3 Days in the mountains

[Larry]

Had a great fall trip to the mountains this past weekend for some fun trail riding, camping and fishing. The weather was near perfect and the fall trees were spectacular! Probably the prettiest trip I’ve ever done in my home state. Perfect 2 night/3 day fall trip.

This is Taylor Pass that runs from Taylor Park area over to Aspen. It was a great ride! The guys on the motorcycles didn’t think any of us could crawl up this mess. This was the final trip for the white K5 as it is getting scrapped this winter where it is getting replaced with a 91 K5 that we are doing a 5.3L swap into. With that, Rob let his 17 year old son pilot the trails because there is nothing you can really do to hurt this ’75 K5. For a 17 kid that has never driven off road to be thrown on the Taylor Pass trails he really did a nice job. I sure miss the front TruTrac that was in my old D44 though!

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Forgot the deflators at home in the Suburban. Had to improvise with an ink pin

We took Tin Cup Pass to Mirror Lake and spent the first night. Fishing here always yields at least a couple fish but their usually pretty small. Pretty place though! Too bad for the crappy cell phone pic

The view on the crawl up Taylor Pass

Before long the trail and the creek become one with a nasty boulder wall to climb up at the other end

We’ve been over this pass 3 or 4 times in the past 10 years and this is the worst we’ve seen this spot yet. Seems to be getting more boney with each passing season. Sure kick myself for forgetting the GoPro at home along with those damn tire deflators!

Looking down from the top

Fished at Taylor Lake for a bit and caught dinner!

Looking back at the lake on the crawl up to the summit

Cool poser shot looking back at the lake

This is just as you crest the summit and start the long haul down to Aspen

Second night campsite

Amazing!

Very pretty place to air up

We found a roof basket lying on the side of the trail so we threw it up on top of Rob’s K5 for a poser shot….then took it home to for mounting later

This was definitely the most beautiful Colorado trip I’ve ever done. It was the perfect balance of off-roading, camping, fishing, great weather and spectacular views. We even caught a few fish

 

[munepit]

Wow!!!!! Awesome!!!!

 

[GWeakland620]

Wow!!!!! Awesome!!!!

x2!!!

I would love to spend a long weekend doing the same.

 

[skunked]

beautiful countryside.

What kind of fish did you catch up there?

 

[Larry]

beautiful countryside.

What kind of fish did you catch up there?

I landed 2 Rainbows and 1 Lake Trout. I lost a decent Rainbow right on shore while I was unhooking him. One of my buddies caught a Brown. The two Rainbows had the nicest pink meat inside too! Yumm!

 

[skunked]

I landed 2 Rainbows and 1 Lake Trout. I lost a decent Rainbow right on shore while I was unhooking him. One of my buddies caught a Brown. The two Rainbows had the nicest pink meat inside too! Yumm!

Nothing like fresh trout while you're out in the mountains

 

[prolinews]

I'm very jealous ! That looks like a awesome trip!

 

[Russell]

I love the mountains this time of year when everything is turning color. It's beautiful, but I sure hate what comes next with 8 months of bone chilling cold.

 

[Greg Ducato]

Spectacular scenery, must have been 100x better in person

 

[Highpsi]

Great post! I love viewing your travel / camping trip posts Larry. Your blue k10 is an awesome rig - definitely one of my CK5 favs. I like how you wheel it, and then hop right on the highways and travel distances to your destinations too. It is a very versatile rig. The beauty in Colorado is astounding - I only hope I can make it out there some day to wheel!

 

[gonefishin]

That's awesome. I would love to live close to stuff like that. What kind of top do you have on it?

 

[Larry]

Thanks guys. It was fun trip! I’m trying to squeak in one more trip in a few weeks. This is the best time of the year to go up there as most of the out of state joyriders on their damn ATV’s disappear after Labor Day.

What kind of top do you have on it?

The camper is made by Phoenix Pop Up Campers in Denver. Everything they build is custom one off campers unlike mass produced one-size fits all Four Wheel Camper. The frames are made of aluminum for weight savings and to live up to the travels of off road.

 

[gonefishin]

Just looked at their website. One of those would be so much better than my normal tent camping. Another thing for the wish list

 

[muddysub]

damn Larry, looks like an awesome trip! when do you think the polar bear is going to be doing these camping trips?

 

[brian wafer]

 

[pblaze725]

Nice Larry!

I thought your truck was too pretty to bash rocks. Good run!

 

[brans87]

Looks like you had a heck of a nice trip there Larry!

 

[Larry]

Just looked at their website. One of those would be so much better than my normal tent camping. Another thing for the wish list

Exactly! Over 20 years of doing this I went from a tent to a bed tent to a topper to a camper. A light weight camper with all the amenities of home that can still go wheeling is the best of all worlds.

damn Larry, looks like an awesome trip! when do you think the polar bear is going to be doing these camping trips?

Not sure. It’s hard to drive two at the same time. The Polar Bear has been out for some light day trip trail rides but nothing too exciting.

Nice Larry!

I thought your truck was too pretty to bash rocks. Good run!

Everybody thinks because it is shinny it never gets used. It just gets a lot of maintenance too look mall parking lot fresh . When you see it up close the paint is full of desert pinstriping. The Rhinolined rockers also do a great job of hiding the couple little dents that exist. Looking at this past video I am shocked the passengers side rocker panel doesn't look like the driver's side. Got lucky on that one!

 

[black dawg]

Very cool. Nothing like wheeling to actually get somwhere. Your pictures are pretty similar to what we have for trails around here. We do lots of crawling up to mountain lakes like this, but I think the scenery in your pictures is better.

 

[campfire]

Just came across this today. Looks like a great trip (as usual).

Great post! I love viewing your travel / camping trip posts Larry. Your blue k10 is an awesome rig - definitely one of my CK5 favs. I like how you wheel it, and then hop right on the highways and travel distances to your destinations too. It is a very versatile rig. The beauty in Colorado is astounding - I only hope I can make it out there some day to wheel!

I agree. I love the camper, and I've enjoyed your trip threads for some time now. I am definitely drawing some inspiration from you and mosesburb as I set up my Suburban.


Thanks for sharing! Keep it coming!