Colorado's Most Dangerous Trails In The Alpine Loop: Poughkeepsie Gulch & Black Bear Pass
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Poughkeepsie Gulch VS Black Bear Pass is gonna be one of your favorite videos if you haven't experienced them or maybe you have. These 2 trails get recognized as so of the toughest and deadliest trails in the country. While I'd agree that there can be disastrous mishaps if mistakes are made, I'm not sold on them being number 1 in either category just yet but they are definitely fun and exciting for the off-road adrenaline junky and are the toughest and most dangerous Colorado trails in the southern Alpine Loop.
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Is it just me, or is Colt's calm demeanor and fun and facts make his videos 11% better than others we watch?
The green tint comes from copper oxide leeching into the water from the bedrock. It's prominent in the Rocky Mountain chain.
That makes perfect sense. Thanks!😄👍👍
Also algae
That being said, a glacier is always moving, and that is what makes it a glacier. Since a glacier is always moving, it collects a lot of dirt and minerals as stated. Glacier water is very dirty. No one should ever drink it.
Best thing about Saturday morning is waking up having a cup of coffee and watching Colts builds it.
Agreed buddy!!!
Agreed
Absolutely!
Well coming in from the shop Saturday.
Great job colt
Shannon and Colt in Colorado just “Mining their own business”.😂 Enjoying the channel.
Gotta give RUclipsrs dey props ......the amount of effort into making these videos ......setting cameras all the walking positioning driving past your camera walking back to get it .......much respect to u guys we appreciate the effort
The blue bell flower is called blue vervain in my part of the world
That's a cool trail lots to see and do, would be nice to camp
The beautiful thing to me is both you and Rory not only do awesome work, you both stage awesome places and vistas. Rory always shares wisdom on what not to do. And show cases Moab’s beauty. You are an awesome fabricator! As a bonus, you showcase trails and show trails of all skills. Keep it up, your channel has become one of my favorite channels!
Wow, thank you!
Rory does gratuitous digs. Colt does gratuitous rock climbs. 😊
40" tires don't mean anything, you built a super capable rig.
That switchback flex was incredible at 50:45.
Thanks for the tour again. You 2 make a great site seeing tour guides.
Lakes turn green because of a thing called "Glacial Flour" which is and algae and is a source of food for fish and other creatures that live there. Great Videos!! keep up the fun trips!! I used to do these trails 40 to 45 years ago in a 1979 Bronco, stock, stock, stock. I did use 15" wheels & "Desert Duelers" the tires I think were 28" Diameter. Was awesome fun. Never had company, always did these trails alone - great to relieve stress from a hecktic work week.
Thanks, Colt. Thanks, Shannon. Good stuff.
These trips are awesome to these different trails we don't normally get to see and enjoy,
Thanks for getting out of the shop and getting the computer up and running.
You're making Saturday a great day. 🍻🗽🇺🇸
I had mentioned this in your last video about the Alpine Loop, but in the mid 70's, like '76 or '77 the family attempted Black Bear Rd as a short cut to Telluride from Silverton. What made this trip even more memorable than the scenery, scary drops, whistle pigs, and relatively undisturbed mines and equipment, was the fact we did this in a 1972 Dodge Power Wagon, a forest service surplus auction buy. 318 cui, 4 speed, 4.10 gears, and a power take of winch in the front bumper. To add to the complexity, add a 11ft slide in Mitchell & Sons cab-over camper. Whole rig weighed in at roughly 10k lbs. We made it through the first few rounds of switchbacks by driving down one and backing down the next leg. Roughly where you point out that many rigs flop into the creek was as far as we could get, the road got too narrow to fit the large cab-over camper. As we pondered what we were going to do, three Jeep Safari Jeep tours came lumbering up the road from Telluride. And they were not happy! My mother, a veteran at my Dad's shenanigan's, was in tears and three shades of green. Even though we could see Telluride from where we had stopped, we had to turn around and do all of that again back to Silverton. Probably best, I seriously doubt we could have managed the switchbacks after Ingram Falls. Boy do I want to make that trip again... in a Jeep!
Oh, and add this nugget of information, my great grandfather was an electrician at that power house!
Refreshing video....soothing engine tones....crunchy trail relish ....nice...
LOVE LOVE LOVE These Trails !!!! Thank you Colt !!!! I also wanted to say that You and Rory are CRUSHING IT on the Build as well !!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Just love the guided tours that you record. It is just like being there. Please keep them coming. Thanks
Thanks, will do!
I hope you and Shannon do more videos like this. I always enjoy wheeling videos
I lived in Cortez for 11 years but never had the equipment or opportunity to do any of the trail systems. I’m living vicariously through you! Love it
29:56. Jeeps don’t worry about that trail etiquette, too busy collecting ducks and waving at each other! CJs and TJs probably know but they can see over their dashboards 😂
Most youtubers would have made this 2 to 3 videos, thanks Colt for not making us wait.
My pleasure!
It must be a good feeling to meet some of your fans out on the trails , you have an out reach 🎉 😊 I like the mix you have going , build and ride 😉
I just love these rides you take us on..... and your wife's corky attitude and jokes makes it even that better..... keep it up!!
I have acrophobia, even on camera. Thank you for taking everyone along for the ride!
These are the best videos the way you show your journey and comment is the best keep it up 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you Colt and wife for the adventure and seeing some amazing scenery !
I grew up in Montrose, One of my first jobs was driving to Telluride once a week to deliver and pick up stuff for repair. 1976 I think it was they closed black bear because a guy in a Suburban rolled it down the the switch backs. It was parked in town. It was maybe only 3 foot tall. The driver didn't survive. All of his family got out of the vehicle before he started down the mountain.
Great show today again, this is why i like when you go trail riding. Its more about were and why you are there instead of just wheeling. Keep up the great passion you have for this great country we all live in.
So glad you started your own channel
Great video, Silverton and the Alpine loop area is one of my most favorite areas out west.
I just returned from a week long visit in that area and did Black Bear for the probably the 40th time. It is an absolutely beautiful pass with spectacular wild flowers. Luckily, we only saw 5 or 6 rigs on the trail that day. The parking area at the base of bridal Veil Falls was empty! Anyway, love your video. And Shanna! 😁
Thanks for the visual on the Mineral Creek trail, we always camped at Corkscrew and went in from there.
53:45 Bridal Veil was the 2nd commercial hydroelectric on the planet to come on-line, the first was further up the creek and powered one of the mines up there. Both came online 4 years prior to Niagara Falls.
Tesla did his wireless electric research in Colo Springs. His ideas worked and was lighting / heating homes in Denver.. His wireless system required a jump-start from the power grid to activate , on one of his startups he had a back feed problem that took out one of the generators in C. Springs. They would not give him anymore power until he repaired the generator.. They allowed him to fix it as he designed it LoL..
Thanks Nikola for designing our future.
Awesome video! Keegan is my husband! Our kiddos thought it was cool to see him on here!
He's a great dude!
LAKE TOMO WAS MY FAVORITE HIDING SPOT IN THE LATE 1970s, I OWNED A NEW 1976 GMC JIMMY WITH 3'' BLOCKS AND 33s .. THE TRAIL WAS A TRAIL NOTHING LIKE IT IS NOW , NEVER WOULD HAVE DREAMED IT LOOKING LIKE IT DOES TODAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME ON AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN. I'VE HAVENT SEEN HER SENCE. ..I'M A 70 YEAR LAS VEGAS NATIVE..
Awesome video! I love Colorado and all of its beautiful scenery. Thank you so much for sharing the adventure and keep em coming
Being a native of Colorado The Jeep guys aren't from here and most likely rentals, just saying. LOL Thanks for the ride over some of my fav passes around Lake City. Have done everything down that way in 4WD and Big Pig aka BMW R1150GS with TKC 80 tires. Getting up high early when it cool I don't think there is anything that can compare. Love the new channel. Can't wait to see the new shop up and running. Like the pacer you and Rory and building. Will it out do the Jag? LOL
Another Great day guys!!!
Colt and Shannon, I love your videos, they are so entertaining and educational.
Most scenic pass in the world!!! 👍👍👍👍
Love your scenic trips with Shanna. Such a great way to see the Colorado scenery.
This is definitely the best dad jokes channel of you tube
Good timing on this video, me and my wife are heading out that way for our anniversary. Still undecided on Black Bear Pass but we are considering it.
Hello Colt and Shanna. Thank you for the video one of my favorite places in the world. Colt your trail buddy and wife is truly a blessing. Just remember how blessed you are to have a wife and trail buddy that goes crazy places with you.
Black Bear is hands down the scariest trail. Any wider you would have gone over. Colt thank you . And beer nuts are the best off road snack.
Colorado Colt showing the Colorado Awesome 🤠
great video glad to see Shannon with you on these adventures
I still can't get over how good that 4.3 sounds. Hopefully, I can get mine to sound like that here soon.
That place looks incredible. You’re doing great with the channel Colt! Maybe build a classic rig like your dad used to hit those trails with and revisit that era’s experience.
I remember a lot more snow on Black Bear when we did it 30 years ago. I really would have enjoyed seeing your trip over Imogene, too! That's the same way we went back. (I love that you correctly pronounce all the place names....Ouray, Imogene, Poughkeepsie, etc.) Thanks for the great memories and you are correct about having to see it in person vs. photographs. Thanks Colt !!
I found Poughkeepsie Gulch to be 2 of 5 puckers, and Black Bear Pass to be 4 of 5 puckers, and Holy Cross to be 5 0f 5 puckers (all bypasses taken!).
Great video, thanks for sharing!
thank you Colt for another awesome video. Thank you for the beautiful views and the history lessons also . Those flowers are beautiful and I can appreciate them. Take care guys and catch you on your next video.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I’m a Buena Vista boy transplanted in western PA. (Mud wheelin out here) I had my 87 taco all over those hills. Keep the rubber side down friend!
OMG I love wheeling with you two! Thanks for bringing us along! You really crushed it on the quality of the content. I'm planning on meeting a buddy over there next week to enjoy our vintage Land Cruisers.
Done all the trails in this area several times and like you I would rate Poughkeepsie the most technical and Black Bear the most dangerous. Although you better pay attention on Imogene it has many spots if you go off the road your a goner. Thanks for the ride along Colt, your awesome.
Like I previously said on a prior show, we were out there mid June and Ophir, Imogene and BB were closed but I did pave it, staying in Ouray, to get to see the falls. Yankee Boy and Alpine Loop was open except Pougheepsie. I did enjoy Corkscrew. It wasn't technical but it had a bit of everything. We saw a lot of tour Jeeps on Corkscrew. Great show and the lovely Shanna is a great addition.
WOW. I wanna go do the alpine loop bad! Good job filming.
Go for it! Thanks
I dreamed of going on trails like those. I started building my ZJ then got hurt at work. I never got to finish my Jeep and now it sits in the yard. I can not afford to finish it now as I am on a limited income and can not physically work on it anymore. It is why I enjoy watching you all and some of the other youtubers. You take us all to places many of us will never see in person.
C.W. McCall, Black Bear Road
Cole great video. I used to go with my grandfather when I was a kid in his Jeep Comando. It was awesome. Thanks for reminding me. BTW- do more videos with your wife. She is great. Keep up the good work! Love your channel. If you ever want to go wheelin in AZ let me know.
24:55 There is also a Hurricane pronounced Hurri-can in southern West Virginia just west of the capital.
On X better be paying you royalties, that rig is amazing. Drives it to the trail through the trail and back home
Must have just missed you. We just made it back to Illinois this week after a week up in the San Juans. We ran into another RUclips channel that we watch but would have been cool to see the smoke show in person.
Hi Colt, love watching you and Mrs Builds it on these trails. Great views. By the way it was an Austin Healey not an Aston Martin you passed in Telluride.😎🇬🇧
Such a beautiful drive!!! One of these days I will get to relocate out west and experience these things. For now, thanks for sharing!!!
colt, your adventures of your part of the countryside is amazing and beautiful,........ please keep then coming sir, and again thank you for taking me along with you!!😃😁😁❤❤❤❤
Thanks! Will do!
only 4 mins in and its so beautiful there. back to it
We have a “ hurricane” in West Virginia as well
Seems like your channel is growing pretty quick - good viewer numbers for a startup. Let’s get you to 100k a week !
Yes! Can’t wait to hit Black Bear again. Your truck is looking awesome
Thanks Colt for all the informative details along the trail. Cool to know this stuff. Kinda makes you feel like your there.
Great video Colt! Love the history and details.
Fantastic video Colt. What amazing scenery 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I dig these longer form wheeling videos.
I don’t climb rocks but have done a lot of 4 wheeling in places that I probably shouldn’t have been. I did learn one thing, don’t go anywhere by myself. A lot of people think, hey I’ve got 4 wheel drive, I can go anywhere. That mentality will get your ass in trouble in a hurry. I haven’t watched your videos before but I love Casey, may catch some more of yours in the future.
Heck ya Colt !! Love the video !!
2 years ago a ran both trails. When I was on black bear I dunked my head into the creek before the steps like your trip with Matt it brings luck. Really enjoying your new channel. 💯
Jeep TJ with a 4.5 lift and 35” Mickey Thompson Baja tires is just right for everything in that region.
Thank you for this episode. I spent 3 weeks camping in Amphitheater campground outside Ouray CO and ran all the trails of the Alpine Loop. (2011) This makes me want to go back! The scenery is amazing.
Holy cow what a beautiful adventure, the way that you overlay the honors of what you're doit's impressive. You're drone shots are very, very impressive. Thank you for taking us all along..
Thankyou for taking us on the adventure, absolutely beautiful.
Rewatching this after deciding to go to Colorado next week in our JL on 35’s.
Epic video, drone footage is top shelf! Keep doing what you do!
Thanks a ton!
For those with little side by sides. A 50” wide rzr trail with 1.5” lift can do the bypass route. That bypass was there a long time before they opened the official bypass. Also where is everyone? There’s often a crowd hanging out there
We were at the obstacle early in the morning.
I am loving the majestic nature you're in.
It's glacial till that causes the water to take on an emerald green to an ice blue of colour.
Awesome show we’re heading to the ALPINE loop in early September. Can’t wait.
Colt, loving the builds it version of your work. Would be interested in how the separate from the bleeping narcissist went down…. If possible. If not no worries, ya never want to burn bridges- ever!
That is beautiful country. I remembered going deer and elk hunting in a area above wolf creek pass in the late 70's early 80's. Above the continental divide and above the timber line. There was about ten families on the trip. One of our hunting buddies went over a gravel road being too stupid after some cold snacks and down the canyon 75'. Thank god that our other hunter buddy wasn't with him as the A post was caved in on the passenger side. He wouldn't have survived. All survived but driver was very sore with rib injuries. A month later he had to fly back to Colorado from southern California to make arrangements to get his Chevy 454 camper special truck out of the canyon and to a repair shop. Lessons learned. BTW his wife didn't talk to him for the ten days we were there. John from Hayden Idaho. Formally from southern California.
Great video. I loved talking my kids out for rides in the mountains like that as they were growing up.
Loving these long format videos 🤘🏼 I only started following you with the onX build last year and now from the start of your own channel. Just wanted to say that your videos are so casual and genuine which is refreshing. You always provide a great deal of insight about the work you're doing and the areas you are in. One of the best parts of wheeling and traveling is seeing new places and learning about the history.
I was up in Banff last year and the guides were saying it’s the sediment leaching from the rocks that stays suspended in the water is what gives it the green color. Beautiful stuff, keep up the awesome work! Love the videos!
Dude...me and my 11 year old were just up there, 2 weeks ago, and saw you heading towards silverton as we were heading towards durango one day, then saw you again as we were heading back. Love that s10
Very cool!
Love seeing some of my favorite's on RUclips do the trails i cut my teeth on in the San Juans.
Thank goodness for a beautiful tour and scenery. I rode my bike across the country in ‘76 and went through Telluride, Ouray for July 4th parade, over Independence Pass to Leadville from Aspen.
Loved the scenery then! Did not go off-road as my goal was to get to the other side of the continent and I had someone to meet in Breckinridge. I’d love to Mt. Bike there, but the altitude would probably make it soooo much work.
Nice to do it your way!
Found you from your breakdown on Casey’s recovery video. Glad I did!
Thanks for your gourmet and clean eating habits as well! Gives people a better goal to be!
Again, thanks for a beautiful and lovely attitude video!!
Just did this for the first time this last weekend. Such a fun trail.
Always appreciate the veiws on a free ride along while waiting for my own parts 😅 thanks for the share 🤙
No problem 👍
Absoloutley love the videos you put out and the history you throw into it. Me and the wife will be packing up soon and moving to colorado. We have a 200 series lc and our plan 9nce we are theyre is to spend as much time possible running these trails. Would be awesome to stumble upon you guys and get a tour lol. Love your work bud nothing better on a sat morning than a good cup of coffee and one of your videos. Keep being you brother!!!!
thanks to RUclips I saw a young fella do black bear descent and instead of doing a 12 point turn at each switch back he simply pulled on the hand brake which made the rear swing around in one smooth maneuverer
I saw you for the first time doing Black Bear during the storm with Matt and Hope. That was intense, and that one big rock that just missed you was a Big Wow!
I love your Colorado trips videos Colt. I recently returned from Durango, we rode the train to Silverton and back. What a beautiful place. Ok thanks for taking me along with you. Be safe, enjoy.
Hey there!! Another excellent video! Love the Australian accent!!
AWESOME episode Colt!!!
Colt the green lakes are from Glacial flour .minerals in the snow and ice. High parts of alge. Hope that helps.
Black bear pass is definitely on my bucket list 👍👍
Thanks .. this video is awesome
Rad, thank you!