https://youtu.be/F9JnN7M3Fb4 Day 6 is a very easy day. Red Mountain Mining area is just East of US-550 13 miles south of Ouray. Literally right across the street from the trail head to Black Bear Pass trailhead. There a number of mines here with many structures, Yankee Girl Mine is the probable the most "famous" structure … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 8-Red Mountain Mining Area

https://youtu.be/yHvNKWs9xQE We start out day 5 of 4th expedition doing the most difficult trail in the Alpine loop. There are two obsticals om this trail that make it very difficult. A well build Jeep with lockers and winch are pretty much required. If the "the Wall" is wet, even with lockers it can difficult to … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 7-Poughkeepsie Gulch

https://youtu.be/8V5uqvXOzxw As day 3 comes to close we arrive in Durango. We checked into the hotel, its a quick walk to the downtown area. The city has a "old western town" feel. The D&SNGRR this evening is moving engine's around for night maintenance and organization. It's fun to watch these operations. We have a nice … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 6-Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RR and Exploring towns of Durango & Silverton

https://youtu.be/ySRjjXrtiCk Day 4 is yet again anther Beautiful day, clear skies and great visibility. We start the day off heading South again on US-550, The Million Dollar Highway, 18 miles, on the west side of the road is the turn off and trail head to Ophir Pass. This is not one of the more popular … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 5-Ophir Pass

https://youtu.be/76GKdKKZX28 After Lunch in Telluride, we work out way out of town to Tommy Boy Road. You are just driving up a normal road, passing houses, the the payment turns to dirt and your on your way over the mountain. Tommy Boy Road is a narrow dirt road, daily easy to drive. It's narrow and … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 4-Imogene Pass

https://youtu.be/H-vxnmKKMiU The day has come, we are doing Black Bear Pass! 13.4 miles down US-550, the Million Dollar highway is the turn off for Black Bear Pass trail head. The GPS will take you past the trail head, so when coming from theNorth, Ouray, keep an eye out on the right side of sth road … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 3-Black Bear Pass

https://youtu.be/-2ROhVCV2Ac Day 1 on the trails! After we got settled in the house, we had a trail meeting. The original plan was to get Black Bear Pass complete first. This is a trail that we all want to do, and it's also a trail that is the most "Difficult" and we need perfect weather to … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 2-Engineer Pass & Golconda Mine & Boarding House

https://youtu.be/ZMkPj_sSa2Y After years of wanting to go back (was there for 2 days in 2015, see YouTube for those video's), months of studying maps, phone call & Emails with Chris Wood at AEV & Matt at FunTreks, and prepping the Jeeps, we are ready to leave. From Ohio we have 3 routes to Ouray. I-80, … Continue reading Expedition San Juan Mountains September 2021-Part 1-The Drive Out

Dee and I started out from Akron mid afternoon, getting us to our starting point later afternoon, it was about a 2 hour drive.  On this trip we plan on staying on the easter n side of Allegheny National Forest . We hit the trail running and aired down and started down a snow covered … Continue reading Allegheny National Forest Part 1