Wow!
Red Rock looks amazing, Ferret. You could either stick around or pop back and see Joe there in person on 23 August!
Red Rock looks amazing, Ferret. You could either stick around or pop back and see Joe there in person on 23 August!
a Rocky Mountain high ***New pics added***
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Offroad
Road warrior
Ferret even takes great pictures when leading!
Yeah ... he's got that mirror trick off pat. I can never quite pull it off.
Stichill
Road warrior
That's one for the books, fellas! Way to grab a bite of the apple. 
the Ferret
Road warrior
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Interesting fun fact yesterday we were at 7200 feet elev at Evergreen Lake and 30 miles later we were at 14,200 feet. A 7,000 foot elevation climb. The CBs never faltered. Fuel injection is good!
Was that from Evergreen Lake to Mt Evans? Looks like a fun road.
the Ferret
Road warrior
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Yes but we took a back road yesterday a little tighter than the main road which was also great.
Offroad
Road warrior
Coming down from Pike's Peak....all the curves at the bottom that looks like a river is really the road we came up.
offroad, LongRanger, Ferret, is that rocky landscape natural or has there been extensive deforestation?
Offroad
Road warrior
LongRanger will probably explain it better, but I think that is because we are above the tree lineCormanus_imp said:
flynrider
Road warrior
Great trip post, guys! I've been off plane camping for the last 5 days and I'm just catching up with all of the fun.
After having spent a week roaming CO's passes a few years back, I can see that I hardly scratched the surface. Now I'm gonna have to go back and try some of these routes.
I'm back on the CB in Idaho, so I'll check back in a few days to catch the end of this epic journey!
After having spent a week roaming CO's passes a few years back, I can see that I hardly scratched the surface. Now I'm gonna have to go back and try some of these routes.
I'm back on the CB in Idaho, so I'll check back in a few days to catch the end of this epic journey!
dsan1964_imp
Been there
Very nice!
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the Ferret
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5:30 am Denver, getting ready to leave for home in a few mins. BIttersweet. Some great ridng out here. IF it wasn't for the 8 months of winter and horrible freeway traffic it would be a great place to live. CAn't wait to get home to the rolling hills of southern Ohio though.
emptysea
Road warrior
Safe travels back east Ferret and OffRoad. Thanks to all three of you for sharing your tour with us. I love Colorado, but only visited there on four wheels. I can't wait to go back on two.
LongRanger_imp
Road warrior
LongRanger will probably explain it better, but I think that is because we are above the tree line I don't know if I can explain it better, but at this latitude, treelne is about 11,000'. Trees can't survive above that. As you move further north, like into Montana and British Columbia, the tree line gets lower (I think it's only around 6000' in Glacier National Park).offroadfx4_imp said:
There's been little deforestation in Colorado, which poses a significant threat because we've lost millions of trees to beetle infestation and there is a lot of dead forest waiting to burn. Some of these fires can't be extinguished until the snows come in September / October.
Thanks, LongRanger. Makes sense. I guess it's covered in snow for much of the year.
LongRanger_imp
Road warrior
Indeed. Here's how Mt. Evans looks from the Denver suburbs. Keep in mind Denver sits at 5,280', so it's about a 9,000' change in elevation from downtown to the summit. The road doesn't open until early June and closes in early September, so about three months. The peak is usually snow covered from September into June and can be seen from 105 miles away.
We saw some of these guys frolicking on the rocks up there too.
We saw some of these guys frolicking on the rocks up there too.
the Ferret
Road warrior
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We decided to push through and are 80 miles from Offroads house. 15 hours down, 1 more to go.
Stichill
Road warrior
Be safe guys.
