Brian1
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- 1991 XLT
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Return from the Colorado colors run in Salida, CO:
JTX on Tincup pass
This was a great weekend and one that I will remember for a long time to come. The aspens in the higher elevations already had yellow leaves on them. In attendance were:
Brian1
JTX
MrBoyle
-=DaemoN=-
offroader 69 me
Trails:
Saturday
Cottonwood Pass
Tincup Pass
Hancock Pass
Sunday
Mt. Princeton
Iron Chest
Saturday we met in the Wal Mart Parking lot on an overcast day. We headed to the trail around 9 and finally reached the start of Tincup around 11. Tincup was a nice trail with only a few difficult spots. The picture above of JTX was an optional spot where the closest to rolling of the weekend occured. He came out of it no problem however. We headed on to the top of the pass where it was windy and cold. From Tincup we went down into St Elmo and had lunch around 1. From there we headed up to Hancock Pass. This trail was also fun and had a few more harder spots than TinCup. We got confused and found ourselves on the trail to Hancock Lake which had alot more boulders in the trail which made for some fun wheeling. We eventually got back to the main trail and got to the top of the pass where it was sleeting and windy. From there we headed to the nearest town to stop for gas and went back on the pavement to Salida. 9 hours on the trail/road on Saturday.
Sunday we met again in the Wal Mart lot and decided to head to Mt Princeton. This was a long and narrow trail that wound its way through the trees up to the timberline where there was a narrow shelf road to the top. This trail was full of hikers and bikers, with a bunch of good looking ones too . At the top we explored a cabin which was a place for people to spend the night if needed. It had a fire place and was stocked with food and sleeping bags. It had a porch with an excellent view. After we were there for a while we sent Marshall down as a scout since the trail was so narrow, he radioed to us if the trail was clear ahead of us so we didnt have to back up a long ways to let other vehicles pass. We got down from there in about 1 hour and had lunch in the parking area. From there we decided to skip Mt Antero and head straight for Iron Chest, good thing we did. Iron Chest was a blast and was really fun. There was a Jeep Rubicon that was going to join us on the trail but probably around the first 100' of the trail turned around This trail is extremely narrow as some of us came close to breaking off our mirrors on trees and rock walls. There was a grove of yellow aspens we passed through that made for some nice scenery. There were still a few boulders left in the trail on the way to the top, nothing that me and Mike couldnt handle. Once we neared the mine there was a large boulder field where I decided to pull off the trail. Mike continued on the rest of the ~50 yards of the trail clawing his way to the top over rocks bigger than his tires. The others had no problems working their way over the boulder field. At the top we explored some of the area around the old mine. On the way back down we again sent Marshall as a scout to make sure the trail was clear for the rest of us to go down since it was very narrow with very few passing areas. On one switchback DaemoN pulled off and said his radius arm was coming off (SAS). The bracket that bolts to the frame was coming loose and 1 nut was missing. He found a nut, tightened them all up and we were on our way again. After we reached the end around 5PM some went to St Elmo and the rest went back to Salida.
Carnage for the trip includes:
Brian1 - broken window motor/mechanism - my window didnt stay up so I put a vise grip on the track to hold it the entire weekend
MrBoyle - rock rash on driver side rocker
-=DaemoN=- - Radius arm bracket came loose but was tightened up no problem
offroader 69 me - cracked track bar mount
JTX - none that I am aware of except his tupperware kept coming loose and finally fell off on Iron Chest
There are alot more stories but I will let some of the others tell them. I had alot of fun and thanks to those who showed up and made this trip so fun.
A few more pics, the rest are on my 35mm:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/satmeet.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX1.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX2.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX3.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/DAEMON.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/MRBOYLE.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/sunlunch.JPG
JTX on Tincup pass
This was a great weekend and one that I will remember for a long time to come. The aspens in the higher elevations already had yellow leaves on them. In attendance were:
Brian1
JTX
MrBoyle
-=DaemoN=-
offroader 69 me
Trails:
Saturday
Cottonwood Pass
Tincup Pass
Hancock Pass
Sunday
Mt. Princeton
Iron Chest
Saturday we met in the Wal Mart Parking lot on an overcast day. We headed to the trail around 9 and finally reached the start of Tincup around 11. Tincup was a nice trail with only a few difficult spots. The picture above of JTX was an optional spot where the closest to rolling of the weekend occured. He came out of it no problem however. We headed on to the top of the pass where it was windy and cold. From Tincup we went down into St Elmo and had lunch around 1. From there we headed up to Hancock Pass. This trail was also fun and had a few more harder spots than TinCup. We got confused and found ourselves on the trail to Hancock Lake which had alot more boulders in the trail which made for some fun wheeling. We eventually got back to the main trail and got to the top of the pass where it was sleeting and windy. From there we headed to the nearest town to stop for gas and went back on the pavement to Salida. 9 hours on the trail/road on Saturday.
Sunday we met again in the Wal Mart lot and decided to head to Mt Princeton. This was a long and narrow trail that wound its way through the trees up to the timberline where there was a narrow shelf road to the top. This trail was full of hikers and bikers, with a bunch of good looking ones too . At the top we explored a cabin which was a place for people to spend the night if needed. It had a fire place and was stocked with food and sleeping bags. It had a porch with an excellent view. After we were there for a while we sent Marshall down as a scout since the trail was so narrow, he radioed to us if the trail was clear ahead of us so we didnt have to back up a long ways to let other vehicles pass. We got down from there in about 1 hour and had lunch in the parking area. From there we decided to skip Mt Antero and head straight for Iron Chest, good thing we did. Iron Chest was a blast and was really fun. There was a Jeep Rubicon that was going to join us on the trail but probably around the first 100' of the trail turned around This trail is extremely narrow as some of us came close to breaking off our mirrors on trees and rock walls. There was a grove of yellow aspens we passed through that made for some nice scenery. There were still a few boulders left in the trail on the way to the top, nothing that me and Mike couldnt handle. Once we neared the mine there was a large boulder field where I decided to pull off the trail. Mike continued on the rest of the ~50 yards of the trail clawing his way to the top over rocks bigger than his tires. The others had no problems working their way over the boulder field. At the top we explored some of the area around the old mine. On the way back down we again sent Marshall as a scout to make sure the trail was clear for the rest of us to go down since it was very narrow with very few passing areas. On one switchback DaemoN pulled off and said his radius arm was coming off (SAS). The bracket that bolts to the frame was coming loose and 1 nut was missing. He found a nut, tightened them all up and we were on our way again. After we reached the end around 5PM some went to St Elmo and the rest went back to Salida.
Carnage for the trip includes:
Brian1 - broken window motor/mechanism - my window didnt stay up so I put a vise grip on the track to hold it the entire weekend
MrBoyle - rock rash on driver side rocker
-=DaemoN=- - Radius arm bracket came loose but was tightened up no problem
offroader 69 me - cracked track bar mount
JTX - none that I am aware of except his tupperware kept coming loose and finally fell off on Iron Chest
There are alot more stories but I will let some of the others tell them. I had alot of fun and thanks to those who showed up and made this trip so fun.
A few more pics, the rest are on my 35mm:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/satmeet.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX1.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX2.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/JTX3.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/DAEMON.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/MRBOYLE.JPG
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brian4x4/sunlunch.JPG