Getting High in Colorado - Mosquito Pass - Alma to Leadville
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- The road from Alma to Leadville via Mosquito Pass offers great views, old mines, some shelf road driving, and a few small, but optional obstacles.
This is a shorter version of this video, an extended version can be seen here:
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i've driven Mosquito several times over the past few years - it's certainly incredibly scenic and fun. Never had to 4 low...'02 4Runner with 300k miles. But air down for sure!
I owned a second home in Leadville in the mid-'70s to the early '80s. Wonderful in the Summer.🤗 Brutal in the winter.🥶
Lovely video! The photography is fantastic! Love your dash cam. That's great information about he name origin. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
I would love to drive trough those trails someday, looks incredible. Cheers from Colombia
Back in the 80s, we went from Alma up to top in our Toyota Corolla, but turned back because my wife was getting altitude sick.
would LOVE to do this route in my lifted FrontWheelDrive VW Golf!!!
Cool experience you had I bet!!!
The road above the pass to the right now that's real deal off-road.
did this this summer in an H2! Awesome vid
Went over Mosquito back in the 80's with a 1972 two wheel drive Chevy C-10 pickup from the Leadville side. I had to stop on the way up to put some rock ballast in the bed to get traction and I had to stick it in the rarely used granny gear. I had tube type bias ply tires too. It wasn't very bright for sure, but I did it.
I'm like you, watching vehicles coming up & searching for a pull out.
Great that you’re so thoughtful and careful. I ride all these passes on my bicycle and see so much destructive driving by the ATV. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing, looks like a fun one.
Great video! New follower. Love the co-pilot 😜. What’s the pups name?
That was Sonja. Unfortunately she was 17 yo and this was one of her last trips.
Great video! Thanks!!
I traveled this in 1989 in a S-10, think I took the wrong route, it was sketchy back then.
Nice! I ran Mosquito Pass yesterday too. One correction though. The southern route you mentioned as an alternate way up Mosquito Pass has been barricaded by a landowner who claims it is a private road. It's shown on maps as a public road but someone would have to sue the landowner to prove that. In the past there was just a small cable stretched across it at the upper junction with Mosquito Pass Road, but I saw yesterday that he has now thoroughly barricaded it with rocks.
DarkLordofDebate Yes, you are talking about the one just east of the summit. After I went into Leadville I took another trail in from the south through a big mining district, it doesn’t go the ti the summit, it’s come in further down near the lakes.
No I meant the road past the South London Mine on the Alma side, marked as FR 696 on maps.
@@DarkLordofDebate Oh, I didn't know where that went
We have been having problems ms with land owner making claims to BLM land and putting gate across forest service access roads. I fill their locks with supper glue.
@@indyjones7550 LOL Fill their locks and then NO ONE can get past!! Gotta take a grinder and cut the chains lol!!
I did this pass in my '96 Land Rover, street tires at that too. Big tires are an American thing. We've done a lot of 4x4 trails in that Rover. With that said, I did buy a FJ Cruiser with big tires & we did Red Cone. Big tires do the job but they're not the end all. BWT, Rover came out with a new Defender. I really like the old Defender but right now, I have the FJ & it's a great vehicle.
I've done trails like that in a Grand Cherokee and also in a Wrangler both on stock tires, but my Wrangler has better tires now. My concern with the stock street tires would be how durable they would be on the sharp rocks.
Street tires are not as thick as all terrains and can be punctured on sharp rocks. It is not recommended to go on street tires.
@@TrailTravelergot a fully loaded Grand Cherokee Summit with Falken Wildpeak A/T - think it could take this trail fairly easily? We've done Almagre mt out here in CO Springs and other trails requiring 4low and hill descent et
@@XxrollinbxX Won't be a problem at all
air down for ride comfort mostly or ? --- p.s. Always enjoy new jeep off road videos!!
Ride comfort is a biggy but it also protects the tires from punctures, adds more traction, and doesn’t tear up the trails
@@TrailTraveler thanks!
Bin over 4 time's live in Leadville
can you take a pick up truck up this trail? Or is it only for jeeps.
The short answer is “sometimes”. When it’s dry it shouldn’t be an issue but once there is snow it gets pretty tricky and eventually closes
I took a stock 99 diesel F250 up from Leadville over the summer (August 16th, probably around the same time this video was made) and my buddy followed in a long bed 06 F350. He had a little bit of trouble on the switchbacks coming up the western side. This trail isn't very technical, but it is rocky and it beats you up if you have stiff suspension.
@@jacobg5122 what is your personal opinion on taking a Front Wheel Drive, (4inch) Lifted VW Golf Diesel on 28 inch all terrains up this road? (--Specifically, in the most prime conditions, Dry, middle of week with light traffic, etc)
Figuring its first gear all the way up. I'll be doing a bigger turbo and tune soon, so i'll have power up at those altitudes; aside from that its a game of traction i believe. Seriously trying to find an "impressive" offroad route to show off what my Vdub is capable(or incapable) of!!!!
@@JChurchua
Funny enough, I just went up there again today. I'd say you'd be alright coming up from the Leadville side, but if you try the climb from Alma you might have some trouble. The east side is steeper and has more loose dirt sections that make it harder to climb. Neither side is crazy difficult, though.