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Rubiranch wrote:I believe the road on Antero stops just below 13,800'
Mt. Antero is not a "pass"; but at 14,269' it is the 10th highest peak in CO (Pikes Peak at 14,110 is the 31st highest in CO and at 14,433 Mt Elbert is the highest) and I believe Mt Antero is the highest point in CO you can drive a vehicle.
It may be closed because of land ownership issues down lower, but in the old days, we went to the top of Mt. Bross (14,172') on old mining roads. From there, one used to be able to drive north along the ridge all the way to around 14,200' on Mt. Lincoln.
The parking lot at the top of Mt. Evans is >14,120' and is probably the highest you can drive in CO today. The parking lot at the top of Pike Peak is 14,110'
Rumor has it that someone has actually "driven" (some winching too) a jeep to the top of Mt. Elbert (14,433')! From what I remember, before the road was closed it looks like one could drive to around 14,200'.
So did any of you try Webster Pass or come down Red Cone the year the guy with the Toyota FJ40 had tried to make the drift at the top of Webster before it was open? It has slid sideways off the road on the snow. Talk about pucker factor. It looked like we could have easily pushed it off the mountain without much effort. We had passed a tow truck coming down that had taken one look at it and decided it wasn't worth risking his vehicle to try to rescue it. I wonder what it cost just to get a 4x4 tow truck up there?
