Hi all, I'm looking for some feedback or pro tips on a trip I'm planning. I live in Oklahoma City and get to be in the Denver area for work for most of September. I'm thinking about taking the long way up. My thought is to drive to Silverton and then take Ophir pass to Telluride, and Imogene Pass to Ouray. From Ouray I'll up to Breckenridge and do the Peak 10 road, and then from Breck on into Denver.
This would be my first real off-road trail excursion. I have no doubt that my 4Runner (2014, 2" lift, Falken Wildpeaks) is up to the task, and I consider myself a competent driver. (Nothing can be as white-knuckle as driving a Yaris in a tropical downpour through the middle of Costa Rica on their mountain roads where the only other vehicles to be seen are old Samurais and FJs.) I'll also have recovery boards and a hi-lift. I've read all the trail reports I can find for Ophir and Imogene, and watched enough YouTube videos of the trails to have an idea of what I'd be dealing with, but I'd be doing it all solo. That's the only thing that gives me pause; if there was a group going I'd not be concerned about it being my first time up there.
So, good idea or bad idea?
This would be my first real off-road trail excursion. I have no doubt that my 4Runner (2014, 2" lift, Falken Wildpeaks) is up to the task, and I consider myself a competent driver. (Nothing can be as white-knuckle as driving a Yaris in a tropical downpour through the middle of Costa Rica on their mountain roads where the only other vehicles to be seen are old Samurais and FJs.) I'll also have recovery boards and a hi-lift. I've read all the trail reports I can find for Ophir and Imogene, and watched enough YouTube videos of the trails to have an idea of what I'd be dealing with, but I'd be doing it all solo. That's the only thing that gives me pause; if there was a group going I'd not be concerned about it being my first time up there.
So, good idea or bad idea?
