Great Divide Expedition
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Andrew Walcker
Mod Emeritus
I had to dig this brand spanking new Great Divide Badge out and take a shot of it. I have another one that is affixed to the dash in the Defender.
Great Divide tours
The original Great Divide tour occurred in August 1989. Today, a company called Off Roving leads tours in the area, following a portion of the original route. http://www.offroving.com/
Here's a set of 200+ photos taken by a participant on a recent Great Divide tour
http://roverlove.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!96B24963F0047A6B!1234/
Chip Haven
The original Great Divide tour occurred in August 1989. Today, a company called Off Roving leads tours in the area, following a portion of the original route. http://www.offroving.com/
Here's a set of 200+ photos taken by a participant on a recent Great Divide tour
http://roverlove.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!96B24963F0047A6B!1234/
Chip Haven
Funrover
Expedition Leader
I have done a fair amount of the trails they do in the crossing...... However Rollins pass is no longer. There was a tunnel collapse... There was a new road created called Needles eye.... But that has been shut down by the US forest service.... Other than that I believe it is all still smooth sailing. The views from Red cone are spectacular.. and all of SW Colorado is amazing. Black Bear Pass is Beautiful and Bridal veils falls are amazing!! This would really be a great trip for anyone to do! I can show a few pics if others would like!
nwoods
Expedition Leader
Black Bear is indeed very pretty. I was grateful to have the opporunity to go on it this summer at Solihul Society's National Rally. The OffRoving trips that Chip linked to are about as close to the origional thing that has been done since. Even the meals, sponsor gear, and so forth, though they mix things up a bit every year for variety. I'm sure they'll do another trip next year. Here is a video of this year's trip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AMMYPqp2rS4
Here are a few of my photos from the National Rally on Black Bear Pass:
More here: http://nwoods.smugmug.com/gallery/3315994#P-10-15
Here are a few of my photos from the National Rally on Black Bear Pass:
More here: http://nwoods.smugmug.com/gallery/3315994#P-10-15
upcruiser
Perpetual Transient
I remember reading about this trek in print back in the day, it was one of the things that really got me interested in overlanding. That's the first time I've seen the footage of it though. Very cool. I too would be interested in joining up with people if a group is planning to run this. I was trying to do something similar last summer except we weren't starting as far north and had a few different side routes planned before a mechanical gremlin cut our trip short.
kodiak1232003
Adventurer
i know i'm tresspassing in the landy section, but you'll have to grant me a one day pass...kthanxz 
very cool vid. love to do that in my expo style LJ...
very cool vid. love to do that in my expo style LJ...
thallca
Observer
Andrew Walcker said:
I have one of those badges on the tailgate of my 89 Rover.I wish my classic was one of the Great Divide Edition Range Rovers, but it's not. It was a popular thing for the Land Rover dealers to place those badges on the Range Rovers of that era as a marking tie-in to the Great Divide Exp sponsored by Land Rover.
Andrew Walcker
Mod Emeritus
thallca said:
What were the other options that came with the GD edition? If I remember right it was front bumper and gaurd, special rims and perhaps a roof rack along with the badging? There was a pretty clean GD edition that sold on E-Bay last month for around the 3K mark, I was practicing some serious self restraint!!!
thallca
Observer
I really don't understand why more land rover fans don't buy one of the thousands of late model Range Rover classics that are out there in the used market and turn them into a really nice expedition vehicle. We arn't lucky like the Europeans with their thousands of Defenders on the used market, but we do have a large supply of Classics and Discos. If I was to remove the body of my classic and set it next to a 1989 Defender, also with it's body removed, you would be hard pressed to tell them apart.
Andrew Walcker
Mod Emeritus
IggyB said:
If it's not a "Rover only" trip, I would llike to participate.
Not at all, Rover only trips can be pretty messy sometimes. I mean who is going to go for help when we need parts?