Your Favorite Boondocking Pics

DenverDan wrote:
Do you see the image of the girl in the side of the mountain in my last picture? Her arms are crossed and she has shoulder length hair.

I need some of that Rocky Mountain Whiskey you're drinking!! I dont see that and you had me looking at the dang picture for a few minutes like one of those Where's Waldo things...LOL

Lay off the sauce

Do you see the image of the girl in the side of the mountain in my last picture? Her arms are crossed and she has shoulder length hair.

ReneeG wrote:
What's with all the pics and discussion of 4 WD trails?

These are the area's that we have camped in, we got a little off topic but I have no problem with it what so ever.

DenverDan, what great picture, sure brings back some very fond memories.

We also camped in Holy Cross City before the Army Corps of Engineers drained the bog and the city was closed to OHVs. I'll see if I have any pictures of us camping in Holy Cross City.

"...pull my RV up these trails..."

Not all RVs are "pulled".

Unless there's ultra narrow roads getting to these peaks with rock overhangs jutting out from the sides - I'd love to see a Tiger or Earthroamer or just the right 4WD Class B/B+ up on the top of one of these spectacular peaks. I'll bet the Tiger or Earthroamer or Class B/B+ manufacturer might work out some kind of special reward for one of their customers who made it and then allowed them to use the photo(s) in their advertising.

Especially the Earthroamer -> their advertising reads as if their rigs could easily make it and then stay awhile. What a way to spend a night!

What's with all the pics and discussion of 4 WD trails? I thought this was a forum for pics of RV Boondocking? No way would I pull my RV up these trails just to get to a good boondocking spot - maybe a tent but not an RV.

Another bad thing is that if you go off the edge you will not stop until the bottom of the canyon stops you. There is nothing to keep you from going all the way down. Has anyone ever gone off the edge. I do the trails on ATVs now as my truck is my every day driver and my way of making money. So i can not take any chances at break downs.

Here is a perspective shot of Red Cone from near the top of Webster Pass. Look closely and you can see the white sign at the summit indicating its 12,800' height. The statement that cameras cannot properly reflect the pucker factor of this trail is quite true.

You can see the tire diggs in the photo from people trying to go up it. Rubiranch you are tempting me again with the photos of that yellow ford. And believe me if a rv could do it it would be rubyranches ford and trailer. So if he has not done it it can not be done. HAHAHA

Thanks Rubiranch for the great detail. I'll take a look at WKAYL's video!

I was curious about some of these challenging trails with respect to RV's in the Tiger/ER/Class B categories.

As a side note I do have a fuel injected GMC Z71 4WD P/U with locking rear and manual remote front diff set up fairly rugged that I'm sure could deal with the likes of what you describe .... but I live too far from CO. I bought it specifically for off-road special-permitted volunteer work that I do in the rugged outback of Northern CA's largest state park where driving by the general public is not even allowed.

I would really like to see a forum topic, eventually, that includes photos of the most unusual and/or toughest places people have got their RV rigs into and out of without assistance.

BTW noticing your equipment list, just recently I sold a 1965 Ford HD F250 2WD with a posi rear, four on the floor, 15 rear leafs on each side, 3 gas tanks, and cascade brake boosted that I upgraded from the stock 351 to a 390. I could drive right to my back door here in the mountains using no gear lower than one down from the highest - 3rd. The GMC needs it's gears to get to my digs, but that long-throw 390 could do it through pure twisting power.

For what it's worth we spent four years at Hill AFB in Utah and explored the deserts and mountains some, in and around Utah. Unfortunately all we had at the time was a fastback Mustang pulling a tent trailer .... we never got stuck but did blow out tires on the trailer!

Rubiranch wrote:


A "heavy" vehicle could very well be disastrous descending Red Cone; it is very steep and is composed of very loose shale.

It is a spectacular trail.

Well then there goes my summer plans to be the only RV to ever have summited it:B