Rock Creek

Rocky, steep and slow without many technical spots or views. End of the trail is very disappointing not my style of off-road trail. I am a pretty slow off roader but couldn’t imagine many people making it in an hour, took me two. Only reason I’m still giving three stars is for the nice creak side camping spots in the beginning of the trail.

What a great trail! Went out wheeling with my folks and the first one we tried was a little scarier than my mom could handle so we came over to Rock Creek. A great trail for people who are new to wheeling and want to build up some skill.

Snow packed and icy throughout the entire trail. Although open, the terrain makes this trail very difficult to run in the snow. It is extremely popular and busy with cross country skiers, Best to leave this trail to them for the winter. It's just not a worthy winter wheeling spot.

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.

Due to dangerous fire conditions, Arapahoe National Forest has closed the forest to all visitors. This decision will be re-evaluated daily as conditions change. See the order here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD831612

Ran this trail with a 2016 Grand Cherokee with a 2.5" lift and 33's. Sun went down as soon as we got to the trailhead because we were planning to camp out on this trail and hike Longs Peak in the early morning. Glad to have all the LED's because this trail has a ton of blind spots at night. Overall; not bad. I would agree with the easy to moderate rating if you stay the trail but there are a few areas where you can shortcut the main trail and get some flexing done. It was a bit wet due to the recent snow but we made it all the way up then turned around and camped at about the midpoint of the trail. Wouldn't advise shortcutting the trail with only a 2.5" lift on a grand and 33's, but that's what skid plates are for right?

Ram this today to get away for a few hours. Easy to moderate, very rocky and bumpy the entire trail. No good views but a decent trail to kill a few hours

Deep snow started at waypoint 5. I was able to break trail to around waypoint 6, but gave up as the drift were getting bigger and more off camber pushing me towards the edge of the trail. Maybe a few more week until it is fully melted out. Trail was PACKED with campers along the first mile. Tons and tons of people!

This trail does not have any type of seasonal closure. It is open all year long according to all Forest Service resources I could find and checked with. So we headed up to see what the conditions were like. With my LJ on 40s and a TJ on 37s, we made it 1.3 miles from the Forest boundary which is a little bit before this track begins. Officially we made it just past the restoration area at waypoint 3. The trail is consistantly snow packed and icy from the start. The center of the trail is hard packed and really soft on the sides. Both of us winched a couple of times just to get where we did. We turned around because the trail was beginning to climb and the snow conditions weren't allowing any further progress. Although open, the terrain makes this trail very difficult to run in the snow. It is also extremely popular and busy with cross country skiers, who didn't appear to appreciate we were on the trail. In my opinion, leave this trail to them. It's just not a worthy winter wheeling spot.

This trail is good if you're looking for a camping spot but not my favorite trail. It's a very bumpy ride up and doesn't offer particularly great views along the way. Theres a lot of big ruts at the beginning near the popular camping area. Have seen two cars with average car clearance high center at the beginning ruts. Wouldn't attempt without suv clearance.