Re: Summer Alpine Tunnel Trip

Merl Wrote:
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> This sounds like a spot to check out! Can some
> one please tell me, if this is doable with a
> standard van? I don't mind a short hike! Are
> some of these roads, one way? I am planning on
> going up to Pitkin area next summer. Thank you!


Great photos thanks to everybody for posting them, it has probably been 10 years since I was there.

As to Merl's question I did it in an S-15 Jimmy, I do not think I would want to even try it in a standard "I assume you mean full size" van. as best as I recall most of it is a typical jeep road with entire thing being one lane wide with passing spots every hundred feet or so at best. I remember the "Palisades" as being an area in particular I would not have wanted to meet someone there. Although I am a sissy from back east compared to the local 4 wheelers. I will say in my defense though I have been over Black Bear pass into Telluride and anybody who has done that is not too much of a wuss.

Dick Grosbier
Maryland