So at the end of the trail, we headed into Montezuma. Just as I was coming off the trail and intersecting into another road, some guy flags me down. I thought he was a backpacker (he had a backpack with some kind of rainfly on it). He asked for a ride into town. I've never given a ride to a hitchhiker before but this guy didn't really strike me as some crazed psycho killer, so I agreed. Turns out his truck broke down up on one of the trails near the area we just came from. At first, he was pretty vague in details, but on the short ride I kept pressing him and found out that he is a Ford vehicle test driver. He was testing the new F-150 while doing some high altitude off-road driving. He lost low range and was in an area that he needed it to continue- and I guess get out as well. All kinds of alerts and sensors going off in the truck. So he parked it off some spur from the main trail in some trees and hiked out. Turns out there is a small fleet out here right now. He said once they recover his truck, it'll get sent back to Ford and he'll take one of the spares and continue with his testing. Just as we get to the Keystone ski resort, we see another F-150 all wrapped in the blacked out camo. He either recognized the truck or the driver and called him as I gave chase until he pulled over.
After lunch, we decided to take Guanella Pass from Georgetown over to Grant. This is a 24 mile road that connects I-70 with 285. It used to be an easy, but very rough dirt road passable by passenger cars, and now all but just a couple miles are paved. It goes just on the backside of Mount Evans:
Which the summit was veiled in clouds.
We continued down the pass and came across a rock slide. This is he first time I've seen BIG rocks on the road:
When I get pics of my rig, I'll post them.
