Topaz Mountain/Wallace Gulch

100

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 11/27/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Easier

An absolute blast in light snow! Beautiful, quiet, clean. Open as of 11-27-22, but looks like it could change any day now.

Shane DeMars

1900

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 08/13/2022

Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Better than expected. Not a ton of camp sites but enough to let us get away from the big camps on the easy route below.

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Open

Visited: 06/06/2022

The seasonal gate on lost park is now open, making these trails open and accessible. Reports of little to no snow on the trails.

Doug MacDougall

2000

Open

Rated 3/5

Visited: 07/07/2021

Team Hyke ran this trail today, along with Bonis Creek, Banana Peel, and Ryan. No one else around, the day was beautiful, green, and running water. Got to love Colorado.

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Seasonal Closure

Visited: 03/01/2021

Seasonal Closure now in effect. It starts 3/1 unlike what is stated at the top of the guide.

Bill Andrews

Official Crew

40050

Impassable

Visited: 12/27/2020

Although the seasonal gate is probably not closed yet, the trail is most likely very difficult or impassible due to snow.

Shaun Seela

600

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 12/26/2020

A large group of us ran this on 12/26/2020. We started at waypoint 12 (Wallace Gulch) and ended at waypoint 1 (CR 56 Lost park Road). Snow was deep but passable. Only the lead vehicle needed to winch out while breaking through the snow. It was a fun trail but please do not attempt this trail in the snow alone. Looking forward to running this in the summer. New growth trees line the trail in many spots. Expect some tight spaces and scratches on your vehicle.

Marco Cristaldo

500

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 11/28/2020

We did this one with Lost Park Road. It was a nice challenge. The snow was fresh and once we started climbing we got to some areas that was too much for some of the vehicles. It was a great experience though and pushed my trucks limits in some areas. I’d recommend good tires, chains, and recovery gear for this portion at least until the snow melts.

Ryan Boudreau

Official Crew

96800

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 11/22/2020

Ran the trail in reverse today. Between waypoint 12 and 7, it is pretty tight in there and only going to get worse over the years as a ton of new trees line both sides of the road bed. The old truck isn't there anymore, so it must have been pulled out. As for current conditions, the trail was mostly snow packed with a few icy sections. It has been very tracked out since the last snow storm, and it doesn't appears any large storms have hit the area yet. Not more than 6"-8" of snow anywhere on the ground. Nice trail.

Patricia Olson

700

Open

Visited: 07/18/2020

Nice loop, especially if you add Bonis Creek & Banana Peel! Doable in a stock 4x4. Trail is in excellent shape. Trail is narrow in several sections due to new tree growth - not a problem if you don't mind some Colorado pin striping on your rig. Full size truck/SUV might be a tight fit in some sections.

Steve Hageman

100

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 06/27/2020

Trail is fully open as of 6/27. Got a bit of penstriping on the Tacoma due to the narrow trail from the new growth trees. Fun trail., but nothing too challenging. I'd say you can run this easily with a stock 4x4.

Dan

200

Temporary Closure

Visited: 06/07/2020

It was closed at waypoint 1. I think this might be temporary as there were no dates posted at this closure but farther up County Road 58 at Ryan trail, there was a sign saying closed for elk calfing from 6/1 to 6/15.

Wesley Alan Duff

450

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 07/20/2019

Awesome trail! However I bet the suburus in the prev. post had a hard time. Some of the sections had a lot of lose rocks and really made for some interesting segments. Overall I think any stock truck or suv could manage this trail. Having a lifted vehicle with good suspension makes this trail more interesting though. Penstriping - if you manage your line right you could get away with out any of very little pen stripes on your paint.

Josh McDermott

2600

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 06/22/2019

This was a nice trail that didn't offer too many challenges. The trail is long enough to keep your attention but not so long that you need to pack any food. At the end of the trail there is one decent water crossing but not anything to be concerned about. I was able to do this trail with a Xterra on 265 tires and a 2 inch lift with no scraping or rubbing what so ever. the first part of the trail turned into a small river which was enjoyable and very shallow. There is a high potential for pinstripes however no severe damage. This trail was completely open when I did it.

Jake McCaskill

1400

Temporary Closure

Visited: 01/21/2019

Second half of Lost Park Road was closed due to the seasonal gate. It's weird because it looked like there was tracks from vehicles passing through it recently. Maybe we just were unlucky, but I would be hesitant to go until summer time.

Nate Wellner

1200

Open

Rated 5/5

Visited: 08/25/2018

Lead a group of 13 Subarus ranging from bone stock to lifted+big tires+skid plates along this trail on sat 25Aug2018. Very easy trail, nice views, a few tighter spots gave a few of us some pinstripes, but overall a very nice, relaxing trail ride.

LB

100

Open

Rated 4/5

Visited: 07/24/2018

Ran this trail backwards on 7.24.18. Very pretty, very quiet. There was a burn of some sorts in the past and the whole trail is surrounded by new growth saplings mixed with downed timber everywhere. Very unique to see the forest healing itself. Primitive two lane track on the backside of the mountain for the most of the way. Stay the trail and enjoy!

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