Jeep Drive On Last Dollar Road
(A Scenic, 4-Wheel Drive Road Near Telluride, Colorado - May 11, 2007)
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I am visit friends in Telluride this
weekend and my buddy Jay took me up Last Dollar Road in his 1978 Jeep CJ7. |
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Here are all of my jeep and truck adventures:
Tincup Pass (Jeep)
Rampart Range Road (Jeep)
1978 Chevy Truck
1978 Datsun Truck
Driving in the Collegiate Peaks Hills
Truck Photo Gallery
1955 Chevy Truck
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A few photos of the road as we headed upward from the Telluride side. Last Dollar Road is a very scenic road that,
at least during the summer, can be access by most 4-wheel drive vehicles includes cars like Subaru wagons.
The area is full of massive aspen groves. I dare say this stretch of road might be arguably one of the best areas to photograph fall foliage.
The last photo is the grand view of Wilson Peak (alt. 14,017 feet) with Sunshine Mountain (alt. 12,930 feet) on the
left as we were heading back down.
We planned to reach 58P Road, which leads back down to Sawpit, but upon scouting the road, there was way too
many huge patches of snow that would have taken quite awhile to pass. (See snow patch below)
Here are my Telluride area pages:
Telluride Gondola
Bridal Veil Falls
Dallas Divide
San Juan Mountains |
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This large stretch of snow with mud on the side was quite a challenge! ;) |
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This is the only photo of me. My left foot sunk way down into the snow,
which wasn't the most pleasure experience considering I merely had sandles with no socks on. :p) |
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Jay did his best to drive through the snow, but it was a bit much. |
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As you can see in the top photo, the Jeep actually slid horizontally down the slope of the snow.
The back right tire was leaning perilously off the edge just a tad. That's when Jay got serious and used the winch
which can pull up to 8,000 pounds. Holy goats milk! :p)
Using the winch with the angle from the same side didn't do much, but winching from way across (bottom photo) did the trick! :) |
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It took us about an hour to get out of that stretch of snow. We scouting uphill a bit and realized
there were many more large patches of snow and so we decided to come back down.
Jay said he will definitely be back soon, but he will leave much earlier in the day and will be winching through as much as necessary. ;)
His Jeep rocks the house! |
(Extra Photos of Mountain and Scenery)
The weather did not really cooperate too much and clouds dominated the landscape. Still, I got some nice photos of the Wilson Peak group.
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I snapped a couple of photos before we reached Last Dollar Road. There are many stunningly scenic stretches of road dotted with large homesteads and great views of the San Juan Mountains.
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