Colorado Trip Reports

Aspen Ridge is orange on top now, trees are going off in the Arkansas River valley!

 

The pics are what make this post amazing.

 

I need to get out again once my new tires show up. My truck is too big now for much fun (Ram 2500) but the 750GS is just about perfect.

 

Oh my god road lives up to its name and my wife’s Subaru could do it

 

Mosquitoes, fire and aspens.

 

Anyone going to Silverton, Ouray, Telluride Oct 11-16? I’ll most likely be there. Looking to meet some peeps/run trails with someone

 

Hope the snow holds off for you, that is well into the gray zone of what will be open.

 

Lol yeah I know it’s pushing it. I’ve just hated that I haven’t been able to go back this year and last year, it’s killing me haha
I hope it holds off

 

Fun weekend out with son number two and his first solo trip with only dad

 

Took my 16 year old daughter up to Georgia pass via 285 and Jefferson, CO. Did some leaf peepin'

Took trail 258 off Georgia Pass like I did two years ago in search of SOB Hill. Took the left turn I highlighted in my "Upcoming Colorado Events" post.
Occasionally, the rocky trail travelled with a shallow icy stream. There where a few short water crossings.
The tree lined trail presented larger rock obstacles, and a steep incline around a narrower sharp turn. Could this be the SOB Hill I've been reading about?
Nope! Wrongway Winkle found the same dead end he found two years ago! Arrrrrgh!
We turned around, went back to Georgia Pass and took 355 down to Tiger Road toward Frisco.

There was one fork in the trail where I got out and walked the right path a few hundred yards but it looked like it just curved around to the left path. We turned left. Maybe the fork is Waypoint 6 in TrailsOffroad.com's description and we should have turned right. I'll have to try again. Maybe start from Frisco side instead of Jefferson Side next time like @Squeaky Penguin suggested.​

 

Maybe use GPS, offline maps, and a gpx file of the trail systems in that area next time?

 

Suggestions for offline maps on Android? Asking for a friend.

 

Could have sworn there was a thread in here on this topic, but I didn't look very long. EDIT: Found it: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/offroad-navigation-discussion-thread.430144/

All I can offer is what I use: Backcountry Navigator Pro, USFS maps, and waypoint/track files from TrailsOffroad (or TrailDamage, if needed).

 

^this
Exactly the same thing I've been using the last few years

 

Gaia supports offline maps.

 

A few pictures from running Red Cone with @CGoss yesterday. Still some decent colors out in Webster Pass, Red Cone and Guanella Pass!

 

Whose boot is that?

 

@CGoss 's

 

anyone know of some easy to moderate trails 1-2 hours outside of Denver that have some good leaf peepin?

 

You could do Webster Pass all the way through to Montezuma and out to I70