2 weeks in SW Colorado

jpet wrote:

Today we took Tincup Pass to St Elmo, Hancock Pass to Napoleon Pass, back to Tincup

Makes me want to drop everything and get my Jeep done!

Today started out as a bad day but ended up being fantastic.

First thing this morning, BAM BAM wouldn’t start. Bad ignition module and I couldn’t find my spare so I had to drive to Gunnison to get one

I told Alan and Kris to just go on without me so they headed to Taylor Pass and then on to Pearl Pass. There is still snow over Pearl Pass and so far, no Jeeps have crossed it. I’ll rely on Alan and Kris to post pics. ... anywho, I went to Gunnison, got the module, put it in the Jeep, and decided to try to catch them. I knew they weren’t going over Pearl, so I figured I’d meet them on the way back. They had a 3 hour jump on me.

Taylor Pass is an amazing pass. It’s even somewhat challenging and beautiful:

I had to try and make up three hours so I was in high range a lot and I just followed Alan’s NDT tracks and each time I met someone, I’d ask how far ahead they were.

Eventually I came to the Pearl trail head. This was pretty exciting because I’ve wanted to do Pearl for a long time and now I’m finally here!!

Pearl Pass is simply amazing! It is very much like Imogene except harder. Lots of different landscapes, narrow shelf roads and rock challenges. I simply love it!!

... anywho, I finally got to the snow impass but I didn’t see any Willys, only tracks. Pearl Pass is now officially open for Willys Jeeps:

once I got past the snow, I got a visual!!!

Together at last!!

This was a wonderful day. Pearl Pass is SO beautiful and so challenging!! Definitely the highlight of the week for me so far!!

Oops:

Kris and Alan are staying in Taylor one more day but I’m headed to St Elmo in the morning. Heading up Antero. Thx 4 reading!!

Edited by jpet - 24 July 2020 at 3:37am

CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM"

"We do what we can, and we try what we can't"

flatfender47 wrote:

I can think of a lot of worse places for a Jeep to not start than base camp.

Did you buy 2 modules ?

Tried to. They only had one. I’m going to pick another one up on BV tomorrow.

CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM"

"We do what we can, and we try what we can't"

Great story!! Sounds like a memorable day.

"Pearl Pass is now officially open for Willys Jeeps:" . . . loved that comment. :-)

Great photos as usual.

Add, "Wilderness Tracker," to Jpet's resume`

Rus Curtis
Alabama
1954 CJ3B
Bantam T3-C

Can't get enough of Jpet's "field reports". Glad the auto parts store in Gunnison had your module in stock! Of all the cool pics, my favorite is the close-up of Bam Bam's driver-side front fender--gnarly, man! What a warrior!

CJ2A #140275 "Ziggie" (purchased new by my dad in 1947)
ACM #124334
CJ3A windshield, Warn Overdrive
1953 Strick M100 trailer
Serial #18253

It should say, “Where there’s a Willys, there’s a way!”

http://bushducks.com/tripreps/passopen.htm#pearl

Edited by jpet - 25 July 2020 at 1:01am

CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM"

"We do what we can, and we try what we can't"

jpet wrote:

Didn’t get any pictures of BAM BAM on Gatekeeper. I’ll see if anyone in the group got some tomorrow.

Kinda rude of them to put a big old fence right where my lone is.

Stan
48 CJ2A (Grampa's Jeep)
59 Chevy 1/2 ton
Grampa's Jeep Build Thread

Well, one week down, one to go. I checked off two bucket list trails. Pearl, Tomichi. Taylor Pass was so awesome, I decided to add it to my bucket list and simultaneously check it off my list. Headed to Ouray in the morning.

CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM"

"We do what we can, and we try what we can't"