Hey guys.. I figured I'd pay y'all a visit and let ya know we were still alive! Things have been great. Lauren is still doing her internship and hopefully makes a job out of it. I've got a full time job at an engineering company, started a few weeks ago.
So on to the real reason for this thread, to just show you guys my trips, sort of like a journal. I haven't been too many places yet. Trips aren't like they were in Arkansas where we drove 30 min to an hour to the offroad park of forests. Some of these trailheads are 3+ hours away, so it takes a higher level of commitment. I've been to a few local places but the scenery on the front range is by far the most breath taking thing I've ever seen. Some of you guys that went to MOAB can likely relate. But the fact I like only a few hours from these places just blows me away (not to rub it in or anything lol)
My most recent trip was this past weekend. We did Red Cone Pass and Argentine Basin/Pass. I left at 7am to meet everyone (about 5 trucks) an hour away. We then proceeded to drive another hour through the front range. Finally reaching the trail head, it probably took 2 hours to reach the peak. After Red Cone we decided to head North to hit Argentine Basin trail. We drove through the beautiful area of Keystone and Georgetown to get to the trail head, about an hour away. We traveled through the basin and visited a couple mines. We even got to see Waldorf Mine (the whole reason I wanted to go lol). Unfortunately they caved in the mine as they plan on shutting the area down for 3 years for testing and environmental stuff. Going through the basin we made our way up, back and forth on the sketchy switchbacks. Talk about nerve racking. There's nothing like climbing a rock ledge on a 90* turn, on a trail with no more than 3' of room on each side. We hung out at the top to take pictures and admire the view. The west side of the peak is actually part of the Continental Divide which was really cool. It was already close to 6 when we got to the top so we decided to head back down, and head home. Needless to say, I didn't get home till almost 1030pm.
Such an amazing trip and like I said before, I can't believe I actually live a few hours from these places. Enjoy the pics guys..
Trip to Red Cone
Argentine Pass/Basin
Santiago Mine
So on to the real reason for this thread, to just show you guys my trips, sort of like a journal. I haven't been too many places yet. Trips aren't like they were in Arkansas where we drove 30 min to an hour to the offroad park of forests. Some of these trailheads are 3+ hours away, so it takes a higher level of commitment. I've been to a few local places but the scenery on the front range is by far the most breath taking thing I've ever seen. Some of you guys that went to MOAB can likely relate. But the fact I like only a few hours from these places just blows me away (not to rub it in or anything lol)
My most recent trip was this past weekend. We did Red Cone Pass and Argentine Basin/Pass. I left at 7am to meet everyone (about 5 trucks) an hour away. We then proceeded to drive another hour through the front range. Finally reaching the trail head, it probably took 2 hours to reach the peak. After Red Cone we decided to head North to hit Argentine Basin trail. We drove through the beautiful area of Keystone and Georgetown to get to the trail head, about an hour away. We traveled through the basin and visited a couple mines. We even got to see Waldorf Mine (the whole reason I wanted to go lol). Unfortunately they caved in the mine as they plan on shutting the area down for 3 years for testing and environmental stuff. Going through the basin we made our way up, back and forth on the sketchy switchbacks. Talk about nerve racking. There's nothing like climbing a rock ledge on a 90* turn, on a trail with no more than 3' of room on each side. We hung out at the top to take pictures and admire the view. The west side of the peak is actually part of the Continental Divide which was really cool. It was already close to 6 when we got to the top so we decided to head back down, and head home. Needless to say, I didn't get home till almost 1030pm.
Such an amazing trip and like I said before, I can't believe I actually live a few hours from these places. Enjoy the pics guys..
Trip to Red Cone
Argentine Pass/Basin
Santiago Mine
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