Colorado Trip Reports

I am heading out to Aspen, Pearl Pass, Crested Butte, Tin Cup Pass, Mt Antero Thursday Sept 16 through Monday Sept 20. I’ll post up a report.

 

Thursday Sept 16:
Aspens are just starting to change. Still much green at 9000ft and below, however leaves are changing at Kenosha Pass ~10,000 ft.
Kenosha pass:

Independence Pass:

Grizzly Lake trail south of Aspen ~11000 ft:

Friday Sept 17
Maroon Bells
Bullwinkle knows when the first bus arrives for the 8 am showing:

Fall at Crater Pond

Heading out to Pearl Pass next.

 

@5280 and I took advantage of Colorado's extended Fall season and cruised Hackett and Longwater gulches. The weather was perfect and the trail was not too crowded. We saw @Chadr7858.

It was fun to wheel with a fellow '99 manual transmission First Gen.


@5280 has no fear. Made it up and down obstacles with ease. I see I am not the only one with skinny pedal issues and smokin' tires.
Reminded me of a @WarFab Armor quote, "If you can't have traction better have wheel spin!"


A few more photos






A great way to spend a Saturday in November. When will the snow arrive?

 

It doesn't snow here anymore

 

Smokin’ tires no problem if they get cooled off



Fortunately @Chadr7858 didn’t have to fish us out when we hit some deeper water later!

 

When I got to the other side ...

 

Last time I was down there it was too deep to cross on the long water side... Not to deep for @johntoyota and his dorkel though.

 

Looks like a great day out

 

How did it taste?

 

It was fine you were just being a big baby

 

He doesn’t eat the fish he catches. They taste too much like fish

 

Rollins pass east was drifted over this morning. About 2 to 3 feet consistently. Made it about 2 miles before finding a 6 foot drift and decided we didn't want to winch through.

 

Fun times last night and today with @YamaDirtrider and @bot102

Mini Moab was nice and wet and sloppy, but the ledges weren't bad.



As is to be expected, my dumb ass did a dumb ass thing and was fiddling with the radio, not paying close attention as we were coming into camp, and let my tires get just a little too far to the side. Literally 50 yards from our campsite.



Things went from good to bad in a split second. Things went from bad to worse before they got better, but we eventually found a good winch point up the hill, and Josh and Alec were able to help me get the truck safely back on trail.



@YamaDirtrider had his own set of issues this morning. His CV popped loose pulling out of camp...



And then, approximately 35 seconds after Alec told him it probably wasnt a good idea to try going up the ledges because his CV would probably pop out again....



I dont have any actual pictures of us wheeling, but maybe they do...

 

Meanwhile … the waves continue to decimate an old structure poking through the rocks near Playa del Rey

I missed the fun!

 

Fastest $6 I've ever made in my life betting his CV would pop out again

** For the record, the TuRd gen was the only truck not to have an issue this trip

 

Aside from your leaf springs catching on your hammer hangers how many times?

 

Did the flippac survive unscathed by the aspen tree?

 

how does one have a CV pop loose? and how does it happen multiple times? did they not push it in far enough and check that the clip caught?

 

Wadda you know, I live close to said jetty. Locals refer to that beach as Toes (as in "Toes Over").

 

Right on!
Lived in Redondo, Hermosa, and Manhattan from 86 - 94. Back then there was a bar called Toes Tavern that our Thursday night softball team frequented at Catalina and Elena in Redondo.
Now I hang out more north by you when I visit my daughter at LMU.