to say that the Silver Bell campground is open. It said online it wouldn't open for a while, but it is in fact open now. The other campgrounds on the road are closed. | ||||
5/12/2018 Posted On: 5/13/2018 By: TakeMeToYourSummit Info: The road is definitely open & crawling with tourists. Pictures included to show snow levels. | ||||
5/10/2018 Posted On: 5/10/2018 By: cloudkicker Info: Per the Aspen Chamber website: "Maroon Creek road is scheduled to open May 10th 2018 at 4pm." |
