The name is a misnomer for here in Colorado seems to me. No mosquitos here. But this trail is a fun ATV ride. It is a pretty easy trail for an ATV. There were no particularly challenging sections. Lots of rock crawling I suppose, but my Outlander Max had the ground clearance to clear most of them. Our speeds were in the 15 mph range.
I was with a new friend. He rides a 2010 Outlander 850R. I understand this was a good machine in its day. It is still going strong. Maybe he'll let me ride it a bit someday.
The scenery is always good here in Colorado. We went by two old gold mines, and the view from the top of the pass was great. We could see Leadville down the other side of the mountain, but we didn't go on down there. This was a Colorado "Jeep" trail and we met a couple of Jeeps along the way. There was one section that is truly a single lane "shelf trail" with a steep incline on one side and a steep drop off on the other with only about 8' of trail width. We decided to turn around on this section. Made me a bit nervous. Got pretty close to the edge.
Leadville doesn't allow ATVs on their roads, too bad. A few Colorado towns do. The Forest Service doesn't allow ATVs on their roads either, except where posted. So we drive a gravel road, park by the "ATVs allowed beyond here sign", and then start our ride on the same gravel road. Seems so silly to me.
Here are a couple of photos I took on our ride. Nothing like boring vacation photos, huh?
David
I was with a new friend. He rides a 2010 Outlander 850R. I understand this was a good machine in its day. It is still going strong. Maybe he'll let me ride it a bit someday.
The scenery is always good here in Colorado. We went by two old gold mines, and the view from the top of the pass was great. We could see Leadville down the other side of the mountain, but we didn't go on down there. This was a Colorado "Jeep" trail and we met a couple of Jeeps along the way. There was one section that is truly a single lane "shelf trail" with a steep incline on one side and a steep drop off on the other with only about 8' of trail width. We decided to turn around on this section. Made me a bit nervous. Got pretty close to the edge.
Leadville doesn't allow ATVs on their roads, too bad. A few Colorado towns do. The Forest Service doesn't allow ATVs on their roads either, except where posted. So we drive a gravel road, park by the "ATVs allowed beyond here sign", and then start our ride on the same gravel road. Seems so silly to me.
Here are a couple of photos I took on our ride. Nothing like boring vacation photos, huh?
David