Through November, the road is no longer plowed but the Soapstone gate remains open until the first major snowstorms.
Once the gate is closed, ski access to Haystack area is possible from North Fk Provo River TH (leaving the drainage above the "waterfall canyon") or over Pitt & Page Hill (using an old logging road from Lambert Meadows to the base of the SW ridge). Both routes converge at the Southwest Cirque.