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Appreciate it!

Appreciate it! Colorado Springs is great! Lots of good Jeep trails for sure.

I did! Link in the description to the new one!

Appreciate it! It was definitely a good one!

Thanks for the feedback!

Ha, I feel better knowing I am not alone 😂 Thanks!

@@WestonsWanderings 😅

It was early August last year!

Some guys have fit full size trucks through there. Overall it's not terrible but it's definitely got some pinch points. The other half of the trail that we descended to comes out to an easier/wider trail but it's designated as a one way trail so technically yes, but not the correct way to do it..

@@kevinw7347 To where? Lol We didn't go to the top and turn around, we kept going to the other side of the pass. I do plenty of hikes but this one was meant to be an offroad adventure and it was!

I agree, it's not a difficult trail. What would you consider "real" tires and to what PSI?

@@WestonsWanderings I'm running Nitto mud grapplers at 6 to 8 psi with bead lock wheels. On standard wheel you just up the psi a bit.

@@WestonsWanderingsI’ve been jeeping the tougher trails in Colorado and Utah for 30+ years, but not the crazy extreme trails. (Just for reference, if you have any familiarity with Moab, I will do stuff like Poison Spider/Golden Spike, but not Pritchett or Cliffhanger. In Colorado I’ve done Poughkeepsie Gulch and Black Bear Pass in the San Juans many, many times) I air down to 12, usually; anything below 20 will help. But don’t go much lower than 12 unless you get bead lockers. Besides smoothing your ride (your passengers will greatly appreciate that), airing down will change your approach angles slightly and (mostly importantly) create more contact with the surface area as the tread contours to the rocks. I’d say it looks like your tires are ok for this terrain, but a bit more aggressive tread will help. I run Goodrich Mud-Terrain/TA KM3 on my TJ Rubicon and have been happy with them for what I do. You definitely don’t need swampers like someone else mentioned, not for Colorado, anyway, because you just don’t get into mud-bogging situations around here.

I won't do mud tires because they are terrible in snow & daily driving.. I was at 20 PSI here. Probably c​ould have gone down some more in this scenario though.. @@jimkidd53

​@@kjsgardenI agree. I am familiar with those Utah trails. We did Gold Bar Rim up to the waterfall, just don't think we had the angles for that one. I've done Wheeler Lake and Poughkeepsie gulch and never got into this situation so it was a little disappointing but I am always up for testing new tires. My complaint with the mud terrains is that they aren't good in snow at all unless it's super thick or daily driving.

She left it open for her pup who was riding back there.

Thanks for watching!

I was down to 20 psi on this one.

​@WestonsWanderings 20 psi is not really aired down tho. I'd go 16 or 15 makes a huge difference on traction but you really don't loose any clearance.

@@123yrmama I've nearly de-beaded at 18 before so I tend to play it safe. Some beadlocks and I'd take it a lot further obviously. I also think the tire you're using can factor in based on how beefy the sidewalls are.

@@123yrmama Probably would have been worth trying to air down a little more in this case though..

@@WestonsWanderings Ya in that case it's better to be safe. I like a narrow rim it locks the bead on the rim i think. I've run that trail after rain to and it's quite slippy on those rounded boulders and mud.

Yep!

@@WestonsWanderings Red Cone is rated as a difficult trail 5 of 10. not easy for the type of rigs and outfit you guys are running. U knocked it out regardless.

Thanks, I have done harder trails so it felt a little disappointing but it happens! @@EvergreenOG

Gears were ordered 3 months ago 🙄 Definitely cant wait so I can upsize those tires.

It's a couple different trails that connect Crested Butte to Marble, CO. The primary one is Schofield Pass.

Haha, you like that?

2:06 this part was nuts 😅. Love the ZR2's!!

@@ZR2BIZON I've loved the capability!

I would agree it sharpens skills and helps keep your edge. At some point though, larger tires will allow you to do obstacles that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do and will make it easier on the rig. There are so many reasons it helps: Approach angles, departure angles, breakover angles, more overall grip allowing better control, smoother ride (more tire cushion) and less force needed to climb the same obstacle. Of course there are downsides to going larger but I haven't scratched the surface on those with what I currently have, and I suppose that can be a good thing so far.

@@WestonsWanderings Agreed on all counts, but only if you own a Jeep or another rig built for that. Overland rigs normally do not have anything larger than a 33, mostly due to weight and gas mileage, the vehicle not being built for it, ect, ect. All I'm trying to say is that if you know your rig and it's limitations, you would never put yourself in a position that would even make you question getting something larger. Personally, if I wanted larger, I would build a rock crawling rig, but that is just my 2 cents. I run 33 pizza cutters on 17"wheels with a 2.5 lift and have zero need to replace the axle or do a body chop or any of that other nonsense and I can still get to absolutely everyplace that I want to go. Yes, armor, rock sliders, winches and all that should be standard just in case, but for me, I would never run bigger tires without considering just buying a whole new vehicle for it; one that was meant to have those size tires. Loved the vid btw, keep up the good work.

@@gabrielreyes8476 Appreciate it! And yea that makes sense. Kinda boils down to personal preference/needs. I plan on keeping this truck and doing more mods to it but also know it will probably become a dedicated offroad/overlanding rig at some point and I'll have a different daily driver. Not exactly a rock crawling machine but capable enough for any of Colorado's trails (Moab is a different story).

What were your exact dates of June ??

We trekked June 10-21.

We didn't hit much Rain mid-June but it was very overcast and humid at the lower elevations.

I only noticed them when we stopped moving and they seemed to be in certain areas more than others. I think they are around mostly all day but especially in the evenings.

Nice! Typically my first sign of altitude sickness is lack of appetite which I did start to have around 16k-17k'. So I did start to feel the altitude but it wasn't bad outside of just the thin air! It's noticeably different from 14k'.

@@WestonsWanderings yeah, that's what worries me from Dingboche and higher up.

Yep!!

It did the job flawlessly. Ha.

It is! We actually specifically asked for Tilak from his video! He is great!