Off Road Suggestion

[adkinsadam1]

I am planning on 4 wheeling this weekend in my stock 06 4runner limited and I need suggestions. I live near Denver, CO and I can't go anywhere too far away, but I want a trail that is challenging, yet appropriate for our stock 4runner. I also want it to be very beautiful with lots of alpine panoramas. For reference I have done Lake Como Road up to jaws 1, Handcart Gulch trail, Engineer Pass, Mosquito Pass, and Argentine Pass in this stock 4runner. I was thinking Red Cone?? Or is that too much for our runner? What do you guys suggest?

 

[Outdoorlogic]

Check out Colorado4x4.org... Great site, lots of local runs and support like you see here...

 

[JB.]

I am planning on 4 wheeling this weekend in my stock 06 4runner limited and I need suggestions. I live near Denver, CO and I can't go anywhere too far away, but I want a trail that is challenging, yet appropriate for our stock 4runner. I also want it to be very beautiful with lots of alpine panoramas. For reference I have done Lake Como Road up to jaws 1, Handcart Gulch trail, Engineer Pass, Mosquito Pass, and Argentine Pass in this stock 4runner. I was thinking Red Cone?? Or is that too much for our runner? What do you guys suggest?

I was thinking Red Cone before you mentioned it.

Usually it's the steep downhill that gets talked about, but that part is just fun. The challenge for a stock 4th gen is lots of big rocks on the way up. There's not many people I would recommend that trail to who were going stock, but you seem to enjoy that kind of stuff. My truck was stock except for 32" A/Ts. If you don't mind taking your time on numerous stretches, it's very doable and way scenic. I guess my biggest concern would be doing it on the weekend and clogging up the trail in front of impatient, lifted vehicles. I did it during the week and didn't have to deal with that. I don't know how busy it gets on a weekend.

 

[adkinsadam1]

Well, so you guys don't think red cone is too rough? I mean, I thought that lake como road was rough up to jaws one, and Engineer Pass on the Ouray side is very rough... how does it compare to that?