Kebler Pass, Colorado, with a small agile trailer?

Colorado is one state that can separate the sheep from the goats when it comes to towing. Once you figure it out, it is not that hard. Some people should just stay home or drive around the state.

If you want to play in the Rockies,you better have a truck with a lot of power and good brakes. And paddle shift helps a lot.

Its not bad at all,came thru there on a motorcycle in 2016.
The road at the time was a packed gravel mix of some type.
Actually passed a couple of Fvers being towed on the road.
a small trailer would be no problem

The truck is no problem -- it's an off-road Tacoma with a v6 -- it can pull the trailer through anything. That's my concern -- the truck will take the trailer places that the trailer should not go! ;) So I have to supply the truck with some caution of my own.

But it sounds like this particular road is not a deal-breaker.

profdant139 wrote:
But it sounds like this particular road is not a deal-breaker.

Agreed with your assessment but I have personally not been over that pass. It is not extremely high but does have seasonal closures, usually from Nov - May.

Just wanted to mention if you are in the Crested Butte area and doing more travel, make sure and head up the road by Taylor River as it is pretty beautiful there. It is on the way to Gunnison from Crested Butte, east at Almont. If you do go up into Taylor Park, do not think you are going to drive over Cottonwood Pass as that is closed this year for construction. Should be back open next summer. Google maps is starting to reroute over Cottonwood Pass but I called a local area there yesterday and they said Cottonwood is still closed and likely to remain closed until next summer.

I'm actually headed out to that area in about a week but will not be driving over Kebler Pass.

dangerousroads.org - Kebler Pass

You could also call the number on this link to get info on Kebler Pass - https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-driving/SeasonalClosures.html

There is a lot of boondocking on Keebler and rigs bigger than yours are there. Enjoy! The road is good.

As far as Colorado passes go, Keebler is easy but very scenic.

There are a lot of side roads where you can boondock and Forest Service campgrounds at Lake Irwin and Lost Lake. Both of those campgrounds can take RVs up to about 30' and Lost Lake has some equestrian sites that are 60' long. If 60' long horse trailer/tow vehicle combinations can travel that road, you certainly can.

Your only problems may be that the water is turned off and it is aspen viewing season. The Kebler Pass road is one of the 3 or 4 most popular leaf-peeping roads in the state because it passes through aspen groves for at least half its length. There are sometimes traffic jams on it during September weekends caused by the families trying to view the aspen. Even my wife has taken several hundred aspen photos along that road, but we always go in mid-week.

So, good luck finding a vacant campsite along there.

Thanks for the tips! We are hoping to boondock elsewhere, but Route 12 will save us a lot of miles --we are coming from the north and did not want to have to take the long way around, through Montrose.

The other big challenge will be taking my truck (without the trailer) on some of the 4x4 high-clearance roads, which lead to the trailheads when we go hiking. My transmission and my tires are completely competent -- it is my own rock-hopping skills that are in question. The truck has a somewhat longer wheelbase than a little Jeep, although it is not as long as some trucks. So I will have to take that into account when negotiating some of the bumpy stuff. Fun!!

Kebler's easy, as long as there's no snow. I once drove my mom's big Caddy across it.