As the summer off-roading season comes to an end and we
prepare for winter, I’d like to recap this year’s adventures – and give a
preview of what we’re planning next year.
We started off slowly, but had a great season of 4 wheeling.
The highlight of our summer was the first annual FJ Summit in Ouray.We had a great time wheeling in Summit county 2 different
times. We bagged 6 new passes, and hit trails in Teller, El
Paso, Ouray, Routt, and Douglas
counties.
While this year was great, the coming season will be even
better.
We’re planning to hit the Georgtown Ice Races (with the
Colorado FJ’s group). We’ll probably get out to Moab for the Cruise Moab event. The
2008 FJ Summit will be in Ouray in July, you KNOW we’ll be there. We’ll do many
more short weekend runs as well. There are places in Chaffee, Saguache, Pitkin,
Gunnison, and Fremont
counties that we’d like visit. 2008 is promising to be another amazing year!
-- East Fork Rd (Forest Rd #667) – Closed to entry east of East Fork Campground to west boundary of private property. From the east, turn around at Silver Falls Guard Station. /Active slide area with gas line.
- FDR 550 - Open Junction Creek Road - FDR 171 –
Open to Log Chutes gate. Closed beyond this point due to construction/repair of retaining wall from July 28 to August 23.
This information is gathered from several USDA National Forest and other websites. I used a scraper service (www.feed43.com) to gather info from various sites and present it here. This information should update automatically, but may not neccessarily be accurate. Please check your routes before leaving on any trip.
If you know of another source for this type of information, please contact the 15ers so that we can add it to this area.
Are you looking for a new way to explore scenic mountain areas throughout the US?
Welcome to the 4x4 Pass Bagger Program!
This program originated in the Colorado BMW Motorcycle Club – they keep
track of high mountain passes that they summit – when they reach 50,
they get a patch, a hat, and other goodies.
Our program is similar, but a little different. (See full rules in the next tab)
Joining is FREE!
4x4 Pass Baggers is for everyone!
You don't have to be a 'hard core' 4x4 enthusiast to be a Pass Bagger
Pass Bagging is a GREAT family activity!
Any DIRT Pass can be bagged
If the pass is dirt and on a map – it’s fair game, regardless of the difficulty.
We encourage participants to not attempt terrain beyond their ability.
Tell Your Friends!
Download the flyer from the Files section above -send it to your friends!
Once you join, you can track all of your passes through triptracker.net
You can track all sorts of trips through this site, very neat
You’ll receive a sticker & shirt for your first 10 passes, and another for
every 10 passes thereafter (up t0 30 passes)
Stickers and T-shirt aren’t free (unless we get a few sponsors)
Only dirt or forest road passes will count, sorry – paved passes are not
4x4 passes.
You can download PDF and spreadsheet versions of our tracking & pass
information (for Colorado) - See Files Above.
All passes bagged must be verified by a picture of you with your vehicle,
in front of the pass summit sign (if available). If there is nsign, just a pic
of you and your rig will suffice.
These pictures can be e-mailed ta Pass Bagger moderator
If you wish, you can upload the photos tyour triptracker.net site or
a photsharing site (such as flickr), where they can be verified by a
moderator.
Those passing the 30 Passes Bagged mark will be recognized in the
15ers4x4.com website ‘Hall of Fame’
Just thought I'd throw up a few photos detailing the types of activities you'll not find most of the 15er's involved in. Again, we appreciate that some people enjoy this - but it's not for us.
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Just thought I'd throw up a few photos detailing the types of activities you'll not find most of the 15er's involved in. Again, we appreciate that some people enjoy this - but it's not for us.
