Ouray Aug. 2007

[Moody]

I went, I fell in love. Hilary and I both can't wait to go back. We both said we wished we weren't going to Newport Beach next summer and we were booked in Ouray again.
LOTS of great mining sites to explore:

Simply beautiful:

I loved driving roads that were higher than many of Utah's Wasatch Range peaks. A great time for sure. We saw LOTS of Rovers out there, but only my little boy Zander took a picture of one, a sweet D90 (?)

 

[Moody]

A couple more:

We saw these guys with an old Model T, and some other very early cars, having a beer break in Ophir:

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Great Pics, so what trails did you end up doing?

 

[Moody]

Great Pics, so what trails did you end up doing?

We drove up/around on a few of them, but the only one we actually 'completed' (end to end) was Ophir Pass. Pretty much a scenic steep dirt road.

 

[Jacket]

Honestly - Is there a nicer place in Colorado than the San Juans? They are pretty hard to beat....

 

[hattrik21]

Great stuff. I can't wait to get back there.

 

[98roamer]

Thanks for the pics. I'm planning a trip there next spring or August.

They are having a Land Rover event so that might be why there's an over population of rovers. http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7409

 

[77blazerchalet]

It's a fabulous area. As I threatened in this thread, post #14 http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5980&page=2 I was in the area again and went over Ophir once more, with the help of this outfit http://soajeep.com/home.html (my fifth year in a row touring with these guys).

First pic below is looking up Ophir Pass, the second is looking back from where we just were, the third is on FR 825 south & above Red Mtn Pass, and the fourth is of our driver Lee, the stretched screamin' yellow Wrangler shown in last year's post #21 here http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2317&page=3 and the one other tourist with us - she was from Houston Texas and had never been on a 4x4 tour before.

Those dark clouds in the last two pics here were responsible for the inconvenient washouts that closed the Telluride sides of Imogene Pass and Black Bear Pass on July 23rd. Hope the Ouray County crews fixed those real quick....

 

[pismo62]

Looks like a great trip. It's wonderful that you are getting the family out with you. Sooner or later I'm heading up that way.

 

[Funrover]

That is a great area!!!!!! I love it there!

 

[77blazerchalet]

My God! (the internet is such a neat place to find photos....) the photo below is looking down on the switchback in my second panorama photo in my post #8 above. This is from a 2005 photo collection of the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. I had a hard enough time just hiking up a couple of gulches last week, and these guys make a 100 mile continuous run of the whole area! Incredible photos at this web site...

 

[Christophe Noel]

I'll give away our secret camping spot if everyone promises to not spread the word too far.

Mineral Creek is a little area just west of Silverton. Most people stop at the campground with the other hordes of people. If you drive further back the valley to South park (7 miles from Silverton) there is a great camping meadow with the Bandora Mine keeping watch over the river. Very nice. Can easily fit a dozen camps with plenty of elbow room. The road is really tame, but it's rough enough to give many people pause.

 

[durango_60]

I'll give away our secret camping spot if everyone promises to not spread the word too far.

Mineral Creek is a little area just west of Silverton. Most people stop at the campground with the other hordes of people. If you drive further back the valley to South park (7 miles from Silverton) there is a great camping meadow with the Bandora Mine keeping watch over the river. Very nice. Can easily fit a dozen camps with plenty of elbow room. The road is really tame, but it's rough enough to give many people pause.

Great spot, I've been there three times this summer. Now you can go ahead and delete yout post.

 

[Jacket]

Great spot, I've been there three times this summer.

Show off! :shakin: Livin' in Durango sure has its perks!

 

[Willman]

Great trip Moody! We did CO last summer.....very nice place! Wish i had time this year!!!

Next summer for sure!

Show off! :shakin: Livin' in Durango sure has its perks!

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Don't get me started!!!!

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