Adventure In The Rockies: EPIC JEEP Overlanding Expedition!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- As Empty Nesters, we don't do EVERYTHING together, and this Jeep overlanding trip through the Colorado Rockies is a great example of a time when Mark went off without Jacki for a week long camping adventure with his buddies.
00:00 Meeting up and heading out from Flagstaff
01:41 Dinner at Camp - Night 1
02:16 Day 2 - Creede, CO
03:09 First offroading - Bachelor Loop
04:32 Night 2 - Camping Recipes (and Odin waiting for scraps!)
06:16 Day 3 - Stony Pass and Silverton, CO
09:41 Day 4 - Poughkeepsie Pass, "The Wall,"
17:03 Lake Como and Old Mining Ruins
20:37 Day 5 - San Juans - Animas Forks - 13,000 Ft
23:18 Campsite - riverside in the rain
24:32 Day 6 - Mark's Silver 2006 LJ and Camping details
26:09 Hitting the Trail, mining ruins, and Lake City
27:12 Cinnamon Pass
28:15 Ouray, CO
28:44 Day 7 - Getting geared up - and meet our mascot!
29:35 2 things to do to get ready to hit the trails
30:17 Imogene Pass, elevation 13,114 feet
33:58 Telluride, a little more offroading, and wrapping up
Planning your own overlanding trip through the Rockies in Colorado? Here are a few resources to help you find the same trails that were featured in this video:
Alpine Loop Scenic Byway: goexploreit.com/trips_itinera...
Engineer Pass (overlanding route from Lake City to Ouray, CO): www.alltrails.com/trail/us/co...
Cinnamon Pass, California Gulch, and Corkscrew Gulch: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/co...
This trip happened in August, and if you're going to do a similar trip it's recommended between June-September. Otherwise you're going to have passes blocked by snow!
Things to keep in mind when planning your Colorado Overlanding trip: goexploreit.com/new-to-colora...
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Have you been on a Jeep overlanding trip? 🏕 🦌🛻 We'd love to hear your favorite overlanding sites...share them below:
You had me at Oden!
He’s such a great dog - a gentle giant!
@@EmptyNesterLife still watching but the mountains and skies are amazing!
@@EmptyNesterLifeOden "No comment!"
@@EmptyNesterLifeLake Como is gorgeous!
@@EmptyNesterLifeThat was excellent. 🎉
beautiful trip
Thank you! It really was