Going over Engineer from the Ouray side is an entirely differrent experience! Beautiful road, but a good portion of it may be a little hairy for the unexperienced. I actually prefer that route. Great pictures!!
Wanderer
Going over Engineer from the Ouray side is an entirely differrent experience! Beautiful road, but a good portion of it may be a little hairy for the unexperienced. I actually prefer that route. Great pictures!!
96 Jeep Cherokee, 4" lift, 31-10.50s, Custom built front, rear bumper, and sliders. OBA, Locrite locker in the rear, Safari roofrack with 6" KC lights, ARB awning, and custom roof mount spare.
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Thanks! Not a technically difficult trail by any means, but the narrow road with severe drop-offs can mess with the mind, for sure. Pulling out of Animas Forks and on our way up Engineer, a guy in a 4-door JK coming down from Engineer flagged me down to ask "how bad is Cinnamon Pass?" At the end of the conversation, he looked at my 4Runner and asked, "is that thaaang four wheeeel drive?" I affirmed that my "thang" was indeed a 4x4, and he replied wearing the face that had seen a thousand deaths, "oh, well, yer gonna need it!"Originally Posted by tatuedrednek
Was unsurprised that he was driving a rental Jeep - poor guy likely had no idea what kind of road he was taking his family to.
Martinjmpr - we were also surprised to see the moose! Read your trip report, and was interested to see how your 4th gen did - my folks have one and would love to bring them down that way, I know my Dad would love to drive this route. Surprised you had scraping issues, I didn't think the 3rd gens had that much more clearance than the 4th gens?
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