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for you on YT, i've posted this there as well, but i thought this wouldn't be a bad first post here.
i took my wife wheeling in the san juans last week. it was nice despite my rapidly deteriorating IFS. here are pix and some comments.
truggy near kennebec pass. this is a parking lot with nice views. the pass is to the east and is still snowed in. i made the mistake of driving out on the shelf road, only to have to back up a few hundred yards with a big dropoff on the side.
a view from just west of the parking lot. it's not really a parking lot per se, but it's big and flat and dirt. sounds like a parking lot enough for me. the colorado trail crosses this area, and a scary-looking spur continues east through the pass, which is blasted through a high ridgeline.
another shot from the top, looking west to hesperus peak and sharkstooth.
the next day, we did a warmup on a passenger-car accessible road north of durango. the road isn't anything spectacular in early summer, but the flowers are nice.
here's where the real fun started: corkscrew pass. that's a view to the southeast from near the summit. it was as chilly as it looks: 41° and a stiff wind that rocked the truck.
a view from the top, at around 12,200'.
oh, back at the top...haha. "ok, i won't drive my truck in the pond."
here's an angle typical of the sections near the summit. i don't have an inclinometer, but i'd guess it's in the 20° range in spots.
i'd call that a room with a view! (in case it's too small to see, the outhouse door is completely off the hinges.)
and finally, back to mesa verde. my wife had to work the next day so i tagged along on one of her tours.
i took my wife wheeling in the san juans last week. it was nice despite my rapidly deteriorating IFS. here are pix and some comments.
truggy near kennebec pass. this is a parking lot with nice views. the pass is to the east and is still snowed in. i made the mistake of driving out on the shelf road, only to have to back up a few hundred yards with a big dropoff on the side.
a view from just west of the parking lot. it's not really a parking lot per se, but it's big and flat and dirt. sounds like a parking lot enough for me. the colorado trail crosses this area, and a scary-looking spur continues east through the pass, which is blasted through a high ridgeline.
another shot from the top, looking west to hesperus peak and sharkstooth.
the next day, we did a warmup on a passenger-car accessible road north of durango. the road isn't anything spectacular in early summer, but the flowers are nice.
here's where the real fun started: corkscrew pass. that's a view to the southeast from near the summit. it was as chilly as it looks: 41° and a stiff wind that rocked the truck.
a view from the top, at around 12,200'.
oh, back at the top...haha. "ok, i won't drive my truck in the pond."
here's an angle typical of the sections near the summit. i don't have an inclinometer, but i'd guess it's in the 20° range in spots.
i'd call that a room with a view! (in case it's too small to see, the outhouse door is completely off the hinges.)
and finally, back to mesa verde. my wife had to work the next day so i tagged along on one of her tours.