1   (0=Paved, 6=Very Difficult 4WD)

From Lake City head south on Colorado 149 for 10 miles. Just before Slumgullion Pass turn left (north) into FS 788 (Los Pinos-Cebolla Road). Start measuring from this point. Continue for 15.2 miles until you reach a 3-way junction where you will turn south ((right) and continue on FS 788. Go straight(left) at mile 16.4, climb east, cross Pinos Pass at mile 21.0 and turn south (right) onto FS 790 at mile 22.1. Turn east and cross Los Pinos Creek at mile 27.2 and reach the Trailhead at mile 28.5 If coming from the north, turn south onto Colorado 114 from U.S. 50 (33.0 miles west of Monarch Pass or 7.5 miles east of Gunnison). Go 20 miles south on Colorado 114 and turn right onto Saguache County NN14 (BLM 3083). Go 3.5 miles south on Saguache County NN14 and turnright (west) into BLM 3084, which continues as FS 788. Start measuring from here. Go straight (left) at mile 8.8 and continue on FS 790, which is also called Big Meadows Road. Pass Blue Park, go straight (right) at Big Meadows at mile 19.0 and continue on FS 790. Pass Willow Park at mile 21.5 and reach Cebolla Trailhead at mile 22.8

Closed well before the trailhead from either approach