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Originally Posted by HURF
Havent done it in an H3 but have been to
"Ouray CO. The JEEP capitol of the World"
in a CJ7.
Lots of fun,,Not real technical,,but some of the pases will make you pucker.
Lake City to Ouray is fun,,Engineer Pass,,and lots of ghost towns.
Ophir Pass between Telluride and Ouray is a good one also
Black Bear just east of Telluride is one of the toughest
Have a blast
HURF
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We love the Ouray / Silverton area, most of it is not difficult but the beauty is over the top. We go every year, this is the second year with the H3. Just a partial list of the trails we ran:
Black Bear
Ophir
Last Dollar
Engineer
Cork Screw
California and Hurricane Pass
Stone Pass
Yankee Boy Basin
Silver Basin
Governor Basin
The list goes on and on since we were four wheeling for 10 straight days and we all loved it. The H3 performed well, the only exception being one of the trips up Poughkeepsie. I had gone up the left side which they call the bypass but due to the rain was actually tougher than the rocky section on the right. Anyway after watching four or five Jeeps get winched up I thought I would try it but didn't want to make ¾ of the way just to have to back down so I was just crawling and wouldn’t you know it the H3 just crawled right up the muddy section and over the rocks at the top. None of the Jeep guys could believe it and they wanted pictures so I went back down for the camera and on the way back up the check engine light came on and the H3 went into "Reduced Engine Power". Obviously at that point I backed down waited to see if the code would clear which it didn't so I disconnected the battery. Once the battery was reconnect all was well and we never had another problem.
The picture's below are of a Honda Odyssey I helped get down Engineer in a torrential rain storm. We spent over 2 hours making rock bridges, pushing and pulling to get them to Hwy 550. I bet they had $5K in damage to the Honda, the side door would not even open and you should have seen all of the stuff hanging from the undercarriage. Jeepers had been passing them and told me they were down there so I went to help out. All of the Jeepers except one passed them by. The only one that stopped to help was 3 women in a rented Grand Cherokee. Why they people who passed them by did not stop I have not idea. They were very nice people from Holland who had been told to take the Alpine Loop.