Colorado B.S. Thread

Let me know what you think on the foxwing, Really intrigued by it but need to knock out so other mods first.

 

76" of stretch out room! Family of 4. I still might be stuck sleeping in the annex on a cot.

I'm hoping to make a family trip to White Rim and this should make it easier at camp at least. I could always build a trailer for it to base camp with also.

 

Alright, thanks man. Yea I bet it was pretty crazy up there with all the people

 

Nice! I did the 4 person as well. I say build a trailer, I built a trailer specifically for the RTT after the wife surprised me on Fathers Day with it.

 

It's tourist season, so I wouldn't count on less crowds because people are working. It kind of depends where you camp/find a spot as to whether or not it would make a good base. You might look at two base camps, one for the trails between Lake City and Silverton, and then one for those between Ouray and Telluride. Keep in mind that there are several 14ers in the area as well, and that combined with the 4x4 activity can lead to full camp sites in a hurry. There are also some trails that do not have any legal camping along them, or only in very specific spots. For example on Imogene, aside from the two NFS campgrounds down by Ouray, there is no legal camping anywhere except Savage Basin, just below the pass on the Telluride side.

My favorite spot for a base camp at least for the Lake City/Silverton complex is a spur off Cinnamon Pass, a little below the American Basin turnoff. You might also try for camps on the 550 side/middle. As Steve said it can be a pretty long day if you go from Lake City all the way over to Telluride and back. If you're on 550 and take a day going east or west, it's not as bad. Our longest day of just trail running and hitting as much as possible, we started at the aforementioned campsite (where we'd been for two nights, climbing Redcloud the previous day), went down to Animas Forks for breakfast, then a little farther to Picayne/Placer Gulch, loop back over those almost into Animas again, then up over California to Hurricane to Corkscrew and down to 550 to Ouray for a couple nights. Also spent a day just on Imogene, getting up in Telluride that morning, driving east over the pass w/o stopping to a particular spot/waterfall, then taking a nice leisurely drive back to Telluride stopping anywhere that looked interesting.

 

Hey Colorado folks. I'm from Alabama, but I'm coming out to Fort Carson next week for work and was wondering if there were any great recommendations in the Colorado Springs area for restaurants or activities if I have any free time? Thanks in advance!!

 

@stronghammer RUDY'S BBQ after the manitou springs incline trail run, that is all

also look up the DDD locations that have been in the springs area, can't go wrong with any of them. I know off hand they went to Rasta Pasta down in the springs and its great.

 

DDD? What about the Airplane Restaurant? I will be in a hotel right beside the Colorado Springs Airport.

 

Diners Drive Ins And Dives

 

im in the springs on the north east side. just moved here a year ago so im not too familiar with restaurants, but theres core if you are lookinh for higher speed stuff, otherwise a bunch of stuff in the mountains to go crawl on. text me if you want to get together. (831) 254-7562

 

Oh, no I won't have my truck sadly. I'm flying out there and will have a rental car lol. Just wanted to know good "tourist" things to do the couple days I'm out there if I have free time

 

get insurance on that thing............
so...... you know a henry cho?

 

coincidentally, I'm actually from the little town his wife is. Good ol' Arab.

 

i got nothing on tourist stuff here. i have been hiding in my basement trying to avoid the heat

 

thats why i asked. haha

 

well shoot me a text when you get into town to see if im around.

 

If I get some extra time I'll do that for sure. thanks!

 

Pikes peak cog railroad, cave of the winds, and hiking in garden of the gods are the three most touristy things I can think of in Colorado Springs. You may be able to tour parts of the Air Force academy too but I'm not sure.

 

Don't forget Seven Falls! Or just driving to the top of Pikes, never mind the rail.

 

October??