fulsizjeep
08-17-2007, 06:57 AM
This is a followup on Krista's Phoebe in Wonderland thread. :p Finally got some trip pix out for view. PIX is Good right? :thumbsup:
Kennebec Pass is only about 30 miles from us as a crow flies. It is about 45 by pavement. We met up with Ryan at the gas station in Hesperus on Hwy 160. Just a short hop over to the Kennebec Cafe and up to the treeline. This is pretty non technical and mostly for the incredible vistas. The top of the pass is a big notch in the top of a ridge where miners blasted through many years ago so they could dig on the other side. The trail on the other side is only lightly maintained to a private mine that is active. We did not go down the other side as we were not sure if there was a place to turn around if we had to. :eek: So, that will be another adventure later. The flowers on this trip blew away anything we saw in Ouray area last month.
We came back down to the intersection of Colorado Trail on the divide and took in a whole new look to us at the Lizardhead complex, Engineer Mtn and many others to the North. Had lunch here and headed back out. We left at 9 and got home at 4. Nice easy day trip. It could have got tough because there is the option to take on some muddy side trails. More on that when we venture there. ;)
Kennebec Pass - 11740 feet (http://jubileejeeps.org/fsjrides/07kennebec/)
The last 1/4 mile is on the edge of the world. Just the way I like it. :drivin: X marks the spot where the notch is cut out in the top.
http://jubileejeeps.org/picture_library/xmarxdaspot.jpg
Krista got a great shot of it from the basin right here (http://jubileejeeps.org/fsjrides/07kennebec/pages/IMG_3116_JPG.htm).
Kennebec Pass is only about 30 miles from us as a crow flies. It is about 45 by pavement. We met up with Ryan at the gas station in Hesperus on Hwy 160. Just a short hop over to the Kennebec Cafe and up to the treeline. This is pretty non technical and mostly for the incredible vistas. The top of the pass is a big notch in the top of a ridge where miners blasted through many years ago so they could dig on the other side. The trail on the other side is only lightly maintained to a private mine that is active. We did not go down the other side as we were not sure if there was a place to turn around if we had to. :eek: So, that will be another adventure later. The flowers on this trip blew away anything we saw in Ouray area last month.
We came back down to the intersection of Colorado Trail on the divide and took in a whole new look to us at the Lizardhead complex, Engineer Mtn and many others to the North. Had lunch here and headed back out. We left at 9 and got home at 4. Nice easy day trip. It could have got tough because there is the option to take on some muddy side trails. More on that when we venture there. ;)
Kennebec Pass - 11740 feet (http://jubileejeeps.org/fsjrides/07kennebec/)
The last 1/4 mile is on the edge of the world. Just the way I like it. :drivin: X marks the spot where the notch is cut out in the top.
http://jubileejeeps.org/picture_library/xmarxdaspot.jpg
Krista got a great shot of it from the basin right here (http://jubileejeeps.org/fsjrides/07kennebec/pages/IMG_3116_JPG.htm).