Se7en62
Adventure Seeker
Last month, my wife and I met up with some friends in Colorado to explore over 600 miles of backroads, alpine passes, and 4x4 trails over a 9 day stint, making 7 remote camps across the state.
We followed the same BDR we completed last year, but this year we took our time and explored more along the way.
The Montero was comfortable on the 2,200 miles of highway and handled the 600 miles off-road with ease. With all the extra weight on-board, it's factory lockers made easy work of the larger obstacles on Hancock Pass. - Not bad for a 19 year old truck I built from stock in 6 months!
Though, 4.90's have definitely been added to my short-list.
The trip itself went off without an issue aside from my radiator cap failing at 11,500' on Ophir Pass. The previous owner had used a cheap one and the gasket had just split. We cut up my solar shower to create a makeshift gasket to get us through the next 2 days and 150 miles of trail to Gunnison where an OEM unit was waiting.
Along the way we racked up over 70,000' of elevation gain/loss in 7 different national forests. We were even fortunate enough to spot three Moose, two Black Bear, two Porcupines, and dozens of Mule Deer and other critters.
All said and done, it was another epic overland trip across Colorado's stunning BDR. (Pics below are chronological...)
The Montero was comfortable on the 2,200 miles of highway and handled the 600 miles off-road with ease. With all the extra weight on-board, it's factory lockers made easy work of the larger obstacles on Hancock Pass. - Not bad for a 19 year old truck I built from stock in 6 months!
The trip itself went off without an issue aside from my radiator cap failing at 11,500' on Ophir Pass. The previous owner had used a cheap one and the gasket had just split. We cut up my solar shower to create a makeshift gasket to get us through the next 2 days and 150 miles of trail to Gunnison where an OEM unit was waiting.
Along the way we racked up over 70,000' of elevation gain/loss in 7 different national forests. We were even fortunate enough to spot three Moose, two Black Bear, two Porcupines, and dozens of Mule Deer and other critters.
All said and done, it was another epic overland trip across Colorado's stunning BDR. (Pics below are chronological...)
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