2022 Colorado planning thread

[ToyosandHam]

Rebekah and I won’t be making it this year. We’re
Gonna stay put in the SE. Super bummed but happy you guys are making it. Y’all need to document this trip well so that the rest of us can live vicariously through you!

Updated.

 

[ab1985]

I'm out for this one. Going to make the trip out with my family but leaving the cruiser at home and doing less off-road stuff this year.

 

[BamaHeel]

Yea I’m not going out west this summer. At least not to CO

 

[ToyosandHam]

UPDATED. The "outs" outnumber the "ins".

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

You outs need to be ins.

It’s going to be awesome

 

[justbecause]

Hey everyone. Been a while since there's been an update but there's been discussions on groupme and at some of the meetups. For those that have missed out this is a "suggested" agenda that is slowly being put together.

1) Going to Montrose to pick up wives/children/etc.
2) Trails are not set. Just options.
3) Actually nothing is set just making suggestions

Here we go:
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BHM to Montrose - 1463 Miles - 23 hours



Day 1 (Thursday) BHM to Elk City OK- 872 miles - 12 hours

Day 2 Elk City OK to Montrose CO - 623 miles - 10.5 hours



Day 3 (Saturday) Montrose CO to Moab UT - 172 miles - <3 hours

Hell's Revenge | Difficult | 14 miles - 3-4 hours

Monitor and Merrimack | Moderate to Difficult | 12 miles - 2.5 hours

Gemini Bridge Trail | Easy | 14 miles - 2.5 hours (48 miles from Moab)

Poison Spider Mesa | Difficult | 36 miles - 4 hours (36 miles from Moab)





Day 5 (Monday) Moab UT to Ouray CO - 150 miles - 3 hours



Day 10 (Saturday) Ouray to Elk City OK - 659 miles - 11 hours

Day 11 Elk City to BHM - 836 miles - 12 hours




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Again, nothing concrete. Just a general idea. I'm in need of hotel/cabin arrangements so I'll probably book rooms based roughly on the schedule above if no one says anything to counter it. Thank you.

This is why I want to find a job west of the Mississippi so badly. We scaled our usual trip out west back this year because 1 diesel prices 2 everything we wanted to do was on fire when we wanted to go.

I look forward to seeing some pictures!

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Some pics to motivate for next year

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

More

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Yeah

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Ummm

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Ummmmm

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

CO

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Coloradoooopoo

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Go west

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Put in your vacation today and start saving gas money

 

[justbecause]

Clay do all 3 of yall sleep in that RTT? which one is that?

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Two kids in the RTT or two very friendly adults. It’s not huge.

CVT. I can’t remember the name off the top of my head. I got it used. It’s the only hard shell that goes straight up. I like the space but would go wedge next time. They are so so easy to put up and down.

 

[justbecause]

Two kids in the RTT or two very friendly adults. It’s not huge.

CVT. I can’t remember the name off the top of my head. I got it used. It’s the only hard shell that goes straight up. I like the space but would go wedge next time. They are so so easy to put up and down.

ok, it looks pretty huge. I knew there was a good chance the pig is just smaller than it looks though.

 

[TachedOutOffRoad]

Pig is 1st gen 4runner sized I’d say. Wider axles/tires throwing it off maybe?

 

[ab1985]

Great pics. I ended up flying out with the family a couple weeks before you guys. I rented a Bronco for the week and was pretty impressed. I ran all the way up Yankee Boy and thought about hitting the first part of Imogene on the way back but there was a group of jeeps clogging up the entrance.