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Impassable
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12/23/2020
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This trail is located at a higher alitude of Colorado and at this time of year should be considered impassable for any regular off-road user. Some people may be able to manage these trails with the correct gear, emergency equipment, and rig. Travel with caution.
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| Official Crew |
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Open
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12/13/2020
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The North Divide area got 3-4 inches of snow on December 13th. Once again this year, my local Toyota club supported the USFS Pikes Peak Ranger District (PPRD) and their annual Christmas Tree cutting event. We patrol the forest roads in the designated cutting area, report road conditions, and extract "stuck" vehicles if someone asks for help. The designated area this year was north Divide, where Rule Ridge (357) was the east boundary, Spring Creek (CR 3) was the west boundary, and CO 78 (Painted Rocks Road) was the north boundary.
For three consecutive weekends (November 28-29, December 5-6, and December 12-13) we had club volunteers patrolling these Forest Roads. I was present each day (except December 5) and drove almost every road in this area (I drove all for which Trails Offroad has published a guide, except the southern end of Grouse Road/354).
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Open
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11/08/2020
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Super easy trail with some nice offshoots to get a bit more fun. Passible in a lower clearance car.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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05/18/2020
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Ran through here while updating and checking on trails in the area. No changes to note on the writeup but I will note that there was a LOT of ATV and bike traffic in the area. We were stopped from going all the way to Woodland Park as someone had broken their leg and the trail was blocked off. We turned around and headed out via Painted Rocks.
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Open
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05/17/2020
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Easy ride but quite a lot of ATV/bike traffic that made us stop quite often. We took this trail on the way to Phantom Creek.
Author:
| Official Crew |
Status:
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Open
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12/10/2019
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Rule Ridge was opened this year as part of the cutting area for Christmas Trees in Pike National Forest. My wife and I went out with our newly transplanted in-laws and got some great Christmas trees.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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12/07/2019
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Patrolled FS Road 357 with a few Chevrolet Colorado guys who came to support Colorado Land Cruisers and the Pikes Peak Ranger District (USFS). Each year the Forest Service sells permits to cut trees, and this year they included FS Road 357 in the cutting area.
The road is in very good condition; the southern area seems to have more snow than the northern section, but neither is difficult. Go prepared (traction aids, strap, tow points, etc.) and have a buddy rig to help extract you if you get a little sideways.
Photos are by @trukstuf on Instagram. Go follow!
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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04/28/2019
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Rule Ridge is dry all the way through and there was just a lot of ATV & Motorcycle traffic. There are no major changes to report on this trail.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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01/19/2019
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Went down to the area to just get away for the day and hit some fresh snow on the trails. Only a few inches along the entire trail and not icy at all. The trail appeared to be well used for the day although we only saw tracks and only a couple other vehicles. Beyond the awesome views of Pikes Peak, this trail is super mellow even with the snow.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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12/30/2017
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It was a great day on Rule Creek. We set out to check this trail and others in the area for damage since we were last there and check on snow conditions. The trail is nearly all dry with a few spots of ice and snow that's been well traveled in the shade.
There is nothing special to note on the trail different than the writeup at this time.
Author:
| Official Crew |
Status:
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Open
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06/17/2017
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Drove this plus the more difficult loop 357B, 354, camped on the loop and it was fantastic conditions! A bit dusty but a nice trail.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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06/09/2017
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Ran various portions of Rule Ridge while mapping side trails. Nothing significant to report and the trail was very dry.
Author:
| Official Crew |
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Open
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06/03/2017
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Nice day as we used Rule Ridge to get to some side trails for mapping. Nothing significant to report and dry throughout.