More fun in SW Colorado...

[LilKJ]

Thought I would post up about the latest trip... it was a good time had by all. I met up with someone from another board who is a new member on Expo: KSKJ. They came over to Co to do some wheeling so we met up and ran a trail or two....

*drum roll*

We opted to start right off with Black Bear Pass and Imogene Pass with a trip to Yankee Boy Basin.

The All-Star Team

Right away treated to the view

KSKJ wondering what all the hype was about

Natives

KSKJ finding out what all the hype was about...

The power station

Conquered Black Bear Pass and having lunch overlooking Telluride

Cruisin up Imogene Pass

Continues....

 

[LilKJ]

Where is everybody?

VICTORY!! Imogene pass summit

Picking his way through the flowers on the way down

There was a water crossing... or two... or fifty

Treated to a nice storm in Yankee Boy Basin

Clouds lifted to a nice view

Instead of gold we found an irish pub at the end of the rainbows

Rockin under the runoff

And heading back home

This was just day 1!!!

 

[LilKJ]

Day 2 was another great day of wheeling with beautiful weather

Started the day off by checking out some of the remote gulches and seeing what was hidden back there...

Ever feel like you're the center of it all?

After a few mines... it was off to Hurricane Pass

We heard news at Hurricane Pass that Poughkeepsie Gulch was open and that several built vehicles on 35"+ tires all had to be winched up the big obstacles... so we checked it out

We cruised down Poughkeepsie as far as we could before turning around and meandering back up.

Minor stuffage was encountered

 

[LilKJ]

Day 2 Continues...

Looking back on Como Lake and Poughkeepsie Gulch

Then it was onward to California Pass

Chicks dig the new ride

Too much time was spent wandering around the Animas Forks Ghost Town

But we made it back just in time for an awesome camp dinner!

 

[LilKJ]

Day 3...

Today the mighty Kansas trio headed south from Ouray and visited me here in Durango. We stopped at a bakery and decided to head North to Vallecito Resevoir and try out a trail there.

Weather was gray and the flies were buzzin

To start out we all had our doubts as we cruised down an easy gravel road around the lake... FOR-EVERRRRRRR!

But then we found the mud :shock: In the mountains?

And suddenly the trail felt like backwoods Tennessee... mud, roots, trees... oh yes

There's no way I can relay jus thow steep this hill is... we didn't make it

Found another way around to a lookout over the Wimenuche Wilderness Area

 

[LilKJ]

Day 3 continued....

Then we found some more mud

OK so it's bigger than it looked

And into the mud KSKJ goes...

And into the mud KSKJ stays... (we won't go into the fact that the strap is attached to the CRD that flew through it)

After all was said and done we had some happy (and muddy) KJ's

KSKJ then got the unfortunate job of chasing the dust cloud back to Durango (but there was a brewpub awaiting their arrival)

In the end it was a perfect and incident-free trip... I'll be back there next week with a whole heap of new pics and a report to follow.

 

[viter]

amazing pictures!!!
thanks for sharing your trip!

 

[kcowyo]

Bee-yoo-tiful photos. :bowdown:

SW Colorado.... the last best place on Earth.

:campfire:

 

[adventureduo]

Incredible pics. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Ursidae69]

I'm glad I opened this thread. Great trip and photography!

 

[ttora4runner]

Thanks for posting it good to see green and not just the sand and dust of yuma.


two more weeks :jump:

 

[Overland Hadley]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to get back into the mountains.

 

[SunMan]

Top shelf, great pics.

 

[ujoint]

Agreed, agreed!!!

 

[beerhiker]

Nice! I saw the blue Libby in Ouray on 7/27 or 7/28, I was walkin through town and stopped to eye it. :smiley_drive: