Jim,
I was not kidding though. The high 12,000+ 4wd Passes are drifted
normally til July. Even if you "can" ride in snow, you can't ride in
those drifts guaranteed. Way to deep, steep, and long. Walk yes.
For a good dirt ride that is low in elevation and south of Buena
Vista go to Saguache and west on 114 to Cochetopa Pass, then go on
down KK-14 Rd and FR 788 over Los Pinos Pass past the Cebolla Creek.
(This area is suposedly the secret resting place of Chief Ouray, and
was home to the last US Government Indian Agency in the wild west.)
Continue on up FR 788 to Slumgullion Pass and on down to lake City to
remeet you streetbike buds. This is and easy low altitude remote ride
that will be free of snow early season. This is a long ride so have
100 miles of gas. I have done it on my R100RS 2up. Not difficult and
very beautiful in places.
Or you could try Marshall Pass south of Poncha Springs which is an
old RR grade and very mellow (easy).
Get yourself the Gazeteer by Delorme.
Steve G
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "millerized_2000"
wrote:
> I was just kiddin'! I've got no problem riding in snow, and being
> born and raised in PA, temperature is no problem. Just have to
stop
> more often. I'll be riding with a pack of all street bikes, a
> Blackbird, a GS11 or 2, a V45Magna, maybe something else and my
KLR.
> They're not going to get themselves dirty, I've been warned about
> that up front. If I decide to do any "dirt", I'm on my own.
Mostly
> what were riding is 285 from denver to Buena Vista, and points
> south. Most of the riding is below 10K, so I don't think it's
going
> to be a problem. Anyway, if you can recommend a few good
> dirt/offroad locations, I'm thinking about spending another few
days
> in that area before heading west. Altitude doesn't seem tp make
much
> difference to me either. In 94, I went from Maryland (700') to Mt
> Borah in Idaho (12,500')in 3 days. I was a bit winded, but it
didn't
> kill me. Not yet, anyway.
> Thanks
> Jim Miller
> millerized
>
>
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "esteban80127" wrote:
> > High Colorado mountain *4WD passes* never clear earlier than July
> 1st
> > that I remember. Sometimes not til late July in big snow years
> which
> > 2002 is not.
> >
> > Now I am not talking the easy dirt stuff that people live on, I
am
> > talking about the old time mining roads like Mosquito, Georgia,
> > Webster, Corona, Sheep Horn, Taylor, Hancock, Tincup, Pearl,
> > Scholfield, Hayden, Engineer, Ophir, Cinnamon, Tomichi, Italian,
> > Hagerman, Imogene, Black Bear, etc. Many would never clear of the
> > deep drifts if it were not for the 4wd Clubs that have "shovel
> days"
> > to open them up.
> >
> > If you plan on doing the above passes, and are coming from sea-
> level,
> > I doubt you will need thermals cause you'll be pushing &
shoveling
> so
> > hard working up a sweat. With the thin air combined with your
thin
> > sea-level blood and low hemoglobin concentration maybe you should
> > bring one of those Electro Cardio Shock thing-a-ma-giggies to
> revive
> > your failing hearts!
> >
> > I am not kidding.
> >
> > Granted you may need the thermals before the work begins.
> >
> > Steve Green> yard
> > > > in Littleton, 5000 acre fire in Deckers hopefully out now.
Snow
> > > makes
> > >
> > > In another month the high passes will start to open up and the
> > > > real adventure DS stuff begins.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >