4/12/2020 Posted On: 4/21/2020 By: angry Info: Parked at ~9200ft. 4wd can make it further up. | ||||
10/13/2019 Posted On: 10/13/2019 By: mattpick Info: Trail was rocky but clear this weekend. We drove up in a Chevy Colorado 4WD and were moving rocks on the way up to avoid scraping. We ended up parking at the trailhead (we were the only vehicle there today). Drainpipe was still there but it's been covered with dirt over trail crossing, so you can just walk right over it now. | ||||
6/11/2019 Posted On: 6/12/2019 By: boudreaux Info: South Colony Road is clear all the way to Rainbow Trail. We got up there in a heavy, stock, 2WD suburban, so it's not impossible. We did have a spotter and moved some rocks around, but we got up there. We parked about a 1/4 mile from the TH and walked the last section. As we walked by the metal drainpipe, we noted it is still a major obstacle to overcome. Others have piled rocks below the pipe to lessen a small hole, but its still about a 3" or 4" high x 10" wide, extremely, slippery pipe that stretches across the road. This pipe is about 200 yards below the Rainbow Trail. A few parking spaces at the TH. FS cleared away most of the trees here, I'm guessing beetle kill mitigation. | 1 |
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4/20/2019 Posted On: 4/21/2019 By: spaceman_mort Info: The first patches of snow start around half a mile above the 2WD parking lot. They are passable in a 4WD vehicle, but significant snowpack covers the road fully around 0.75 miles up from the 2WD lot. | ||||
4/14/2019 Posted On: 4/15/2019 By: wintersage Info: I parked at the 2WD trailhead as it is open, dry, and snow-free. The 4WD road looks deceptively open as there is no physical closure and no snow in sight, but you will encounter deep snow about 0.3mi in, which progressively gets deeper and more impassable. | ||||
4/7/2019 Posted On: 4/7/2019 By: WildWanderer Info: You'll still need to park at the Lower South Colony Lakes 2WD lot, as the road further is impassable. | ||||
3/23/2019 Posted On: 3/23/2019 By: WildWanderer Info: Unless you're driving a snowmobile you'll be parking at the South Colony Lakes 2WD trailhead for the next few weeks. It looked like a few vehicles had tried to drive further, but changed their minds and backed up about 20 feet past the 2WD parking area. Luckily the 2WD drive in is dry: it only gets a bit muddy just before the turnoff into the lower parking lot. Snow begins right at the South Colony Lakes 2WD area. | ||||
1/23/2019 Posted On: 1/23/2019 By: QuietBear Info: The winter closure is at the 2WD trailhead at the start of the jeep road. Be sure to follow the trailhead directions and take Colfax (country road 119) and turn right onto 120 to the trailhead. Do not take the "shortcut" of country road 125. The last quarter mile of which is not plowed and has very deep snow. My high-clearance 4x4 with beefy snow tires got bogged down here at 5am and I had to use my traction plates to get out. Colfax and 120 are plowed up to the trailhead and you won't have any problems. The jeep road is snow-filled and made good skiing. While the trench had been buried under new snow, I re-broke the trail up to the upper trailhead, and later in the day several others reinforced it. | ||||
5/13/2018 Posted On: 5/18/2018 By: sallenrogem87 Info: Made it to 0.2 miles from the official Rainbow Trail TH in a Subaru Outback with ~8.7 inches of ground clearance. It was somewhat of a stressful drive and the metal tube/drainage pipe just before the official Rainbow Trail TH is no joke. We parked just below that. I see that some people have stacked rocks underneath the tube/drainage pipe itself, but it is still somewhat of an advanced looking maneuver, as the road happens to steepen there as well. I don't know if I would give this TH road the designation of Subaruable, but a skilled driver and a cautious line choice is an absolute necessity if you don't have HIGH clearance 4WD vehicle. Entire length of the TH road is snow-free and dry, as is 98% of the East Ridge route up Humboldt Peak. | 1 |
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3/25/2018 Posted On: 3/25/2018 By: bmcqueen Info: | ||||
3/23/2018 Posted On: 3/23/2018 By: WildWanderer Info: Slush and ice and mud on entire trail. It was a bit sketchy but my Tundra made it about 1/4 of a mile from the Rainbow Trail trailhead. I only stopped because I found a decent place to park and I couldn't see the rest of the route behind a turn. It was obvious hiking a little further several vehicles had turned around. It should probably be closed at the lower trailhead. There were no tire tracks past Rainbow Trail towards South Colony Lakes. | 2 |
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2/11/2018 Posted On: 2/11/2018 By: jladderud Info: | ||||
12/28/2017 Posted On: 12/29/2017 By: jbealer Info: Same report as eairler Dec. one. Road is still clear to the rainbow trail TH. Then packed snow to upper trail head. Got my Element to just below the Rainbow TH. There is a large metal water tub i could not get over, there is one small parking space just below that, that i parked in. | ||||
12/2/2017 Posted On: 12/3/2017 By: DanW Info: Update is no update. Road is clear up to at LEAST Rainbow Trail with a few very short sections of packed snow. | ||||
11/26/2017 Posted On: 11/26/2017 By: sdkeil Info: Road still passable for my stock Xterra to the rainbow trail junction. We did not go any further since this was our destination, but we saw a couple vehicles come down from higher up so I imagine it may be passable to the South Colony Lakes TH. The road was mostly dry with a couple short patches of packed snow. | 2 |
