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NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 07:52 PM
i took a little hike to explore the bootlegger tunnel on the potash railroad .

its the cane creek branch of the Denver & Rio Grande . it runs from crescent junction to the potash mine at the bottom of the potash road , passing thru a 7,068 foot tunnel called bootlegger tunnel that begins near arches national park and emerges in bootlegger cyn. nearly a mile and a half away .
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 07:54 PM
this cuts thru the west rim for over a mile
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 07:55 PM
facing the entrance to arches
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 07:57 PM
this took some blasting
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 07:58 PM
bootlegger cyn.
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:00 PM
bowtie and corona arch
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:02 PM
corona arch : on the right is big enough to fly a small plane thru .
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:11 PM
:popcorn:
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:12 PM
:)
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:14 PM
the tunnel is 45 years old
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:15 PM
looking out
NEOCON1
07-16-2007, 08:16 PM
a different angle of corona arch
stagger_lee
07-16-2007, 08:34 PM
Unbelievable scenary! I cant wait to go back. haven't been there yet with the H3. Great pics. :beerchug:
H3less
07-16-2007, 09:51 PM
Making me home sick :crying:
H3MTA3
07-17-2007, 03:22 AM
Cool pics NEO! Man, I am really jealous of you guys out there on the west coast. Beautiful land over there!!
ChiHummer3
07-17-2007, 03:24 AM
AWESOME pics!!! :perfect10s:
BigPoppa1411
07-17-2007, 05:08 AM
Wow...those are some really cool pics! Great job Neo!:beerchug:
HummerHippy
07-17-2007, 02:15 PM
Wow! Very cool pics and scenery! THanks. :)
Agriv8r
07-17-2007, 03:37 PM
wow great pics.....
lance-n
07-17-2007, 08:54 PM
very cool.
reminds me of the moab episode of "man vs. wild"
DDWH
07-17-2007, 11:59 PM
Great pics NEO!:perfect10s:
wpage
07-18-2007, 12:08 AM
Beautiful:clapping:
marin8703
07-18-2007, 12:24 AM
very nice:clapping:
Steve - SanJose
07-18-2007, 01:20 AM
Enjoyed those pics. :clapping:
Crash ?
07-18-2007, 11:37 AM
Sheesh.. I can't beleive no one has asked yet.. Did ya drive through it..???
SR1355
07-18-2007, 12:34 PM
Great Pics NEO... man what a great area of the country for exploring!!!
NEOCON1
07-18-2007, 01:53 PM
Sheesh.. I can't beleive no one has asked yet.. Did ya drive through it..???


nav and i thought about it , the closest i could get to the tunnel was about 2 miles away . i wanted to just pull up on the tracks and go for it , but was afraid of gettin busted . since its private property i figured it was better to be on foot if i got caught . its close to the gold bar boat launch so there are a few people around too .


if anyone is up for a serious outlaw run we could go for it :jump:

the train only runs on friday , so any other day would be safe .
if i had seen some other tire tracks i would of probably tried it , i wimped out :twak: .