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RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - rboe - 09-01-2013

Maybe I'll get a used one. The 650L is nice but she is huge! I had a Quota for doing stuff like that, discovered she was too big so the 650 seemed like a step in the right direction. Just needed to make a few more steps. Smile

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - Ole - 09-01-2013

my Benchmark Atlas showed two dirt roads that would get me to Eagle
the sign said "impassible when wet"
I gave er a shot

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another shower was coming

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it frigging poured and hailed
I had to drag mt feet for ten miles up to the pass
that road was pure clay/snot and with hail on it, I could not stop
did not think I could get going

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it stopped as I hit Crooked Creek Pass then the road was downhill and gravel sand mix. man oh man that up side was ten miles oh hell

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but it was fun

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nearing Eagle

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RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - the Ferret - 09-01-2013

Geezalou, fantastic stuff. (Two thumbs up emotion inserted here)

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - rboe - 09-01-2013

I'll second the Ferret Approval. Smile

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - Ole - 09-01-2013

Thanks for the nice words guys. I didnt do anything special, I just look at the maps and go. Whats the worst that could happen?

Clear Creek Res Road goes right up to a whole bunch of 14000 foot peaks. Ought to be some dirt up there? And two old ghost towns.

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rode the jeep roads to the trailheads for those big peaks

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14er Huron Peak where several years ago a medical helo crashed upon it. All were killed and someone had made a nice memorial for them

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there was this lil museum back there

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next morning paved it to Cottonwood Pass then it changed to dirt

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Taylor Park

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and res

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did Kebler and Ohio Pass over by Crested Butte much dirt over there

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it is hard to find any bad riding in Colorado if one stays west of I-25

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it was very nice over there

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went through Parlin, Pitkin, and Tincup on the way over Cumberland Pass

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and back home over cottonwood
today was 300 miles about 210 were dirt

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Old Monarch and Marshall Pass was the agenda today

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more nice "ranches" but no cattle just horses? weekend ranchers maybe?

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these are the mountains I was up in yesterday

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RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - Ole - 09-05-2013

I had to be careful when beering at my Buena Vista campsite. The ground had flesh eating plant life.

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My last four Colorado days were in The San Juans. I camped above Lake San Cristobal 8 miles from Lake City. It got very cold at night. They had been getting some rain so had to be on lookout for these

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Found some dirt on Los Pinos Road off of Slumgullion Pass

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Once I got around her, she crossed the road and in the mirror I saw she had a calf with her

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filled my water bottle at a campground out of this

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kinda cool to see it was made in my hometown, that foundry is our largest electric customer (I work for the city water and light)

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I avoided this

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my campsite was three miles up this valley past the lake on Cinnamon Pass Road

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I made a big circle over Cinnamon and Stoney Pass with a gas/donut stop in Silverton

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the jeepers were still sleeping

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Cinnamon is up there

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not quite 13000 feet and bike ran great. had to keep her wound up to use second gear tho so mostly stayed in first up high

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went down to Animas Forks an old gold town

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from Animas, one goes down even further to get to Silverton

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old mines were everywhere up there those guys were tough dudes to mine that high in winter I must say

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then turned around and got high again going over Stoney Pass

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helped a guy change tire on his van here

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Stoney pass was better than the more popular Cinnamon

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it was very remote

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RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - the Ferret - 09-05-2013

Golly its one thing to stop at an overlook and see these mountains, and another to ride up amongst them. I will never look at a mountain the same way again. Thanks ole.

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - rboe - 09-05-2013

Ufda!

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - enzo_imp - 09-07-2013

Ole, Ole, Ole...........the remoteness makes it the best.......
What camera are u using?

RE: A CRF250L in Colorado - Ole - 09-08-2013

My camera is an old Canon SX100. 6 years is very old in digi cam life.

I came off Stoney Pass and headed for the Rio Grande Reservoir.
All dirt and some trails the jeepers were not allowed. You had to drive through this metal ramp/gate thing that was only 50" wide.

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it turned into a typical Colorado rock garden
some places it was so steep down, to control the bike, I shut the engine off and used the clutch to slow me down via engine compression cuz the brakes were no good on loose baby heads

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Rio Grand Res was dry, last year when I was here on a street bike this was all water

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found some water near the dam

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they had a big fire earlier in the year that started near Wolf Creek Pass and came a long way

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The beetle killed trees were everywhere

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when those small fires hit a beetle kill area, they become large fires fast
The guy camped next to me said Wager Creek Gulch was a good road. It went to a ghost town and the Continental Divide

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this was right across the road from my campsite and I didnt even know about it

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shouldn't surprise me there are dirt roads in abundance in CO

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Carson ghost town the kids had it all painted up with crap

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to the Divide

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