Alpine Loop, Cinnamon Pass, American Basin, Engineer Pass, Crystal Mill

[ColoFreeJeeper]

Went for a trip this weekend as the title says. Started in Silverton and ran Alpine Loop counter-clockwise. Went over Cinnamon Pass to American Basin. Continued on to Lake City and then headed back west over Engineer Pass to Ouray. After Ouray, drove over McClure Pass to Marble and then Crystal Mill.

I am thoroughly impressed with the Gladiator. Never once did it feel sketchy and was rock solid either at 13,000 feet or at 92 miles an hour across South Park. To top it off, my mileage for the trip was 24 mpg.

Ouray, Colorado

Truck bed camping in Silverton, Colorado

Animas River, Silverton, Colorado

Animas Forks ghost town

Cinnamon Pass near Silverton

American Basin

Colorful Colorado

Aspens are starting to turn

High above timberline

Engineer Pass

It's a Jeep thing

Odom Point

Headed down into Ouray

Crystal Mill

Beaver Lake near Marble, Colorado

Independence Pass

Top of Independence Pass

My trip average mileage was 24.0 mpg over 742.3 miles. The highest running average I saw was 24.2

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[chrismeece74]

Nice pics.

 

[cb4017]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DADDI8R]

Thanks for sharing. This is a bucket list trip to me!

 

[yoda13]

Wonderful, been most of those places and on most of those trails, though not in the JT yet…

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