Day 4 - Tincup Pass and the Continental Divide

By the time they rolled out at 0900, the group was 21 jeeps strong!  Our ranks are swelling everyday.  A few more arrived tonight, and we have lost at least two jeeps that had to head home already.  The finally count is sure to be a record.

Today the group headed up Chalk Creek Canyon...

... to the 'living' ghost town of St. Elmo.

Then it was out of town and up the road to Tincup Pass to ....

... the Continental Divide!

One way or the other you gotta go down from there, so they headed for the town of Tincup.

Fortunately for their tender bums, the route back over was by way of Cottonwood Pass.

Photos compliments of A/W (Audrey).

-- m38MuM

Moose on the loose at the pass

Moseying on up South Cottonwood

Yesterday's CFFC Fall Color Tour took the group to South Cottonwood Creek to Cottonwood Lake and the mines beyond. Then the group went up North Cottonwood Creek to Cottonwood Pass.

The weather was wonderful... blue sky all day. Too bad there was a haze from the fires in Washington State that affected the view, but up close and personal, the pictures look like the group had lots of fun.

I heard a few tales of "in-the-field" repairs, but for the most part, everyone ran pretty well, even at 12,000 feet. The combined knowledge base and collection of spare parts among the 11 jeeps did the trick!

Cottonwood Creek

Winding up to the pass

Cottonwood Pass and the Continental Divide

Moose up at Cottonwood Pass

These photos are a few from jpet and ricco79, both contributors to the CJ2A forum. More of their photos can be found at the Fall Color Tour's CJ2A forum.

- Ellen