Trail Overview
Green Mountain Road starts as a well-groomed dirt/ gravel track with a spectacular forest surround. This is a popular location for people to come shooting, with many small pullouts along the first half of the trail. Please be responsible and pick up your casings afterward! It climbs in elevation rather quickly with multiple switchbacks and there are several areas to pull over with sweeping panoramic views. You will intermittently get a few bars of cell signal (AT&T) as you climb up the mountain. In winter, you will start to see snow on the ground around 2 miles in and it continues to build with each switchback. This is a full-width track but is relatively narrow and you have various areas of deep ruts on one side and the mountain cliffside to the other. Once you get to full snow, there are multiple sections of large and deep potholes filled with ice and slush. Pull-offs become scarce and the track narrows slightly, making it more challenging as you must stay in the existing driven ruts to avoid sliding and possibly sliding too far and becoming either stuck or going over the side of the mountain. Turning around gets challenging the higher up you go. There is a small area to turn around at mile 6 when the snow begins to get deeper. At this point, this would be considered moderate to advanced, and only vehicles that have a lift and 35-inch tires, are aired down and have lockers should proceed. Appropriate recovery gear and at least one additional vehicle in the party are highly recommended after this point. Cell service (AT&T) is lost at this point but there is service at various points up to 4 miles into the trail. Turning around at mile 6 does still present its challenges as you must back up over a rut that is difficult to turn over and go slightly into an icy ditch. 4 Low will greatly assist in ensuring you do not get stuck. A spotter is recommended to ensure you do not back up too far. If you are turning around at this point, it is a relatively easy ride back, just take it slow due to the steep grades going down in a few sections.
