Colorado Trip Reports

Absolutely high clearance if you plan on trails like spring creek.

Maybe it's less important for 1st gens?

Added benefit is that you get to cut off the body damage

 

^^^^This. High clearance bumpers for first gens "don't really exist" because they are already some what high clearance. But you would be able to cut the trail damage off

 

Looks fun, man! Sorry I wasn't able to make it

 

No problem. It was that mid-day nap that screwed ya up.

 

Seriously. I was BEAT from hiking, 14ers in knee deep snow make for an interesting time. Lesson learned, just use a little gov't grade methamphetamine the next time I'm tired mid-day.

 

Yea but when I first got there, the Jeepers were all making love to it...
didn't want to get any JTDs

 

Would you believe this was from this afternoon?

 

Whaaaaa?!?

 

True story.

This one was taken about 15 minutes later.

 

Ohh. Makes more sense now. Still though.

 

Cole really wanted to do a "14er" so I picked one we both could do

 

I'll post some pics later of my Gray's Peak adventure Friday. Lots of snow!!

 

Met up with @Night Eagle for a fun 3 day weekend.

Started off Friday morning by hitting Holy Cross. Has been on my list for some time and its never materialized until now.

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Leo thought he could squeeze through the line I made. He needed a little tug and added a cute little dent behind the rear door:

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Yes, I believe you @teamhypoxia , fresh snow up on the peaks, and we got snowed on coming down:

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Took a different line coming down French creek, worked out nicely:

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Made camp at a cool spot outside of Camp Hale that @09blacktaco showed me last year. The pile of firewood I left was still there waiting for us:

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Yesterday, we headed to Leadville, and cruised over Hagerman Pass. Took a fun offshoot on the way down on Frying Pan Ridge. Seldom traveled road that offered some excitement:

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After that, we headed over to Marble and had ourselves some delicious BBQ, and then up Devil's Punch Bowl and Schofield Pass:

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Down into Crested Butte, and up Pearl just far enough to find a campsite and watch the sunset:

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Saw some deer this morning on Pearl:

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Higher up, Leo Duratraced himself in the mud bog, so he proceeded to hit it a little more spirited. He forgot to roll his window up though:

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And the pass, coolest road in the state:

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Looking accross at the peaks and Montezuma basin:

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And then hit the quick out and back up Montezuma for some more fun:

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Another sweet Colorado weekend in the books!

 

This was a great trip to take my mind off of work, and a great wheelin trip with @Squeaky_Penguin

Day 1
Headed up holy cross. This trail has been on my list ever since I started wheeling.




Cleveland lake at the top of holy cross.





Day 2:
Hagerman pass, optional off shoot, marble,co and lastly the Devils punch bowl











3rd day:
Pearl pass















I will definitely be hitting all of these trails again. This was a blast and much needed vacation.

 

I forgot to mention that there was snow on the top of vail pass, on my way home today.

 

Pearl looks amazingly like California, just with a bit less room for parking. Nice pics guys.

 

Luckily, more room for parking is not needed. We saw a couple hunters on an ATV, and two 80 series cruisers on the trail, and that was it. Let's keep it that way.

The Jeeps and rental side by sides can have at it at the shitshow that is the Alpine Loop. When I was at California, no one could even get turned around:

 

But... I only see one jeep and lots of Toyotas there... With lots of ATVs and Side-bys of course. It's definitely a more traveled area, though personally I've never been in quite such a shitshow when down there myself. Imogene came close a couple of times, and Ophir can turn into a traffic jam in a hurry, but my picture like what you just posted only has my truck and my parent's in it. Kind of surprised to see that many trucks up there at once since most people stop at Animas or go to Engineer/Cinnamon, not California. But then, that looks like at least two good sized groups there at the same time.

 

Ophir is unreal if 2 way traffic, not sure why they don't one way that one.

 

Here is the gift that holy cross gave me on Friday.



The dent came from this spot on french creek. I got it when@Squeaky Penguin pulled me out.