8th Annual Jeep-CJ Colorado Trail REPORT
BusaDave9
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- 1979 Jeep CJ5 with 304 V8, T18 Transmission, Dana 20 Transfer case with TeraLow 3:1 gears, 4.88 axle gears, Detroit Locker up front and Ox Locker in back with 1 piece axle shafts, 36" SuperSwamper SX Tires, Shackle reversal, MileMarker Hydraulic winch, MSD 6A ignition.
This was our 8th Annual Jeep-CJ Colorado Trail ride. This year we used Silverton as our base.
I arrived in Silverton on Sunday, August 19th at 3:00 pm. I didn't have lunch yet so I was thinking of stopping in a restaurant for lunch but others were thinking of heading out on the trails. I was game. Lunch could wait.
007 and the others had a specific trail in mind so I trailed behind as others lead the way. We headed up Prospect Gulch.
![29341022797_4ee5fbfc47_b.jpg 29341022797_4ee5fbfc47_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95854-5b837a37d00fdc2bbb3c416f668eaaeb.jpg)
We explored this old mine.
![44277257631_dd29fdcc59_b.jpg 44277257631_dd29fdcc59_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95855-045ae4967d59d58795b9f7fdd1fd4e0e.jpg)
Here's Shooby's yellow CJ5
![44277255001_1ff80bbbbf_b.jpg 44277255001_1ff80bbbbf_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95856-3cbadea34a0f1501619bb5e10ae6b059.jpg)
MrIPlayBass and OldjeepLady in thier 1979 CJ7
![29341020737_7a5520291e_b.jpg 29341020737_7a5520291e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95857-2a90ef1af595c9eb70d09bbb1609f03d.jpg)
Caveman in his "TJ-7". It may look like a CJ7 but it's mostly a TJ underneath.
![44277252651_1573a9f63e_b.jpg 44277252651_1573a9f63e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95858-4a43f891343893f5f2a0b0d28923de00.jpg)
Next we climbed up Red Mountain Number 3.
![29341028997_f44087ef4f_b.jpg 29341028997_f44087ef4f_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95859-ee8bc53d6e9f1112e3e52f74fc46ce7c.jpg)
![44228572542_6ea0ae261e_b.jpg 44228572542_6ea0ae261e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95860-32571c1fcdd771faf7644476ae2112c9.jpg)
![29341027147_660aa32dff_b.jpg 29341027147_660aa32dff_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95861-2af812d9f88ee9df7c969dba9f700ad0.jpg)
PistolDave continued on to find the trail dead ends abruptly.
![29341026277_1fcd8ffb04_b.jpg 29341026277_1fcd8ffb04_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95862-d15adda9f71e3a2972a7ca467af8c15a.jpg)
![29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg 29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95863-b26a72d743eb6a445c6d337ee412c191.jpg)
![29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg 29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95864-b26a72d743eb6a445c6d337ee412c191.jpg)
This next shot looks back to Prospect Gulch where we were earlier.
![44277259491_4e2a98b33f_b.jpg 44277259491_4e2a98b33f_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95865-03bd1423178fddb7f5e5590bc9dae0f1.jpg)
We then headed back to Silverton to have dinner at Handlebars Restaurant.
That was the first day of wheeling. It was Sunday and this trail ride was not scheduled. We just had spare time.
To be continued ...
I arrived in Silverton on Sunday, August 19th at 3:00 pm. I didn't have lunch yet so I was thinking of stopping in a restaurant for lunch but others were thinking of heading out on the trails. I was game. Lunch could wait.
007 and the others had a specific trail in mind so I trailed behind as others lead the way. We headed up Prospect Gulch.
![29341022797_4ee5fbfc47_b.jpg 29341022797_4ee5fbfc47_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95854-5b837a37d00fdc2bbb3c416f668eaaeb.jpg)
We explored this old mine.
![44277257631_dd29fdcc59_b.jpg 44277257631_dd29fdcc59_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95855-045ae4967d59d58795b9f7fdd1fd4e0e.jpg)
Here's Shooby's yellow CJ5
![44277255001_1ff80bbbbf_b.jpg 44277255001_1ff80bbbbf_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95856-3cbadea34a0f1501619bb5e10ae6b059.jpg)
MrIPlayBass and OldjeepLady in thier 1979 CJ7
![29341020737_7a5520291e_b.jpg 29341020737_7a5520291e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95857-2a90ef1af595c9eb70d09bbb1609f03d.jpg)
Caveman in his "TJ-7". It may look like a CJ7 but it's mostly a TJ underneath.
![44277252651_1573a9f63e_b.jpg 44277252651_1573a9f63e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95858-4a43f891343893f5f2a0b0d28923de00.jpg)
Next we climbed up Red Mountain Number 3.
![29341028997_f44087ef4f_b.jpg 29341028997_f44087ef4f_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95859-ee8bc53d6e9f1112e3e52f74fc46ce7c.jpg)
![44228572542_6ea0ae261e_b.jpg 44228572542_6ea0ae261e_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95860-32571c1fcdd771faf7644476ae2112c9.jpg)
![29341027147_660aa32dff_b.jpg 29341027147_660aa32dff_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95861-2af812d9f88ee9df7c969dba9f700ad0.jpg)
PistolDave continued on to find the trail dead ends abruptly.
![29341026277_1fcd8ffb04_b.jpg 29341026277_1fcd8ffb04_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95862-d15adda9f71e3a2972a7ca467af8c15a.jpg)
![29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg 29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95863-b26a72d743eb6a445c6d337ee412c191.jpg)
![29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg 29341024597_1f7fd8b575_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95864-b26a72d743eb6a445c6d337ee412c191.jpg)
This next shot looks back to Prospect Gulch where we were earlier.
![44277259491_4e2a98b33f_b.jpg 44277259491_4e2a98b33f_b.jpg](https://jeep-cj.com/community/data/attachments/95/95865-03bd1423178fddb7f5e5590bc9dae0f1.jpg)
We then headed back to Silverton to have dinner at Handlebars Restaurant.
That was the first day of wheeling. It was Sunday and this trail ride was not scheduled. We just had spare time.
To be continued ...