Miller Rock & Plane Crash Site, Colorado 6-5-11

I don't know the exact reasons... historical, memorial, etc? My best guess would be a memorial to the pilots that died.

 

maybe i guess.assuming some little shits wouldnt screw around with the plane

 

memorial purposes....i'm sure some people have robbed the area of some shit, but hopefully that shit is haunting their asses now...

 

Plane crashes in remote locations are often left in place. To expensive and to dangerous sometimes to recover them.

Investigation is conducted on scene and critical evidence is recovered and the rest left alone. Military training and general aviation accidents are treated much differently than commercial airliner accidents.

When I lived in Niceville FL, the woods were full of military "stuff" that was left in place.

There is a group of off roaders in Cali that wheel out to known crash sites pretty much every weekend. There are a lot of them.

G

 

Thanks!

It is hard to make out, I was leaning toward a T-6 or T-28 until I saw the exhaust ducting. That combined with the straight tail and wings pretty much narrowed it down.

G

 

I've been wanting to wheel the plane crash trail for a few years. Lookin at your pics makes me want to do it for sure. Is there any camping near by, camp sites not campgrounds?

 

T-33A example

 

there should be many spots around there...there are many forest roads off the peak to peak highway that could also hold some camping spots

 

I found a killer camp spot off cascade creek.... take the "G" side trail, it's in the meadow.

 

I figured the military would take everything. I like to see one in person

 

There is a plane crash at loveland pass I would like to hike too some day soon.

 

this one?

looks to be on the north side of 70 east side of the tunnel headed back to dry gulch?

 

yup thats it.

 

Thats a good story on that website.

 

how's the snow pack in that area looking jeff? i'd be down to take a hike around the area one of these weekends

 

There are some deep drifts on north facing slopes above 10,700 in the trees.

 

thinking about it...near the ironclads end of bunce road there are many campsites

 

I like your parking brake in this photo, does it adjust easily? LOL

 

Lol..thanks man..very portable and can be adjusted quite easily to focus its braking power on either wheel

 

Thanks guys. It kinda sucks trying to wake up at 5:00 am to go wheelin when you work graveyards all week. It's easier to get up to the trail on sat afternoon and camp, plus its funner!