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Black Bear and Imogene Pass in an open diff 3rd gen?
We're heading to Colorado next week, and I wanted a bit of info about these two trails. Will either be too much for an open diff, mostly stock 3rd gen with my family (me, wife, and daughter) in the cab? I feel relatively confident in my driving abilities, but I don't want to put my family in a bad place.
So, what is the actual level of difficulty and equipment need that you need to have to reasonably do these trails, and am I within that range?
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07-09-2016, 01:14 AM
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We're heading to Colorado next week, and I wanted a bit of info about these two trails. Will either be too much for an open diff, mostly stock 3rd gen with my family (me, wife, and daughter) in the cab? I feel relatively confident in my driving abilities, but I don't want to put my family in a bad place.
So, what is the actual level of difficulty and equipment need that you need to have to reasonably do these trails, and am I within that range?
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Should be completely fine! They're not super technical trails, just have the tight switchbacks and whatnot. Just have someone spot you on them, and you'll be fine. Took a stock TJ up both (on 29s) last year and it had no problems.
On a side note, these 2 are some of my favorite trails. Absolutely beautiful up there, you'll love it.
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07-11-2016, 09:51 AM
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Yeah you'll be fine. Black Bear pass gets a lot of hype, but it's really just a dirt road with a few rocks here and there. If you aren't afraid of heights or being on a narrow shelf road, you'll be fine.
I've never been on a trail where not having a locker would prevent a 3rd gen to get through it. There might be obstacles on certain trails that an unlocked 4runner can't make it over that a locked one could. But there is just about always a line that you can take unlocked and make it through the trail. The IFS is what really limits these rigs, not so much having a locker or not. I wouldn't be afraid to run any trail unlocked that another IFS 3rd gen with a locker would do.
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07-11-2016, 10:28 AM
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We're heading to Colorado next week, and I wanted a bit of info about these two trails. Will either be too much for an open diff, mostly stock 3rd gen with my family (me, wife, and daughter) in the cab? I feel relatively confident in my driving abilities, but I don't want to put my family in a bad place.
So, what is the actual level of difficulty and equipment need that you need to have to reasonably do these trails, and am I within that range?
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TrailDamage.com - Black Bear Pass
TrailDamage.com - Imogene Pass
If you have issues driving very high mountain passes it could be a little tough. Other than that they are some awesome trails. Lets just say wife and kids do not approve of these trails due the high cliff sides and switchbacks.
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07-11-2016, 11:32 PM
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Wish we had trails like that down here... Good luck!
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07-11-2016, 11:54 PM
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Awesome. Thanks to everyone for the responses. I'm definitely doing Black Bear too, then Imogene Pass on the way out of Silverton. Now we just need to find a good place to camp in that area that's not so restrictive.
Thank you all! We leave first thing in the morning and I'm starting to get pumped.
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07-11-2016, 11:56 PM
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According to this site Black Bear Pass won't be open till the 15th.
https://soajeep.com/trail-maps-condi...il-conditions/
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Nice find on that link. We're going to hang out in Colorado Springs for the better part of this week then head to the Silverton area around Saturday. We plan on being there until Wednesday before going to Taos for two days then back home to central OK. Hopefully Black Bear will let us have a roll through sometime next week.
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Nice find on that link. We're going to hang out in Colorado Springs for the better part of this week then head to the Silverton area around Saturday. We plan on being there until Wednesday before going to Taos for two days then back home to central OK. Hopefully Black Bear will let us have a roll through sometime next week.
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Silverton, OR??=)
Assuming not, but I've ran into a few trails over here in Oregon that say closed on webpages, but were open (even talked to local rangers) upon arrival. So best bet is to always take a number with ya and give them a buzz, 15minute call can be a life saver...
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07-12-2016, 02:11 AM
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I did it in my ranger a couple years ago. It was beautiful and unique but not technical. My only issue was my longer wheelbase on the switchbacks. You could easily do it in a RAV4. Just remember it's a one way trail when planning your trip.
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Yes I believe it's open. We were uo in the area last weekend and I was told by some locals it was open. I didn't confirm but can confirm that many times they open before the websites post it.
This was the top of black bear pass on June 26, 2016 and the websites still said closed.
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Wish we had trails like that down here... Good luck!
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Ouray Camping
Check out county road 14 for camping. Follow 14 up the make sure you don't turn onto 14a. Once you enter the state park area there's a ton of dispersed camping. Be careful we had a brown bear roaming around our site up there about 2 weeks ago!
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I've heard of that place but never looked into it. Looks pretty cool though. I might try going there sometime in the fall once it cools down some, way too hot right now. Heat index of 100*+ makes wheeling uncomfortable.
I still dream of having trails like Engineer's pass, Imogene, Black Bear, all those beautiful trails in my backyard though.
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Looked at the forest service page a little bit ago and it said Black Bear pass is open to snow?
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