Crystal Road - Spruce Creek Road

Total Miles
3.5

Elevation

3,712.79 ft

Duration

1 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer

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Crystal Road - Spruce Creek Road 5

Trail Overview

If you have done Peak 10, this is the little road and Lake you are staring down at. Crystal Road is usually combined with Spruce Creek Road, although the connector between them is no longer open. Spruce Creek is a popular hiking area on weekends to the Mayflower and Mohawk Lakes, but few people use Crystal. Both are street legal only roads.

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Crystal Road - Spruce Creek Road
Crystal Road - Spruce Creek Road

Difficulty

The road starts out very wide, but eventually becomes one lane. While most of it is fairly nice, there are a few small obstacles of mixed rock and ruts. Stream crossing are all minor.

History

Presumably, a mining road as there are mines above the lake and the remains of a cabin. This is also the access road for Francie's cabin, a back country hut.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

Rob Thompson
Jul 08, 2024
2017 Toyota 4Runner
Open
Normal
Crystal Lake Rd - Open all the way to Lower Crystal Lake. There were 3 other vehicles up at the top with us. Road has some loose rocks and a few wash outs. Stock 4x4 could handle it easily. The gate at Lower Crystal Lake up past the lake seems to be permanently closed, the road past it is really torn up, so there is no progressing past the Upper Crystal Lake Trail Head waypoint listed on On X.
Brian Bownds
Jun 27, 2024
2023 Ford Bronco
Open
Normal
Trail was open all the way to Upper Crystal Lake Trailhead. A fence blocked any further progress.
Rod Lowell
Jun 20, 2024
2020 Jeep Gladiator
Obstructed
Gate was closed
Brett Murack
May 25, 2024
2019 RAM 1500
Obstructed
Deep Snow

Access Description

South of Breckenridge on Highway 9, take a right on Spruce Creek Road and weave through the neighborhood following the unofficial signs that say "Trail to Lakes".

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