Coffee Pot Road

This is a great drive for the scenery. Don't miss the well-marked gorge overlook. Have lunch at one of the many lakes. The meadows are beautiful and you may run into a herd of sheep. Most of the road can be done by any stock vehicle.

This is definitely a long and remote road, but its WOW factor is off the charts! The camping is totally awesome, but be warned... the sites near the lakes have hoards of relentless mosquitoes this year, and the dry alpine sites had tons of annoying bites flies. So pick your poison. If you have a high clearance, 4wd capable vehicle, the drive to the very end is 100% worth the roughness. Views back there are EPIC! I hope to revisit next year and stay at the lodge.

Road is open for the season

The road is open up to the Crane Park Area at 19.5 mile marker. Expect variable conditions and snow past the Deep Creek Overlook at Mile Marker 13.5. On 6/21, the road opens from Crane Park to Budges Resort - all snow dependent.

Closed for the season! See you next year!

2nd time using this trail as a connector to Blair Mountain and the Transfer Trail. It's long and has some traffic but the views are incredible, especially during leaf change. If you have the ability, air down, it'll make for a much more enjoyable drive. This trail has some deep corrugation.

This trail doesn't get enough positive attention. Epic views, great camping. Tons of wild life. Side trails could be slick so come prepared but it's just a incredibly pleasant drive. Took like 20 pics just couldn't help myself.

Lots of camping opportunities and spurs to adventure on. Some of the road is pretty wash-boarded but the majority of it is in good shape. I missed the peak fall colors by about a week or two but the views were still pretty good!

We used this to return fromn Transfer and White Owl Lake. Glad we were heading down for the Friday afternoon rush hour. Gorgeous scenery and lots of wide open space to explore and camp.

It's a long, steep, and corrugated road to the top. Expect to have to pass people pulling trailers and 5th wheels. Once at the top the temps are cool and the wildflowers were poppin. Lots of camping opportunities and random spur trails to follow at the top. Incredible views. I was there on a Wednesday and saw several other vehicles. Probably quite crowded on the weekends.

Open all the way. The snow drift past waypoint 10 has been cleared.

Road is open to just a little beyond waypoint 10 where there is solid, 4' of snow.

Trail closed at crane park, 300 yards of snow 2 to 12ft deep

Closed for the season! See you in 2022!

Please do not try this in a Grey Hound bus

This road is open for the season.

Love this road all the way up to Heart Lake beautiful views in both summer and winter

This road is seasonally closed 11/23-5/20.

The trail is back open. Only trails within the fire perimeter are still closed. See the new closure map here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd811257.pdf

Coffee Por road has been evacuated and closed due to the Grizzly Creek Fire.

Not really technical, but still gorgeous and worth it. This road leads to some more challenging trails that take you up to Adams Lake and Elk Lakes. As long as the road isn’t muddy, you can easily get a trailer or camper up to Heart Lake.

Open and mostly dry for the entire route. A few mud puddles but nothing of concern and beautiful scenery throughout.

Ran the entire length of the Coffee Pot Road GPS track and reach Deep Lake. The road was wet due to recent scattered rain showers and light snow. There was 2-3" of accumulation in our campsite at the Deep Lake Campground. Did not come across many other folks wheeling - mostly hunting parties scouting elk herds for the upcoming rifle hunting season and leaf peepers. Great views were had at the Deep Creek Overlook in cloudy and clear weather. You stand at the edge of some very impressive book cliffs that drop over 600' to Deep Creek (fed by Deep Lake) with expansive views stretching off to the East towards the Gore Range. Watch for livestock on the road, we came across about 700 head of sheep at the turnoff to Deep Creek Overlook. We were able to connect over to Bison Lake reaching an elevation of about 11,000' before we turned back. Pushing fresh tracks in 6" of snow was not in our best interests. Views across the various lakes in the Flat Tops area were stunning! Totally worth the freezing overnight stay to see the lakes at sunset and dawn.