Colorado B.S. Thread

Anyone see an issue with this route at the end of August/early September? Going from Reno -> Dallas and going through CO and gonna spend some time with my sister before shipping out for Navy OCS. She's in Fort collins. She'll fly to Durango or Grand Junction. Goal is do some offroading/wind through the heart of the mountains in the parts of the state she hasn't spent much time in. Heres my route I think is doable for my truck (33's, rear locker, Full RCI skids, sliders) and obviously extreme caution and trail manners while on the mountain passes.



Imogene pass to yankee boy basin (telluride -> Ouray)
Engineer pass (Ouray-> Lake city)
Mosquito pass (Leadville -> Alma)
rest will be paved road or graded forest road

Also want to do lake Haiyaha or similar while in RMNP. Open to suggestions for sub 8 mile total (due to time & much more is too close to her limit) hikes to cool alpine lakes along the way. Looking forward to seeing CO in a different way than the Vail trip I took when I was 12 with my family, and Colorado has some of the other schools I was looking at before choosing Reno.

Any advice appreciated

 

Hey CO gang. I am lookin to do the ECGS bushing in my '18 soon. Does anyone within range of Littleton/Lakewood have the removal tool handy from doing theirs? Would save me near $50 if I can borrow the tool to get my needle bearing out.

Thanks all!