Summited yesterday, 4/29. The road is open and a little rough in spots until 1.4 miles from the trailhead where it's washed out. Some people have been getting through it but you'd need a high clearance rig to do that. After that the road is clear to the Trailhead.
The trail starts out fine until the washout .4 miles in. I made it across that using some logs, branches, and wet rocks to do a sketchy scramble down to the creek and climb back out. Shorty after that at the next creek there's another washout but it's definitely not as bad as the 1st. If you can make it across the 1st washout you'll be good.
Snow starts around where the trail splits from the old road and quickly covers the trail for the rest of the way. I was able to mostly stay on the summer trail. The snow firmed up overnight so postholing wasn't bad on the way up but on the down the snow turned to goopy slush. I postholed up to my knee and slipped several times. Some blowdowns but none were major, all were easy to step over or under. Brought spikes, gaiters, and poles and used all of them.
Stole bageltimes photo to show the way I crossed the washout, my photo was taken at dusk and sucked.
Comments
Do you think that if a rope were affixed to some trees and went across the chasm that it would help?
Posted by:
DK1998 on May 01, 2026 10:38 AM
A rope would definitely help. The side closest to the trailhead has a solid tree for a rope but the far side is all loose dirt with no trees close to the edge. It would take a long rope.
Posted by:
I_like_2_hike_ on May 02, 2026 01:40 AM
A rope woi
Posted by:
I_like_2_hike_ on May 01, 2026 11:35 PM