14er Fest in Buena Vista, Sept 29 to October 1 (1 Viewer)
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14er Fest was pretty good--the weather was crappy/unexpectedly cold and wet, but things went great.
I drove down on Friday afternoon, and they had 30+ vehicles in the "show and shine". We set up our trailsoffroad OZtent and display table right on main street with the other vendors/exhibitors. Next to us was Colorado Off-Road Enterprirse (CORE) and the Mile-Hi Jeep Club, then On The Trail Training (Matt Balasz, same guy I met at Expedition:Colorado's Expo back in June), and Colorado Off-road Search and Rescue, and Chaffee County Search and Rescue.
Saturday I went on a trail ride to Natural Bridge, with five or six Jeeps and a Tacoma. We hiked to the bridge/arch and then returned to town. Restaurants were all running specials for the event, so it was lively. The beer garden was popular, with set-ups from Elevation Brewing, Soulcraft, and a couple of others, plus live music acts.
Sunday was a 30k (running) race, more hiking and bike events, and I led a trail ride on Aspen Ridge with six or seven Jeeps, a 4Runner and a couple of Tacoma's plus one KTM bike. We had a blast, stopped to make lunch on the Ridge, and then down into Salida. Trailsoffroad led seven trips in all, Natural Bridge, Aspen Ridge, Pomeroy, Hancock, and I cannot remember the others (I just did the two mentioned).
Already planning for next year to add some overnight rides/overland style routes.
I drove down on Friday afternoon, and they had 30+ vehicles in the "show and shine". We set up our trailsoffroad OZtent and display table right on main street with the other vendors/exhibitors. Next to us was Colorado Off-Road Enterprirse (CORE) and the Mile-Hi Jeep Club, then On The Trail Training (Matt Balasz, same guy I met at Expedition:Colorado's Expo back in June), and Colorado Off-road Search and Rescue, and Chaffee County Search and Rescue.
Saturday I went on a trail ride to Natural Bridge, with five or six Jeeps and a Tacoma. We hiked to the bridge/arch and then returned to town. Restaurants were all running specials for the event, so it was lively. The beer garden was popular, with set-ups from Elevation Brewing, Soulcraft, and a couple of others, plus live music acts.
Sunday was a 30k (running) race, more hiking and bike events, and I led a trail ride on Aspen Ridge with six or seven Jeeps, a 4Runner and a couple of Tacoma's plus one KTM bike. We had a blast, stopped to make lunch on the Ridge, and then down into Salida. Trailsoffroad led seven trips in all, Natural Bridge, Aspen Ridge, Pomeroy, Hancock, and I cannot remember the others (I just did the two mentioned).
Already planning for next year to add some overnight rides/overland style routes.
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Looks like a great time!! Maybe next fall we can get CLC folks up there too!
SAS
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Yes, there was good representation from the Toyota community--I saw a few 40's, and few 60's, and a few 80's and 100's. Lots of Tacomas and 4Runners! Ige Gustavson @nuclearlemon was there in her 80, Fat Bastard, riding tail-gun for some trail rides sponsored by trailsoffroad. Put it on the annual calendar as an 'alternate' event, maybe? Here's an article I wrote about it.
14er Fest 2017 in Buena Vista, Colorado – Trails Offroad – Blog
