Mosquito Creek Road

Dominik Vereno

3400

Impassable

Visited: 01/28/2023

Not plowed and no tracks at the east end (Waypoint 1), should be considered impassable due to the deep snow

Roger P.

3600

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 08/21/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

On the east end the gate is closed with a PRIVATE PROPERTY sign, which can be confusing. We entered and closed the gate behind us. Nice little trail that runs beside a pretty little stream. Most of the trail is a 2 and a few spots are 3. Recent rains have created some wide washouts. Not much scenery until you get to the top. Fun little trail.

Chuck M

200

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 06/12/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Nice trail for a day outing. I just bought a new Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit and wanted to see what it’s capable of and play with 4wd system. The trail is definitely a 2 for the most part (60%) and a 3 for the remaining. The Grand Cherokee made it to the top with no problems. I put it in Rock Crawl mode for the rougher portions of the trail with the larger rocks,. The trail ruins through the aspen trees alway the way to the top. There was minimal snow on the trail near the top. The grand prize is the view at the top, beautiful snow capped mountains! Follow the trail directions, they are extremely accurate!

Joshua M Wells

1100

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 06/01/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Good trail. Hit it the day after a good amount of snow was dumped. Entered from the east trail head off Apex Valley. Plenty of snow that was at least a foot to 2 ft. deep in some areas. Our progress came to an end when we encountered a 4 foot drift. First cabin was pretty neat to see. Just know this trail will cause some pin stripping for wider vehicles as many branches were broken. Bring a saw just incase your rig is too tall to go under some of the fallen/leaning trees. Will return in a couple weeks when the snow has melted to complete the trail.

Jeffrey Gordon

200

Partially Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 05/01/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Made it in about 1 mile from Apex Valley. Wooden bridge missing some boards which may pose problem for vehicles with wide stance. Snow pack/ice on steeper portions. Pinstripes, slidding. Definitely need mud/snow tires.

Craig

1100

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 06/19/2021

This is open from end to end. The river is flowing good! There were a few places where the trail gets narrow on the sides and others where taller vehicles might have an issue, but going slow and a careful line will prevent pinstripes for most. There were some smaller rock obstacles that required some navigation around, but for the most part this was an easy trail.

Craig

1100

Impassable

Visited: 04/02/2021

There's still a good foot of snow on the trail

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Impassable

Visited: 12/27/2020

Based on reports from nearby trails, the trail is probably very difficult or impassible due to snow

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Open

Visited: 11/10/2020

Stage 3 fire restrictions have been lifted as of 6am, 11/10/20. The forest is no longer fully closed. Areas within fire perimeters remain closed. See closure maps here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD844558 Expect winter conditions on trails. Some trails may be impassable due to snow.

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Temporary Closure

Visited: 10/20/2020

Due to extreme fire danger the Ntional Forest Service has temporarily closed all National Forest land in Clear Creek, Jefferson, Gilpin, Boulder, and Larimer counties. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD831612

Ryan Mitchell

400

Open

Rated 3/5

Visited: 07/19/2020

All clear. The northernmost water crossing that can sometimes be intimidating as you can't see the full crossing is minimal. This trail is a great "shortcut" from Mammoth Gultch to Yankee Hill area avoiding Kinston Peak but not a scenic trail by any means.

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Partially Open

Visited: 06/07/2020

I did not actually run the trail but, based on reports from nearby trails I believe it is open, although you may still encounter some lingering snow drifts.

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Open

Rated 3/5

Visited: 11/02/2019

Only ran the trail from waypoints 1 to 2 and turned off. It is passable for that far, but the snow is getting deep. Don't let all the "private property" signs scare you away. The road is perfectly legal and the local land owners are trying to keep people from traveling a public route.

Justin Anderson

300

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 09/02/2019

Trickier than advertised with long sections of steep, loose rock with average sizes around 4". Tires sank 1-3" in the rock, making large obstacles worse than they appear. We ran it downhill, which likely made this worse. Multiple sections with pinstripping. Otherwise beautiful and quiet. Several locals out walking the road yelled at us for being on the trail. I showed them the MVUM but they still insisted they would report my license plate to the police and I should turn around immediately. Just to be clear: this road was MUCH more technical than the nearby mammoth gulch, which we took to connect, and more difficult (we hit our skid plate on 9" of clearance twice) that the yellow rated "rollinsville" route we used to connect from Nederland to mammoth gulch.

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Impassable

Rated 5/5

Visited: 01/01/2019

Coming from Elk Park Road, we attempted to run the trail in the reverse direction of this guide. 50 yards onto the trail, we buried our Jeeps in giant, soft, snow drifts. The beginning of the trail (per this guide) was snow covered and looked doable at least for a short while, but no idea how big the drifts are back deeper in the trees.

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Partially Open

Visited: 01/27/2018

We went up Mosquito Creek from Apex Road on January 27, 2018. The weather was mostly sunny but cool and a little windy. We had four rigs along, my lifted XJ, another lifted XJ, a TJ on 35s and a stock JK. The trail was plowed through the private property at the beginning but once we got past the cabins we were breaking fresh tracks through about six to eight inches of dry powder. The higher we went the deeper the snow got until a little over half a mile in we were having enough difficulty that we decided to turn around. The snow was around two feet deep at that point.

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Partially Open

Visited: 10/21/2017

We ran Mosquito Creek on October 21, 2017. It was cold and quite windy with frequent, light snow flurries. There was about an inch of accumulation with conditions on the trail being bare ground to occasional drifts up to about six inches. We started from the Elk Park Road trailhead with intention of connecting to Miners Gulch. We were unable to complete the connection due to a large, fallen tree blocking the road just past (south of) Waypoint 3. We did not have chainsaws and cutting through the large tree would have taken hours with the hand saw and axes we had so we turned around. We took the long way around to the other end of Miners Gulch and ran it the opposite direct from what we had planned. After completing Miners Gulch we took the bottom part of Mosquito Creek out to Apex Valley Road without incident.

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