Andrew

Snow is still pretty gnarly between waypoints 2 and 3 on the exposed cliff section, possible to get through but I can't recommend it. Give it another month.

We came in south-to-north and made it the whole way, but I'm not calling this "passable" as it was a huge winch-fest even downhill. This was exacerbated by having to pull the second rig that didn't have a winch. At the north end, there's an enormous ice/snow plow pile blocking the trail entrance at the last house on the road. You will take damage winching over this 5 foot tall pile. The day after we visited, a group of 8 jeeps followed our tracks and all got stuck around waypoint 14, requiring Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery.

I always love exploring here. Today we came in from the east side (running waypoints backwards) . Around waypoint 13 the snow stops being stock vehicle friendly, at waypoint 12 we encountered a stuck Cherokee and towed them back to 14. Ultimately we made it just before the hill at waypoint 11 and turned back as the snow got quite deep. My rig has locked 37s. Might enter from the west end tomorrow and check out the conditions there.

With two rigs (locked 37s, locked 35s with chains) we got to nearly waypoint 4, where the snow gets to at least 3 feet deep and quite dense, but too steep to stay on top of. Quite a fun snow bash, with more winching it would be possible to break through to the next low spot.