Here's more photos from the hunt for Beartown:
Yellowcoyote takes a shelf road up through Stony Gulch toward Stony Pass
The surrounding San Juans
The stop at Stony Pass....which was windier than Hurricane Pass
From front/right to back/left are kskj (who was following Durangotang's GF in her Wrangler Unlimited), Yellowcoyote, MtnLuvr, 0311_DoC, JL_Rockies who joined in today, Strikeagle, tskalil, yazhi and Red & Dolly.
I'm told these are mountain sunflowers (not to be confused with the giant sunflowers we grow in Kansas
). These mountain sunflowers are thriving up on Stony Pass.
View off the backside of Stony Pass, including ....
a herd of sheep being watched by a lone "cowboy" and his sheep herding dog.
Yellowcoyote plows through the first stream crossing on the hunt for Beartown
After all of his mud puddle thrashing on all the other trails, 0311_DoC (in front) seamed a sure-in for the muddiest Liberty during LJS '09 until he hit the two steam crossings at high speed that washed the front of his white KJ off. Knowing 0311_DoC, I'm sure his KJ won't stay white on front for long....
The trail and hunt for Beartown continues upward....
0311_DoC finally comes to a mudhole so he can recover the front of his KJ in mud
Where's that Beartown suppossed to be anyway? Or was it "Bearcity" as was heard over the CB? Perhaps its ruins have been totally consumed by mother nature and the elements.
Reaching the top of the valley where Beartown used to be, tskalil verifies it is not at the far end of Kite Lake by some old mine tailings.
Kite Lake makes a nice relaxing place for lunch and even a dip in cold mountain run-off water for a few.
MtnLuvr loves being up in the mountain high country
After a relaxing lunch break, the group leaves Kite Lake and heads back down through the bush.
kskj smoothly crosses one of the stream crossings
Approaching the back side of Stony Pass again.
Cruisin' back down through Stony Gulch with beautiful scenary everywhere. Another great day of wheelin'.
Looking down on the town of Ouray, Colorado from US-550.
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