Colorado trails

I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
with bigger than stock tires can tackle?

Quite a few years ago I visited the old "Yule" marble quarry, located in
the mountains south of Glenwood Springs, near the town of Marble.
There was an outfit offering jeep tours in the surrounding highlands,
which we did for 2 days. Spectacular country up there. We were in an
old Willy, with very skinny tires. It did great walking over the rock
strewn trails we traversed.
Bigger tires might be good for mud or snow, but I believe big tires are
more susectable to punctures when driven over the sharp rocks typical in
the mountains of Colorado.

The Crystal River Valley & the Redstone area was a fantastic area to
spend some time in, even on just the regular roads. The hills are
riddled with trails.

David



Anh-Linh Nguyen wrote:
>
> I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
> stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
> open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
> with bigger than stock tires can tackle?

Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park could be fun.
You don't even need four wheel drive, really, for that. There are
lots of books available. This page has a good selection.

http://4x4books.com/co.htm

This book is also good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...002-0339680-7596849?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Earle


"Anh-Linh Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
> stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
> open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
> with bigger than stock tires can tackle?

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:31:34 GMT, Anh-Linh Nguyen
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
>stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
>open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
>with bigger than stock tires can tackle?

There are a lot of interesting trails, but they do require some
driving ability. If you take 285 southwest out of denver to Fairplay,
you can run up over Mosquito Pass and down to Leadville. Then run
back up and pickup I70 back to Denver.
If you want a little more challenge, drive on out 285 to Buena Vista,
then go south for a few miles to Nathorp and run up Chalk Creek
canyon. Once you get past St. Elmo, it gets interesting, with the
side trails usually being dead ends you'll need to travel back down.
Or go up and over Tin Cup Pass to the town. Eat at Frenchy's. Its a
Restaurant built on an island.

Not particularly hard, but do them before the snow flies.

Dick Burg

For $70.00 you can have software that will give you everything that you need
to tackle your locale including planning and mapping routes and printing
maps. It will give you terrain features and information such as elevation,
mileages and compass coordinates. You can even do 3D rendering to give you
an idea of the difficulty or see the terrain features. It will work with a
GPS receiver and a laptop computer for live tracking on color maps. You can
plan routes on the fly and use it to mark your trail while doing blind
exploration. If the road gets a little too rough you can use it to find
something else that suits your liking. At the end of the day you can store
and/or print your trip data on a color map. I've found it extremely helpful
when planning fuel consumption on very long off road trips and it's been
very handy in locating connecting trails in the outback. I also use it to
get mileage and alternate routes on the highways.

Bob Walker

"Anh-Linh Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
> stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
> open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
> with bigger than stock tires can tackle?

ok, I'll bite. What's the name of the software and where can I get it ???



"Bob Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:VVnYa.37868$Bp2.2629@fed1read07...
> For $70.00 you can have software that will give you everything that you
need
> to tackle your locale including planning and mapping routes and printing
> maps. It will give you terrain features and information such as elevation,
> mileages and compass coordinates. You can even do 3D rendering to give you
> an idea of the difficulty or see the terrain features. It will work with a
> GPS receiver and a laptop computer for live tracking on color maps. You
can
> plan routes on the fly and use it to mark your trail while doing blind
> exploration. If the road gets a little too rough you can use it to find
> something else that suits your liking. At the end of the day you can store
> and/or print your trip data on a color map. I've found it extremely
helpful
> when planning fuel consumption on very long off road trips and it's been
> very handy in locating connecting trails in the outback. I also use it to
> get mileage and alternate routes on the highways.
>
> Bob Walker
>
> "Anh-Linh Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for my
> > stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
> > open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
> > with bigger than stock tires can tackle?
>
>

"WMHJ" wrote ...
> ok, I'll bite. What's the name of the software and where can I get it ???

Perhaps one of the Delorme pieces of software?
http://www.delorme.com/topousa/default.asp
http://www.delorme.com/quads/default.asp

You can probably find them cheaper by buying them from somewhere else
though... You get stuck paying list price if you order directly from
Delorme... I use their Street Atlas software... It's good...

I use Delorme Topo USA 4.0. It cost me $69.00 with a $30.00 coupon that I
downloaded from Delorme's website. I've seen it on Ebay in a sealed box for
$56.00 and it's available by regions for $39.00. I've used the Garmin
software that came with my GPS receiver but I prefer the Delorme. It has
good city maps and highway information as well.

Bob Walker


"WMHJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ok, I'll bite. What's the name of the software and where can I get it ???
>
>
>
> "Bob Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:VVnYa.37868$Bp2.2629@fed1read07...
> > For $70.00 you can have software that will give you everything that you
> need
> > to tackle your locale including planning and mapping routes and printing
> > maps. It will give you terrain features and information such as
elevation,
> > mileages and compass coordinates. You can even do 3D rendering to give
you
> > an idea of the difficulty or see the terrain features. It will work with
a
> > GPS receiver and a laptop computer for live tracking on color maps. You
> can
> > plan routes on the fly and use it to mark your trail while doing blind
> > exploration. If the road gets a little too rough you can use it to find
> > something else that suits your liking. At the end of the day you can
store
> > and/or print your trip data on a color map. I've found it extremely
> helpful
> > when planning fuel consumption on very long off road trips and it's been
> > very handy in locating connecting trails in the outback. I also use it
to
> > get mileage and alternate routes on the highways.
> >
> > Bob Walker
> >
> > "Anh-Linh Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I'm new to jeeps and 4x4ing. I just got some new (bigger) tires for
my
> > > stock jeep WJ and would like to take it out. Does anyone know of any
> > > open trails in Colorado, not too far from Denver, that a stock jeep WJ
> > > with bigger than stock tires can tackle?
> >
> >
>
>