Here's a quick report of a run I made a couple of weeks ago with some friends, my wife and son as well as my Nephew. He's in the Black Rubicon and had not wheeled off road as a driver before. He's ridden with me, but never drove so he wanted to come out with us.
We hit 3 trails over three days. Day one, Tincup pass. Day two, Reno Creek/Italian Divide. Day three, Pearl Pass. Each day the trail got progressively harder.
The other two rides with us are friends of ours, the red Jeep we had just added a 2.5" lift and a fresh clutch a month earlier. Other than that it's stock with a 4 banger and open diffs front and back. The Yellow TJ is loaded with ARB's front and back and all the other goodies.
Airing down on Tincup.
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Climbing.
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Summit.
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View from the top.
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Mirror Lake below Tincup pass.
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Campsite #1
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Heading up Reno Creek.
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What a view.
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Getting close to the top on day 2.
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American Flag Mountain. Look close and you'll see a truck still on the side of the mountain.
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Start of Pearl Pass.
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Climbing throught the trees.
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Valley of green.
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Pics really don't illustrate how steep this trail turned into. Glad I'm running fuel injection.
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Nearing the top.
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Looking back towords Crested Butte to the west.
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Still got snow in mid-August. Actually this pass doesn't really open until this time of year due to snow on the trail above this area.
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Summit at 12,705.
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Not much parking up here..
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Long way down. 18 miles to Aspen.
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Looking towords Aspen.
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High mountian meadow.
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Fun trip.