Trail Overview

Heading south on 191, take a left onto Moose Creek Road; this trail starts off fairly gentle with plenty of camping areas to make basecamp. Beautiful aspens, golden late September, line the first stretch of this ride. There are a couple of intersections, so make sure to follow along on your device. There looks to be sections that would be muddy if recent snow or rain were in the area. Along the way, we passed a couple of sedans, so very accessible early on. Tamphery Creek Road would require clearance. The trail finishes along Portal Creek, viewing west towards the Spanish Peaks.

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Difficulty

Sedan accessible early on. Requires more clearance as you climb.

Technical Rating

Wayne Cooley

Jun 12, 2026

Open

Still Closed 3 or so miles up.

Robert Woody

Apr 16, 2026

Open

Not sure why it was closed but this is the end of the season so it may open up later this month.

David Lockhart

Oct 27, 2025

Open

Trail was pretty snowed in after about a mile. Very passable as long as you have 4x4 and good ground clearance. I will say there were a few ruts that got a little technical due to the snow and mud and how deep they were. Tree down on the other side of trail as you start going down Porter Creek, but should be able to maneuver around. Watch for hunters!

Austin goodson

Oct 17, 2025

Open

Trail was beautiful, as I climbed it became snowed in, track could possibly be very icy this time of year. I feel that the trail could be rated higher in certain parts due to the depth of ruts and muddy puddles but was not a problem in a jeep with 37s

Aaron Reed

Aug 09, 2025

Open

Great trail recommend starting from the south end

Preston Co

Jun 23, 2024

Open

Kailee Novikov

Jun 15, 2024

Open

karl rude

Jul 04, 2023

Open

Jacob Fickes

May 29, 2023

Open