Peewink Mountain

Easy driving but with some pretty rewarding views. The campsites look pretty good. The FS (or somebody) has put out water tanks and haul containers to put out your campfires, so it must be pretty popular.

Nice trail with plenty of camping spots. Be aware the wind when you visit as only a few spots have good tree coverage.

Broke trail today on locked 37s, had a tougher time getting out than getting in so keep that in mind. Deep drifts in places.

Looks like the owner of the property at tone of the spurs is blocking access. Not sure if they are appropriating part of the trail or the road actually ends there. Plow truck blocking trail and on google images shows something there, looks deliberate. Has the access changes since review? Can anything be done about this. Seems like bad precedent for people to be blocking access to a public trail. All they have to do is let it get overrun a bit and it gets closed to all.

Wide open with no snow. There is very little mud.. Be aware, the part of the trail that leads to the waypoint 10 loop has a lot more washout than it did before. You’ll see a lot more flex here than you have in the past. I’m in a JLU Rubicon with a 3.5” lift and 37s. I experienced fender liner rubbing on this part of the trail. My fender flairs and liners are unmodified (that will change soon).. An unmodified Gladiator sport bottomed out and had to back out. I don’t recommend this part of the trail for unmodified vehicles. However you may have less flexing if you stay to the right side of the trail and watch your tire placement.

Zero snow and only a couple of puddles- not bad for 10,000ft, can't wait for the full melt!

The melt is on! Trail and campsites are sloppy and muddy; stay within the trail to avoid extra erosion.

Trail is partially covered in snow but still very passible. DON’T go out there unless you have 3peak rated tires AND recovery gear. I had to help a guy in a Taco get out of the snow. He had 4wd but only street tires. It took three runs with my traction boards to get him out. We were in a stock 2021 Rubicon with the 33” K02s. I used lockers through the thickest snow and had some fun sliding around. We were never in danger of getting stuck but we were also prepared if we did. It’s a nice trail if you just want to get out and play in the snow. There are some pretty darn good views up there.

Although the trail is open expect snow and be prepared for difficult conditions.

Per the National Forest Service: FORT COLLINS, Colo (Nov. 9, 2020) – More forest closures are being lifted across the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests as all Stage 3 restrictions are rescinded beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Closures will remain in place around areas that experienced wildfire in Grand, Boulder and Larimer counties. These fire areas present a public safety threat as burned trees can fall unexpectedly, hot spots are still burning, and new hazards can be hidden under snow.

Per Forest Order ARP-BRD-2020-04, this trail is currently closed due to the Cal Wood Fire. See the order and map here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/arp/alerts-notices/?aid=62734

Great place to camp or have lunch, and has some great hiking to the creek to the south. There are some muddy areas early in the season that are great fun to run through, a super photogenic area, make sure to take photos and explore if you spot on by! Easy place to drive, more of an exploration than a 4x4 trail.

Ran this trail today. No snow. No really muddy places. Not a lot of traffic. Spurs have some interesting stuff (we saw an elk!), but they are pretty short. The trail overall is pretty short. All in all, it was an ok, mellow trail with some decent mountain views.

Ran this trail yesterday, hoping for some decent snow wheeling opportunities. Not much snow on the trail, unfortunately, but it's still a fun little trip, and a few of the spurs offer some additional challenges, though I don't think they would be an issue for most stock trucks.

The trail was open to the end, and only had a few inches of snow in spots which didn't cover the entire trail. We ran across a few hikers enjoying the sunny day, but no other vehicles.

I ran Peewink Mountain on January 31, 2015 as part of Calvary 4-Wheelers’ year-opening run. I was in my Cherokee and my wife, Missy drove a stock 2000 Wrangler Sahara. We were excited to get the Sahara on the trail. We had purchased it a few months before but had not had a chance to ‘wheel it yet. The plan was to meet at the McDonalds in Boulder so Missy and I went over early to enjoy a leisurely, although perhaps not healthy, breakfast. Our friend, Robert had said he was coming but, when he had not shown up by 10:00 for a 9:30 meeting, we decided he must have changed his mind and head to the trailhead without him. This had been planned as a snow ‘wheeling trip but there wasn’t as much snow on the trail as we had expected and the easy trail remained, well, easy. It was a cool day and overcast; there were patches of old snow from a storm the previous week and a light dusting of new snow from the previous night. We made good time on the easy trail since there wasn’t much snow to slow us down and soon came to the big clearing where the spurs take off from. We tried 332G, first. It is slightly off-camber and a little steeper than the main trail. There was also more of the older snow still on it. I didn’t have any trouble in my Cherokee but Missy kept sliding off the trail with her street tires. We decided to park the Wrangler and ride together in my Cherokee up to the end and back. When we got back to the Wrangler, Robert and Diana were coming up the trail in Robert’s Power Wagon. With the big, wide Power Wagon we decided to skip the other, narrower spurs and head back down to the trailhead. We got there with lots of time left in the day and decided to head over to Gordon Gulch to continue the fun.