More Carnage On Black Bear Pass

[Jamrock]

I know this is a very popular trail. Not technically difficult, but still dangerous.

When things go bad on this trail, they can go very bad.




There was another bad accident there last year.




Just be careful.

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[Reinen]

It both cracks me up and impresses me how it turned into a Volkswagen Beetle.

 

[Jamrock]

The Jeep didn't fare much better. In both cases, people were thrown from the vehicles and suffered serious injuries.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37023...e-after-falling-off-colorados-black-bear-pass

It is amazing that no hikers or other vehicles were hit.

 

[missionale]

and then you have Jeep Youtubers doing braking turns around hairpins on this pass setting an excellent example of responsible behavior - not

 

[John VonJeep]

I blame Instagram.

 

[Zandcwhite]

The guy in the Jeep got out, and failed to secure his vehicle. The bronco rolled attempting to turn around after going backwards up the one way trail. Neither has anything to do with the trail being difficult or dangerous. When people drive off the side of 550, do people talk about it being a technical or challenging highway? Seems like at least once a year someone drives off a cliff on highway 1 into the ocean, nobody says “should have been more experienced and had a spotter”? Stupid should hurt, on blackbear, or any shelf road for that matter, it almost always will.

 

[aldo98229]

The ladies in the Bronco Sport were tourists going the wrong way on a famously dangerous, steep, narrow, one-way trail. Facing oncoming traffic, the driver attempted to turn around...but she literally ran out of trail.

YouTube is a blessing and a curse in that it makes people aware that these beautiful places exist. Unfortunately, with the influx of visitors you get those few who still haven’t quite mastered the basic skill of motor driving.

 

[Frank R.]

 

[The Last Cowboy]

I believe I still have that album on vinyl.

 

[Frank R.]

I have it on cassette. I'll never forget Dad playing "Wolf creek pass" for me the first time. I was probably 10 and I thought it was hilarious. Come to think of it, I still do. Great memories...

 

[txj2go]

you get those few who still haven’t quite mastered the basic skill of motor driving.

Come down here and drive on our freeways- we have lots of them.

 

[missionale]

I blame Instagram.

that too...

 

[four low]

That Bronco Sport maintained cabin integrity after rolling all that distance, even the ENGINE was thrown out. Ford has learned a thing or two since the original Explorers that crushed to the beltline after one roll. In the Firestone Days...

 

[engineXI]

first: the video with the jeep rolling in front of the other vehicle is bizarre because we watched that other vehicle drive down that very same road (more than slowly) and there was nothing that would indicate a challenging road. I could not comprehend how someone went off the road during that drive.
Having said that, it was pretty spectacular.

Next: the bronco all smashed up. The guy couldn't be more impressed with how it withstood the crash. I have no words, its like being impressed when a surfer doesn't get eaten by a shark.

 

[Jamrock]

The road is narrow. It is right on the edge of a steep cliff. If you have spent all your life driving on highways, it could be difficult to adjust.

It doesn't seem as if accidents happen often here. When they do, however, things can get really ugly.

Take a look at this one. These are experienced Jeepers.

I have driven on roads like this up near the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. Up near the coffee plantations. Two way traffic on narrow roads with a steep cliff on one side. Not fun.

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