Colorado Trip Reports

Yankee hill with @Wulf and @mountainmonkey

 

REPORTED

 

What a great way to celebrate John’s 40th Birthday Extravaganza!
We had four 3rd gens, 2 second gens and 2 first gens. Five of us met at the Conoco at HWYs 67 and 85. We snaked our way down to Rainbow Falls to meet up with the Colorado Springs contingent in their 3 shiny 3rd gens.
I only got one group photo at the end when we aired up and couldn't get @Sub-Zero and @Wulf hiding behind the others.



We took FS344 Illinois Gulch to the Moab Hill playground where @johntoyota climbed like a veteran and @Sub-Zero showed off his 37s:









I tried the "easier" route I tried last year. It is more rutted this year. I failed to be easy on the skinny pedal again and BONK! Got rejected by a stair step.
Made it up with some wise guidance from @YamaDirtrider and @Sub-Zero.




@Wulf took a bold line and got his rear tire airborne.



We continued on Illinois Gulch to FS348B to FS348 (Long Hollow) to FS348C to FS347 (Missouri Gulch). The trails presented dry, mud, and snow surfaces with no ice.



Then @CO MTN Steve 's prophesy came true. I missed the turn at FS347C and we were LLMF.

Well not really, we just continued on FS347 and ended up on HWY 67 a few miles south then planned. Worked out for the Colorado Springs guys as they were closer to home.

We aired up and a few of us ended up at the Turkey Track Road shooting range.
@Sub-Zero let me shoot a handgun for the second time in my life and a shotgun!

What a great day!

 

Nice man! Good report and pictures. I had a lot of fun, thanks for leading!

 

@Sub-Zero. Have some smaller snips of you actually getting up I'll try and get in there

 

Nice, thanks!

 

Hey look I'm not the only one who wheels a manual aside from @NYCO. Though I'm not geared yet nor do I have 37s haha
Last time I was on that trail was with Bob too

 

Forgot to mention the part that you sent it up the rock shelves and almost rolled over and ran over @Sub-Zero

 

Cheers to @YamaDirtrider for sharing guns and ammo

Never been a Ruger guy but I might have to get one for my sister

 

need more sticks too

 

Oh yeah ... there was that part.
@Sub-Zero is pretty quick!

 

I like living on the edge with less control haha
That trip there was with Ray when he live in NM and drove up and skinny pedalled all the way up

 

@Wulf - My factory tow hook survived when I BONKed mine on that rock. Must not have been going fast enough!

 

Ran the bank right outside of Cañon City first thing this morning. Fun easy trail with nice scenery.

 

Hi there, i know the trails in the San Juan region (ouray, telluride, silverton) close usually around the end of September. But when do they normally open? Is it May or so? June?

 

For the high passes, they try for 4th of July, but don't always make it.

 

one thing is that the Federal stuff is all closed from the shutdown. we tried to take my daughter first to Mesa Verde then to the local museum and they were both closed cus they're govt funded. probably not an issue with regular trails.

 

Thank you so much! This is exactly what i needed to read.

 

Ah okay, well i highly doubt it will last that long. But if so, no biggie
Thanks bro!