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The next morning it was off to find the Mormon Handcart Tragedy of 1856. When I rode the CDT in 2013 I was intrigued by the number of pioneer trails that intersected in this area. There is the California Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail and a few others. Later on the Pony Express used...

The next morning we took off for Rawlins, Wyoming. Cowboy was suppose to meet us there and rumor was that his vehicle was supporting a working AC. It was a short drive on the country road before it turned into Hwy 71 and pavement. We all aired up and drove into Rawlins at highway speeds. Along...

That's really going to depend on weather conditions. The monsoon season in New Mexico would be over in October so that's a plus. We drove on several roads that have seasonal closures - meaning gates that are locked regardless of weather. One could plan to always camp near a major road/town and...

Wow - I thought I'ld take a little break from updating the trip report while visiting Canada but didn't didn't think it would be this long... Leaving Steamboat we found ourselves travling north along CR-129 to Steamboat Lake and into the Routt National Forrest. Eventually CR-129 curves to the...

After our rest in Breckinridge it was then off to Steamboat Springs. CowboyJack had his AC parts delivered but needed some AC juice installed. It looked like the best pace for that was Steamboat. The shop wanted a cold engine to work on so he took pavement to Steamboat. The rest of us took...

We're sick-os ?

Glad to hear you made it out of El Rito. Now, you just need to get that Land Cruiser ready for the next trip.

Breckinridge turned out to be a 3 day layover as two members needed to look into fixing their vehicles. Joe spent one of the days driving to Denver for two new catalytic converters and Cowboy started looking for parts to fix his AC. A few even made it to REI for camping supplies. I ended up...

Gus's wife, Susan, had been asking me if the route was going to go near Como, Colorado as her grandmother had lived there as a youngster. I had no idea where Como was but it turned out the CDT goes through Como on the way to Boreas Pass. Como was a major train depot between 1979 - 1937...

The next day it was off to Breckinridge via Como and Boreas pass. Cowboy had made it back from getting his engine fault code analyzed (BBQ run). The engine checked out okay but someplace along the way his AC had stopped working so he was excited to be going to an area where he might be able to...

The lack of cellular coverage and time kept me from updating the thread in real-time. My wife and I are still traveling but at a much slower pace so I’ll be able to fill in the details. We had 2 vans with us, Joe (joefromsf) drove a Ford E350 with a 4x4 upgrade and Greg (gvb40) drove the...

Gus and his better half meet us in Lake City and it was off on the Rover trail again. Cowboy had a engine check light appear and after about 45 minute of trying to get my internet enabled code reader to work cowboy decided to head to Del Norte and get it checked out. Most of us believe he just...

Back to the trip: Gus (gnel) left the group after Engineer Pass to drive to the Denver airport so that he could pick up his wife. The plan is for them to rejoin in a few days. With that in mind, we decided to slow down a bit and spend some time near Lake City, CO so that they could join before...

Live update: The group finished the Continual Divide trail today at Banff, Alberta after driving 4,560 miles in 52 days.

The approach to Engineer Pass from Ouray had several rocky sections along the trail.

While in the area we decided to do the Alpine Loop

October? You need to look into the “used” market ;-)

Current Trip Status I've only been able to update the trip report when I have internet connection and time. So, needless to say, my posts are a bit behind our current location/status. Today, August 1st, four members of the group arrived at Seeley Lake, Montana. We have decided to attempt to...

Arriving in Colorado we left the "bicycle" CDT and took left turn at Elwood Pass to start following the route, Overland Routes | New Mexico and the Continental Divide, described on Expedition Portal. Elwood Pass was the start of a trail maintained by a local Jeep club and followed Elwood creek...

One of the guys on the trip needed a new Cat. Wonder if he got a new or “used” one ;-)