Scariest roads? Photos?

**IntrepidXJ** · July 25th, 2006, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by teamextreme

There's a shelf road on Spring Creek? I think to be considered a shelf there shouldn't be an whole mountainside of thick trees to catch your fall, and a little off camber thrown in for fun.

there was a section without trees. if there are trees it doesn't bother me

**teamextreme** · July 25th, 2006, 03:44 PM

I've run that trail dozens of times, nothing spooky on it. Hell, my 15 yr old son drove the whole trail on Sunday.

**flashover** · July 25th, 2006, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by pdrhound

x2 on the flatiron drop off after easter egg hill. i did it right after losing brakes on my jeep and it is tight and scarry.

x3. That spot sucks when one member of your group has a very unpredictable suspension that seems to bind and unload even on flat stuff.

Ryan

**DADA_JEEP** · July 25th, 2006, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by IntrepidXJ

there was a section without trees. if there are trees it doesn't bother me

had to back down it a couple of times.... not exactly fun with or without the trees

**RJsfun** · July 25th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Here are some good shots for this post. None of them are me or my Jeep(s), but they are of our great local Colorado wheeling!!!!

Black Bear Pass- top before switchbacks.

Italian Creek Road- upper shelf road section

Schofield Pass- Devils punchbowl with snow

Webster Pass- Top shelf road

Road down in South America (Bolivia). Claimed as most dangerous in the world.

**RJsfun** · July 25th, 2006, 08:47 PM

Red Cone

Iron Chest- shelf road near top

Cliffhanger- Moab, Utah

**Mule** · July 25th, 2006, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by teamextreme

There's a shelf road on Spring Creek? I think to be considered a shelf there shouldn't be an whole mountainside of thick trees to catch your fall, and a little off camber thrown in for fun.

Ahhh, you must not have come down through Georgetown then. There is a shelf road that at any given time has a slide across it. That makes for a nice off camber stretch that is commonly very narrow. There are no trees for 1/2 mile across and almost 500' down. Estimating the distance...... It's a nice view down to I-70 and Georgetown.

Most people go left at the top of Spring Creek and come down Lamertine Mine Road, try going to the right and staying right.

I'm not a shelf road person, but Antero was fairly tame compared to Spring Creek on some of the trips I've been on.

**dave m** · July 26th, 2006, 12:08 AM

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To me cliffhanger is the worst feeling because it's less than 3' to a very very long freefall.

**keithscianna1** · July 26th, 2006, 12:28 AM

**keithscianna1** · July 26th, 2006, 12:33 AM

**keithscianna1** · July 26th, 2006, 12:34 AM

**Jeffro600** · July 26th, 2006, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by RJsfun

Webster Pass- Top shelf road

Something about that just screams OMG!!!!

**Murfman** · July 26th, 2006, 04:29 AM

Originally Posted by rockkrusher

as far as a danger / pucker factor goes would have to Mt. Blanca. For my wheel base would have to be the V notch after jaws 2

x2

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...7&ctime=092545

there is video of Jaws II in there too.

Descending BB, before the switch backs

http://www.murfman.0catch.com/images..._BlackBear.jpg

Schofield Pass coming from Crested Butte

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?use...1&ctime=120254

**XJH-007** · July 26th, 2006, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Jeffro600

Something about that just screams OMG!!!!

Something about that also screams PHOTOCHOP....but we won't tell.

**Waifer2112** · July 26th, 2006, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by XJH-007

Something about that also screams PHOTOCHOP....but we won't tell.

Yeah, why isn't the suspension leaning to the left?

**teamextreme** · July 26th, 2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Mule

Ahhh, you must not have come down through Georgetown then. There is a shelf road that at any given time has a slide across it. That makes for a nice off camber stretch that is commonly very narrow. There are no trees for 1/2 mile across and almost 500' down. Estimating the distance...... It's a nice view down to I-70 and Georgetown.

Most people go left at the top of Spring Creek and come down Lamertine Mine Road, try going to the right and staying right.

I'm not a shelf road person, but Antero was fairly tame compared to Spring Creek on some of the trips I've been on.

You would be right. I've always gone done the Lamartine side. I've always meant to try out the Georgetown exit, just never done it. I'll have to give it a try next time.

**Mojo_Risin** · July 26th, 2006, 01:21 PM

[QUOTE=RJsfun]Webster Pass- Top shelf road

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Not as bad when you look at it not over-rotated...

john

**TTBlows** · July 26th, 2006, 02:49 PM

Black Bear doesn't bug me. Antero is a cake walk.

Honestly, one of the only roads that's ever made me really pucker was at the bottom of Tomichi. No pics tho, and I think if you saw a pic you'd wonder what all the fuss was about

**Mule** · July 27th, 2006, 10:30 AM

[QUOTE=Mojo_Risin][QUOTE=RJsfun]Webster Pass- Top shelf road

Not as bad when you look at it not over-rotated...

john

Looks much better rotated back!!!
I knew that section wasn't that off camber, and there was something wronge with the ridge line..... We had a CAT up there about 3 years ago fixing the road, he would have cut that part down if it were real.

G

**ArloGuthroJeep** · July 27th, 2006, 10:47 AM

How can Rollins Pass be left off

Looking down from one of the trussel bridges:

They should totally reopen the trussels, they are safe

**jeepmntmn** · July 27th, 2006, 11:25 PM

I would have to say the worst pucker factor for me was near the top of Pearl pass covered in snow on creasted butte side. Leaning toward the downhill side. With at least a thousand feet of nothing. no trees. if you rolled you would roll forever.

**Taz** · July 28th, 2006, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by Dotcom

hey i recognize that smiling face. you have to be carefully with Alex, he likes to jump off of cliffs.

Thats funny to see Alex's face on this board! lol He does get around doesn't he!

**jdogg4** · July 28th, 2006, 09:09 AM

Olbluecj7s driveway when he pulled his jeep out after two years of work. I didn't know if he was going to role it or not.

**XJ Jeepin Girl** · July 28th, 2006, 10:28 PM

This probably doesn't look that bad, but 5 ATVs came around the corner, and it was kind of hard for them to get around me without falling off the side of the mountain. This is in Rampart Range.

**hmmhoyhoy** · July 29th, 2006, 02:19 PM

Cliffhanger and Webster look pretty rough, im glad I knew about those before I did em

**FORMULA51** · August 1st, 2006, 03:55 PM

i had a ATV come around a corner at slaughterhouse at 11tybillion miles an hour, he slammed on his brakes then slammed into the side of my jeep. HA stupid idiot. rolled over a time or two then jumped back on and took off. i bet he was scared that he injured my XJ..

umm, no.

methinks i'm scared to run black bear after all ive heard over the years.

**Jeff Mason** · August 1st, 2006, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by ArloGuthroJeep

How can Rollins Pass be left off

Crap, I must be getting old. I have actually ridden/driven over Rollins a bunch of times. The *trestles* were always the highlight of the trip!

**heysoos** · August 1st, 2006, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Mule

Ahhh, you must not have come down through Georgetown then. There is a shelf road that at any given time has a slide across it. That makes for a nice off camber stretch that is commonly very narrow. There are no trees for 1/2 mile across and almost 500' down. Estimating the distance...... It's a nice view down to I-70 and Georgetown.

Most people go left at the top of Spring Creek and come down Lamertine Mine Road, try going to the right and staying right.

I'm not a shelf road person, but Antero was fairly tame compared to Spring Creek on some of the trips I've been on.

+1... Try it in 2 feet of snow, with I-70 hundreds, maybe thousands of feet below.. It's a good time..

**Waifer2112** · August 2nd, 2006, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by dana60

i had a ATV come around a corner at slaughterhouse at 11tybillion miles an hour, he slammed on his brakes then slammed into the side of my jeep. HA stupid idiot. rolled over a time or two then jumped back on and took off. i bet he was scared that he injured my XJ..

umm, no.

methinks i'm scared to run black bear after all ive heard over the years.

Heck, between the stories and C.W. McCalls song, that's the trail I most want to try! Well, that and Redcone.

**IoN6** · August 2nd, 2006, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by ArloGuthroJeep

How can Rollins Pass be left off

Are those on the Winter Park side?

**ArloGuthroJeep** · August 2nd, 2006, 12:34 PM

From the East: Yeah walk around/over the tunnel and then take the upper road and you'll find the trussels.
From the West: Just drive up to Corona Townsite and you can see the trussels from there/walk to them.

**mr2fast4u** · August 2nd, 2006, 01:05 PM

The wife, kids and I took a did a bunch of trails over 4 days time a couple of years ago. We were alone no other Jeeps or such.

Anyway we started up what I beleive to have been Mosquito Pass we made it up about a half of a mile and my wife was about to have a heart attack, she was really scared. So I have her get out and walk up a little to see if it was going to get better or worse she walked up maybe another quarter of a mile and turned around shaking her head no way.

I had to back down the darn thing with two little kids in the back, with the Jeep hugging the drivers side against the mountain, seemed like it took me an hour.

So we get to the bottom of the trail sitting there by an old mine and she is chewing me out. I show here the print out -

"This fairly easy rocky road takes you over 13,000 feet in your vehicle, which is something all offroaders should experience in Colorado. It used to be a stagecoach road, the easiest way from Denver to Leadville. You also get to see a lot of well-preserved mills and mines either right on the trail or very close to the trail.

The trail itself is not particularly difficult though it could be difficult if you ran across other vehicles going the opposite direction. A good portion of the trail is a little too narrow for passing, though the shelf road is fairly wide for one 4x4 vehicle.

The trail is usually run west to Leadville though it could be run in the other direction as well." from Trail Damage.com

Then a full size Ford 1 ton PU pulls up talks to us a few minutes and we told him what happened. He states that he has never tryed it from the east side heading west. He then heads up and we head down, I look back 5 or 10 minutes later and he is gone no where to be seen, he had to have just driven over the pass and not slowly, talk about putting you in your place.

Experience is everything, and really want to try that one again, wonder if the wife will let me...

yeah I know wuss, right....

**ColoradoXJ13** · August 2nd, 2006, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by IntrepidXJ

spring creek sheft road scared me in my XJ (i just don't like shef roads at all)....just ask Brian

for my first real wheeling trip, that almost made me turn back before starting.

**SamFromCO** · August 2nd, 2006, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by mr2fast4u

Experience is everything, and really want to try that one again, wonder if the wife will let me...

yeah I know wuss, right....

Uh, not to rub it in or anything but I followed a Pontiac Grand Am up the Leadville side of Mosquito Pass.

**DaJudge** · August 2nd, 2006, 10:52 PM

Red Cone is fun:

...and there are some shelfs on Radical Hill:

**Waifer2112** · August 3rd, 2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by DaJudge

Red Cone is fun:

I soooo have to try this road!!! Just looking at this pic. makes my nuts shrivel a little.

**Guammy** · August 3rd, 2006, 12:07 PM

It really is an awesome place for scenery.
This is one of my recent favorites, there are 2 jeeps up there.

oh what the heck, another

Its not hard wheeling but the views are amazing and there is a large amount of trails up there.

Lots of others here

http://dontlr.smugmug.com/gallery/1700373

**IntrepidXJ** · August 3rd, 2006, 12:31 PM

those are some cool pics.....but i don;t know if i'd ever be able to drive up there myself!

**mr2fast4u** · August 3rd, 2006, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by SamFromCO

Uh, not to rub it in or anything but I followed a Pontiac Grand Am up the Leadville side of Mosquito Pass.

This is why I am still not sure I was on the right path...

NO WAY a Grand Am mad it up what we were doing.

**RJsfun** · August 3rd, 2006, 08:09 PM

Last fall when I ran Mosquito from the Leadville side, a Subaru Outback followed me up and over. I kept saying, "There is no way he'll make it around this spot", and sure as sh!t, here he came.
Talked to him a bit once we made it to the top, and he said no problems.
Mosqutio is not that difficult, and the switchbacks are wide along with the road width. It is high up, but that is about it.
Nice scenery of the Collegiate Peaks to the West, and of South Park to the East. Cool mines and shafts too.

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