6/25/2017 Posted On: 6/25/2017 By: wyyld Info: Trailhead is easily accessible by any high clearance vehicle. There is two creek crossings that I'd think twice about if I was in a super low clearance car. Awesome trail up to San Luis Peak! | ||||
6/17/2017 Posted On: 6/19/2017 By: Randy1983 Info: Road is open and dry all the way to the parking spots. The two water crossings are easily passable by a Subaru Crosstrek. Beware the sheep-dogs as they like to run right up to your car. :) | ||||
4/21/2017 Posted On: 4/24/2017 By: Randy1983 Info: Road is still closed 17 miles from the TH. Most of the road is dry but damp in a few areas. Not much snow at all until the first water crossing. Even though this is gated by the Forest Service, I did see vehicle tracks up to about 3 miles from the gate. | ||||
8/7/2016 Posted On: 8/7/2016 By: Roald Info: Road is in good shape right now even with all the recent rain. Probably passable in any passenger car. | ||||
7/16/2016 Posted On: 7/18/2016 By: flagship47 Info: The 2 creek crossings are less than a foot of water and have good solid concrete to cross over. Road back to TH easily passable in our Xterra. Very well maintained pit toilets at Eddiesville South TH. Lots of biting flies during the day and mosquitoes in the evening. Bring bug spray!! | ||||
7/3/2016 Posted On: 7/6/2016 By: S1N1STERmustache Info: I arrived on 15-GG with no real issues in my Pontiac Vibe 2WD. After driving around the lake and crossing the cattle guard, I immediate came to the first stream crossing. There must have been a good amount of rain recently because the stream (about 10 feet wide) hit the dirt road and spread out to about 10 yards, and washed a lot of the dirt road away. I read that someone about a week before had no issues crossing in their 4WD, but I was not going to risk it. I very much believe that I would have gotten stuck. Sorry, I don't have pictures, but I figured I'd warn those of you who are like me and thought "Oh, I can make it. How bad can it be?" Bad enough for me to turn around and go to another 14er. | ||||
6/18/2016 Posted On: 6/19/2016 By: hokiehead Info: Google maps took us in a east, which was fine for the 4x4 truck Pete was driving. Two creek crossings that would be tough in a 2WD, but likely Subaruable. Note, there aren't many dining options once South of Beuea Vista. Eddiesville TH, .25 miles from Stewart Creek TH, has a great camping area and an amazingly well maintained pit toilet. | ||||
9/12/2015 Posted On: 9/15/2015 By: bdloftin77 Info: TH is easily reachable via the typical 2wd passenger car, though you do have to pay attention for ruts, potholes, sudden turns, etc. CR NN14 and CR17Gg from Hwy 114 are wide and smooth. CR15Gg is 1-1.5 lanes wide, and rougher. Watch out for ruts near rises in the road from water flow. Both stream crossings were less than 6 inches deep, easily passable. The TH is signed, and on your right as you drive in. The road is widened, so you can park near the TH. There are a few camping spots into the forest off the road fairly near the TH. If those are taken, there is a dirt parking lot 0.25 miles further down the road from the TH near a sharp right turn. If you go 0.4 miles from the TH, there‘s another dirt parking lot as well. From Hwy 114 along the dirt roads, it‘s probably 50-70 min to the TH, depending on how fast you drive. | ||||
8/2/2015 Posted On: 8/5/2015 By: addrock528 Info: Drove in from Saguache. Be prepared for many miles (20ish) of dirt. Much is in good graded condition. The last 15 to the TH was rougher and muddy. I think any car could make it (see earlier posts), but would not be fun. If anyone is curious, I drove from Stewart Creek TH to Lake City using the maze of dirt roads in that area that spit me out eventually (40miles of dirt road!) on the Slumgullion pass. All the dirt roads I encountered could be done by a passenger car carefully. | ||||
7/22/2015 Posted On: 7/24/2015 By: trinkner Info: I easily reached the TH with my low-clearance 2009 standard-issue Prius. A hundred yards or so before the actual TH there is a large pull-out camping area where I parked and slept the night in the car. (The back of a Prius is surprisingly comfortable with the seats folded down, given a Therm-a-rest pad and sleeping bag.) Reaching the TH requires fording two shallow streams that look much worse than they are. Each is lined with concrete slabs. I got out before each and inspected their depths, which probably was a deep as the center of my car‘s hubcaps at most -- probably shallower. The Prius crossed each with ease. Be warned, though: reaching this TH requires many miles on endless dirt roads. None was challenging for the car, but I sure got tired of driving and driving and driving. I really got a kick out of the frequent signs warning of narrow, winding roads. What else would you expect? Keep an eye out for Mountain Bluebirds along the whole route. | ||||
7/3/2015 Posted On: 7/5/2015 By: LostIowan Info: Crossed both creeks 7/2 at about 9pm in a Subaru Impreza with no issue and was also fine going out at around 1pm on 7/3. | ||||
6/15/2015 Posted On: 6/16/2015 By: LoveThisSite Info: Creeks are running pretty high and fast. There are 2 crossings. We discussed at length whether to attempt the creek crossing, and in the end it wasn‘t a problem at all in a Subaru Forester. I would not attempt to cross with a low clearance vehicle. | 4 |
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6/7/2015 Posted On: 6/12/2015 By: trsippel Info: The road to the trailhead was mostly dry, though areas of wet and loose gravel caused us to fishtail a bit on the way in (about 5pm). The creek crossings were do-able in a subaru outback. Pics with my friend wading in them are shown as a reference to how deep they were. The first was much deeper than the second. | ||||
8/21/2014 Posted On: 8/29/2014 By: AlpineCarole Info: Don‘t be afraid to hit the accelerator to cross both creeks on the way. Did it with a ford fiesta. Except few bumps, this was a perfect dirt road. | ||||
7/20/2014 Posted On: 7/21/2014 By: Sinsear Info: Was able to reach the trailhead in a Chevy Cruze (compact 2-door coupe). It was rough in several areas, and the two stream crossings were a bit sketchy, but was able to do it nonetheless. However, the two stream crossings have been recently reconstructed with concrete, so you can just step on the gas and make it through in a sedan and not have to worry about hitting rocks or anything. |
