Steven's Gulch Road Overnight Parking

[jeffs]

My wife and I are headed to Moab in late June, and we wanted to stop on the way out and hit Kelso Ridge/G/T. Can we overnight park our truck/trailer in the gravel parking area on left as you first head up Steven's Gulch Rd/321)? https://goo.gl/maps/SyCqTwSiyj62

Thanks!

Jeff

[justiner]

You can, although be mindful, as that's basically the parking lot for the Winter Trailhead and does usually fill up with cars that cannot make it up the summer trailhead. That whole area is very popular - you'll see cars everywhere.

[jeffs]

Thank you for the quick response! We are definitely going to try to avoid the weekend traffic....

[justiner]

I don't drive (full disclosure!), but I wanna bump this thread again just to see if anyone wants to comment about break ins at this TH. Trailer, out of state plates, right next to an exit/onramp for I-70. You probably have your own methods on mitigating that sort of thing, but that's what would be in the back of my mind.

[jeffs]

Definitely crossed my mind....

[MountainHiker]

I would consider the next exit closer to the tunnel to be a nicer option. Exit 218 is the Herman Gulch trailhead. The parking lot is larger, more separated from the intrastate, and has an outhouse. It's the trailhead for some thirteeners so won't be as busy as the closest fourteeners to Denver. The parking lot is on the NE of the exit.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7020413 ... a=!3m1!1e3

[Jay521]

^^ FWIW - It's been some years ago now (maybe 10?), but my truck was broken into twice at the Herman Gulch TH... It hasn't stopped me from using the TH, but I definitely don't leave ANY valuables in plain sight and stow what I can't take with me well out of sight.....

[lordhelmut]

As Vincent Vega stated in Pulp Fiction : "There's nothing more chickenshit than f**king with a man's automobile".

[MountainHiker]

^^ FWIW - It's been some years ago now (maybe 10?), but my truck was broken into twice at the Herman Gulch TH... It hasn't stopped me from using the TH, but I definitely don't leave ANY valuables in plain sight and stow what I can't take with me well out of sight.....

I may have read too quickly. Will the trailer be left by itself? I originally thought the whole vehicle combination and passengers were staying together while sleeping overnight.