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Originally posted by jpet jpet wrote:

Very cool  we have even done porcupine trail.

A few of us have discussed doing this.  We would start in Moab and end up at Mike's to start the FCT.  We just have to figure out how to get the trucks and trailers back.  I'd really like to do this, maybe in 2019 instead of the Rubicon.
 
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Originally posted by Cj3bmutt Cj3bmutt wrote:

Crestted Butte not create butte. 

Crested Butte, ... not Crestted Butte

Anywho, since this topic came back up from another thread, I thought I would dream and expand a little:

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This is a loop that starts at St. Elmo
Tincup Pass
Taylor Pass
Pearl Pass
Schofield Pass

.... then from marble we would have to take the highway, (4 hours), to Ouray and then back to St Elmo

Engineer Pass to Lake City. Then a few hours of highway to Pitkin. From there we take Hancock Pass back to St Elmo.

There may be some trails between Lake City and Pitkin. If anyone knows of any, I'm all ears and thanks for the help.
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This sounds like a fun trip, I would consider pulling a trailer with my jeep, It is behind my jeep most of the time anyway. Maybe even turn it into a micro camper for the trip.
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Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Was there any indication of what year that trip was made?  I missed it when I watched the vid.  Somebody should have researched the weather schedule better.  You need to do that to miss the snow at some of the passes.  August is usually best for that.

About 11 minutes into the video, on day 4 they talk about amazing wildflowers on Grand Mesa.  I Googled best time for wildflowers on Grand Mesa and got May - June.  So yeah, they were 1-3 months early for best chance at open passes (and I'd guess they were in June rather than May or they'd likely have had more trouble with snow).
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Back in '98, I tried to go over Mosquito Pass from the east side in early-ish July and got stopped by snow.  Two weeks later, the snow was gone. 
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What’s the likelihood that Pearl and Schofield Pass are open during the FCT? ..... third week of September.
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I don't know for sure, but I think if they're not open, it's because of new snow.
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Now that I've been to this area and I am more familiar, I'm mapping out a few more ideas and I'll post them here for future refernce.



This is a day loop lollypop that starts and ends at St Elmo

Tincup Pass to Taylor Park
Taylor Pass to summit. (At the summit you can go left on Express Creek road to Ashcroft or right to Aspen).
Take the right trail to Aspen (get some lunch)
Aspen to Ashcroft Ghost town
Take Express Creek road back to Taylor Pass summit.
Taylor Pass back to Taylor Park.

After this you can go back to St Elmo via Tincup, or Napoleon/Hancock, or Cottonwood Pass to BV
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