Has anybody been to the south campground by parking lot rock in the last week? Is the road still flooded in some parts, or is it driveable?

no ponds as of last Tue.

The road is back to its dusty self

It was flooded pretty good this weekend.

Downpours Saturday & Sunday, 8/11 & 8/12--it's now a 4x4 mud bath.

I can only assume crossing in a low clearance vehicle would be catastrophic.

Saw some trucks go through in 2wd. About axle deep in some places with a 4runner.

My kids love it when it's a mud bath - me not so much as it makes washing the Disco a real chore. Went barreling through those pools once without closing the sun roof - bad idea.

How's the road looking like to the south parking area with all the storms lately? Passable in a passenger car or no dice? Hoping to get there on Saturday to beat the heat.

Pure conjecture but the north way should not be a flooded as the south way - but high clearance at a minimum will be required.

If you're set on parking lot rock there is a low clearance vehicle way around it. Head past Holcomb valley rd on polique canyon. Turn right on arctic canyon rd. When that ends take a right and a dirt rd takes you back to Holcomb pinnacles camp rd and then parking lot rock. This avoids the first part of Holcomb pinnacles camp rd which is littered with deep pools and no way around them.

Hope this helps! We'll have quite a group out there this weekend from some meetup websites.

all right so who's getting up early to regrade the roads for me; I'll gladly pose for climbing pictures afterwards.

thanks for all the info. i'm intrigued about Jetsetter's alternate southern approach as it checks out on the orthophotos. I'll report on conditions after tomorrow. Might have 4wd regardless after all so bring on the mud and may the next guy in have a winch.

The mountain folk are very kind in regard to towing your car out, if that is any consolation. But, I've seen and been in a few too many vapor locking situations up there... Hope everything was clear and dry!

several pools on the regular south approach (and probably not going anywhere anytime soon) but there are bypasses so in theory you could bring in a 2wd car (saw a few in the parking lot and there's a small pull off by the fencing right before the ponds where 1 car was parked, probably would add 15-20 mins to the approach but well worth it in my opinion) but you'd probably at minimum bottom out in several places so i'm glad we had my friend's high clearance 4wd. climbing trumped finding the alternate approach so I can't comment.

Took an impreza outback sport through no problem this past weekend. Bypasses were easy with minimal ruts. No bottoming out or harsh road conditions.

Took two 2wd trucks( one was a low tacoma) in the North approach, Absolutely no problem

Anyone know what it's like now?

Anyone been out there yet this year?

Yes, the roads are open. However there is many snow patches. Which made the drive out there much more fun in my 4x4 truck

doable in a Subaru (subaru-able?)?

Here's what the road looked like in January -

Winter road conditions, Holcomb Valley Pinnacles Submitted By: C Miller on Mar 21, 2013

Mild winter conditions, Holcomb Valley Pinnacles Submitted By: C Miller on Mar 21, 2013