Hmm, I liked Silverton. Didnt spend too much time there, but what I saw I enjoyed. Maybe thats because we treated it as a stopping point when entering/leaving the alpine loop.
Man I am jealous. Wife and I would do trips like this ALL the time until our baby was born early this year. I need to get out of this house badly and this baby need to grow up already lol.Hey everyone,
My wife and I got back from our trip last Monday and I thought I would share some pictures.
Haha, I will be where you are next year. Wife is due in April, so we decided to get some trip action in before the little one is here. Hoping we can get back to camping and all that when the baby is 1. We'll see how realistic that is though.
I think it is. Mine is almost 9 months and we definitely see ourselves camping soon. Good luck!!! Yeap it is a whole year at least lol. First 3 months are brutal. Life starts showing up again around 6.
Good to know. You going to try doing primitive camping or are you going to stay closer to established camping just in case something comes up with the little one? Something I've been thinking about lately.
I have lived in Colorado my entire life. Have spent most of my exploring time in the mountains. You are correct in your assessment. There is a crazy amount of country.
Fair request. The trip as I had planned out in my original post is definitely doable. The downside to it though is we really didn't get the chance to explore Ouray, Telluride, and Silverton very well because we felt rushed for time. If I did this same trip again I would add another day or two to slow down and just hang out in Telluride or Ouray.
Wow, immediate feedback... Thank you! Realistically, this will probably be a once in a lifetime trip for us, so this is very helpful. There's a lot on our bucket list, so if we're in that area we're going to hit everything we can, but want enough time to enjoy it. I just don't want to rush it either and struggle with estimating time on these trips.
For a complete novice, I would put Imogene at moderate just because it's narrow. Ophir was easier and maybe a little narrower in parts but was much shorter. You would do find in a stock Rubicon. We saw people in rental Jeeps doing these trails, lol.
I did not hit Black Bear pass cause I am a wuss, lol. Out of the three that you mentioned we only hit Engineer pass which I consider to be a moderate trail. A little rockey in some parts but not bad if you just take your time.
