Labor Day Overland Trip- Mosquito Pass, Weston Pass & Bald Mountain Gulch

All packed up and ready to head to Buena Vista!

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Man I hate holiday traffic!

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Camp in Buena Vista's 4 Mile Area

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We decided to install my Avid Off-road sliders while we are at it.

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Airing down for Mosquito Pass. This Pass goes from Alma(outside of FairPlay, CO to Leadville, CO)

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Mosquito Pass

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Playing around

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13,185 Feet Up!

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Leadville, CO. Leadville sits at 10,151 Feet

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Creature Spotting!

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Back on down

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Leadville

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Weston Pass- This goes from Leadville, CO back to Fairplay

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Air Up Time- Squad Goals
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Some Sweet Slider Shots
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Looks fun! We were just in the Buena Vista area a few weeks ago, amazing views!

 

The last day we decided to do a quick and easy run through Bald Mountain Gulch, which is on the Southside of the 4 Mile of Buena Vista.

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Then through my carelessness I snagged a sharp rock and blew the sidewall of my tire.
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I love that area of Colorado! Hopefully you enjoyed your time there.

 

mosquito pass is a fun one

 

Luckily we went we did. They got like 2 feet of snow on Tuesday.

 

I was living in Alma for the summer - read a lot about Mosquito pass which was out my backdoor. I wanted to do the drive, but was a bit deterred by some of the feedback I'd read on other forums about the gnarly-ness of the drive, and I've only got a stock '99 TRD... given the amount of miles on the old girl, I try not to stress her too much.

 

The trail is pretty moderate. I wouldn't hesitate to run it.

 

Next summer for sure