mountain loop hwy road status from silverton side?

[genepires]

The usual searches on web gave me no good idea if there is snow on the road from the gate at deer creek or if the road is melted out. All I could find is that it is still closed (gate open at deer creek maybe?). Ranger stations are closed for the weekend. The only one open is at the rei mothership and I doubt they know the answer.

Anyone been out that way?

 

thanks

gene

 

 

[genepires]

answer my own question if anyone else is curious. from turns all year website:

 

"We took a lazy start and parked at Deer Creek, where the road is gated. There is "almost" continuous snow on the road from the gate, perhaps a few 100 foot long bare patches and then continuous snow. Average 4 feet deep snow at the Big Four picnic area (most of the picnic tables are invisible or barely visible). We tramped out to the washed out bridge; I forget if they have put in a new bridge there somewhere. We had significant mount/dismount action on snow fingers on the boardwalks. Lots of skunk cabbage everywhere. Mega wet slide evidence all over the place but we only heard, and did not see, fresh avalanches. High clouds moved in and cooled things off, with the car thermometer only at 55 at 4 PM. It looked like there would be continuous snow up the Kalcema lake road still...incredible. A pleasant non-motorized day if nothing fancy"

[genepires]

in case anyone is interested, the mtn loop hwy (silverton side) should be ungated later this week. I talked to a worker out there and he thought that it should be open by thursday. they were plowing up around monte cristo area. he didn't say if the road would be open to the other side and I didn't ask. So that means there is no snow on the road the big 4 BTW.