President Trump signed an Executive Order repealing two old (50+ years) Executive Orders eliminating the Minimization Criteria for OHVs on public land. These orders required closure to minimize impacts. Let’s go for a ride, and I will explain what this means.
5/11/26 Trails Report
Ride along as we pre-run adopted trails and clear trees to prep for the summer season. Grizzly Lake - Open (with snow on the road) Pomeroy Lake - Open (with snow on the road) Hancock Pass, St. Elmo side - Open for 1.3 miles (with snow on the road) Hancock Lake - Open for 1.1 miles (with snow on the road)
4/20/26 Trails Report
Ride along as we cut trees and open the road to the Champion Mill.
4/16/26 Trails Report
Ride along on opening day for Mineral Basin and Ptarmigan Lake.
3/29/26 Conditions Report
Ride along as we look at snow conditions (or lack of) for the first time in 26’.
Help Us Reopen Moab Trails
Watch the video and follow the steps to help us reopen closed trails northwest of Moab. Intro - 0:00 Past Closure History - 1:17 2017 Settlement Agreement - 1:50 2023 Closure Decision Challenged - 5:05 New Federal Priorities - 7:22 How You Can Help - 10:58 BLM ARC GIS Page - 12:13 How You Can Comment - 14:43 Comment Outline - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N... Comment Page - https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-u... ARC GIS Map - https://eplanning.blm.gov/EPLCommentM... Letter to Secretary of Agriculture - https://www.onevoicerec.org/our-work
Wheeler Lake Trail Restoration
Watch the project VLOG as we take an excavator on the Wheeler Lake Trail to restore the difficulty of the middle line on V-Notch and fix some drainage issues.
Tincup Pass Opening 2025
Ride along in the VLOG as we open Tincup Pass for the summer season and check the water levels at Mirror Lake.
Trails Report 5-30-25
*Tincup Pass Trail Report**
Tincup Pass (St Elmo Side) is open for about 6 miles up to 11,900'. You can ride along in the VLOG .
Ptarmigan Lake - Open for about 1.5 miles to 11,800'
Mineral Basin - Open for about 7 miles to 11,400'
Tincup mud pit fix.
**Trails Report 5/19/25**
This report starts with a project: the Tincup mup pit on the St. Elmo side has been repaired. Watch all the work in the VLOG below
Medano Pass - Fully Open for 2025! (National Park Service)
Tincup Pass Gate - St. Elmo (Memorial Day Weekend Opening)
Marshall Pass Gate - Memorial Day Weekend
Wheeler Lake - open to V-notch with snow
Hayden Pass - Open to .5 miles of the summit. (Larry Teem)
Rampart Range - Open!
Kelly Flats - Open
Waunita Pass - Open! (Silver Plume General Store)
Fourmile North Gates - Open!, Sevenmile, Chubb Park, East Lenhardy Cutoff, 185D, and Aspen Ridge.
Bill Moore Lake - Open for 2.25 miles (no new report)
Spring Creek - Open for 2.5 miles (no new report)
Saxon Mountain - Open with rockfall near the top, could still be impassable for smaller rigs.
Clohesy Lake - Open for 2.88 miles with snow
Rimrocker Trail - Open!
Slaughterhouse (Bailey) - Open!
Deadhorse Gulche (Salida) - Open
Carnage Canyon - Open
Chinaman - Open
Northfork - Gate Open
Mt Princeton - Open for about 2.5 miles
Hancock Road - Open with snow to Townsite
Mineral Basin - Open for 6.3 miles with deep snow
Ptarmigan Lake - Open for 1 mile with deep snow
Grizzly Lake - Open for about 1.5 miles with snow
Pomeroy Lake - Open for about 1.5 miles with snow
Lost Canyon - Open for 8.3 miles
Homestake Road (Holy Cross access) - Gate Closed (May 21st)
Badger Flats - Open
Rainbow Falls - Open
North Divide/Rule Ridge - Open
Westcreek - Open
Texas Creek - Open
Penrose - Open
Yankee Hill - Open all the way through with snow
Hartman Rocks - Open
Seep Springs - Open
Oil Well Flats - Open
Phantom Canyon - Open
Shelf Road - Open