[MarinR00]

Anyone else signed up this year? [Or wants to meet up the day prior to run some trails - BBP, etc.]

I know a few folks went last year.

Hope I'm not the only KL.

 

[taatmk]

I was there last September. It was a blast. We did 4 trails, including BBP, Imogene, Ophir and Engineer. We also did ****'s Revenge in Moab while en route. Do not know if I'll make it back this time, but it was WELL worth the trip. For sure! All of the trails mentioned are very doable in the KL.

 

[Wheyman]

I was planning on visiting the area this year to hit some trails. Glad to know they have a meet so will definitely try to get there.

EDIT: So I did a search and found the site but shows TRIP SOLD OUT. I am hoping that is the previous trip and just haven't opened up for the September run yet.

 

[Iron9s]

Anyone else signed up this year? [Or wants to meet up the day prior to run some trails - BBP, etc.]

I know a few folks went last year.

Hope I'm not the only KL.

I am long overdue for a vacation and a long road trip to hit these trails is just what I need....It shows it is sold out so I guess I will have to wait for the next one.

 

[MarinR00]

Nope, looks like its sold out for this year. You can get updates from the Jeep Jam FB group if you join.

Contact the Jeep Jam POC for the event and ask to be put on the waiting list. A TON of people back out of these, especially if they signed up this early. You'll have a good chance of getting in if you are early.

 

[MarinR00]

Hmmm, cool.

Well, if anyone is in the area, wants to play hooky and run BBP with me on WED, 13 SEP, let me know!

If not, I'll just run it with the Gobi team.

 

[Toecutter]

Whoa... I'm coincidentally going to be in the area on those dates and was planning to drive over Imogene Pass. Any idea how many people are signed up for the jamboree? I may have to go a day or two early if there's going to be bumper-to-bumper traffic.

 

[taatmk]

@Toecutter
You could expect between 30-40 vehicles on the trails. They split things up not to overwhelm a given trail. Having done Imogene, the better way to do it in my opinion is from Telluride over to Ouray and not the other way around. More gradual climb in that direction, especially near the pass.

 

[Toecutter]

@Toecutter
You could expect between 30-40 vehicles on the trails. They split things up not to overwhelm a given trail. Having done Imogene, the better way to do it in my opinion is from Telluride over to Ouray and not the other way around. More gradual climb in that direction, especially near the pass.

Good to know. Thank you. 30-40 spread out over several trails is not much at all. I'll be driving through Park City and Moab too.

 

[taatmk]

Good to know. Thank you. 30-40 spread out over several trails is not much at all. I'll be driving through Park City and Moab too.

Some fun easy trails to do in the Moab area, if short on time, are Onion Creek, Gemini Bridges, Long Canyon and the Shafer Trail. If wanting some challenging Jeep Badge of Honor trails, try Poison Spider, Fins and Things as well as ****'s Revenge. They're all very doable in the KL.

 

[Toecutter]

Great, thanks again. I'm mostly going to be mountain biking in Moab but I want to Jeep around a bit too. I'll stick to the easy-moderate trails like those you listed so I don't do anything dumb and break my ride home.

 

[ua_who]

We went to Ouray last year, and it is well worth the price of admission.
The trails are stunning, the Jeep staff that run it do a very good job.

 

[Toecutter]

I'd consider signing up but they're full and have a waitlist.

 

[Snowhawk2015]

Or option B ...... just hook up with some local jeepers and save a few hundred bucks by going on a different week.

If I don't go 25-27 August, I'm going after the Rubicon trip, part of the Big Dog Tour.

Day 1
travel to Lake City via Mineral Creek and Cinnamon Pass.
Stay at Lake San Cristobal

Day 2
Engineer Pass*, Hurricane Basin (opt) Mineral Creek, Poughkeepsie Gulch*, Hurricane Pass, Corkscrew Gulch
Stay in Silverton or Ouray.

Day 3
Black Bear pass,* Imogene pass*
Stay in Ouray

Day 4
Red Mtn. pass, Ophir Pass*, head home.

I may also stop in Moab on the way home via the LaSal mountains.

Flat Iron Mesa
Steelbender*
Metal Masher*
travel home

14 trails, *7 badges

PM me if you are interested. No wait list, LOL.

 

[Toecutter]

On a side note: anyone care to share their favorite camping areas near Park City, Moab, and Ouray?

 

[taatmk]

We went to Ouray last year, and it is well worth the price of admission.
The trails are stunning, the Jeep staff that run it do a very good job.

Definitely gorgeous scenery. Looking forward to doing it again.

I'd consider signing up but they're full and have a waitlist.

I don't think those organized groups "reserve" the mountain, so you could go on your own to any of those trails. You'd be sharing the trail with many other drivers, of course. Anytime during the Fall is a prime time with the San Juans, so you will not have any trail to yourself any way.

On a side note: anyone care to share their favorite camping areas near Park City, Moab, and Ouray?

I've camped at Echo Reservoir before, which is at the junction of I-84 and I-80, the latter going on into Wyoming. I've also camped at Jordanelle State Park, which is south of I-80, going towards Heber City on US 40. Both lakeside camping.

Near Moab, I've camped several times in some non developed spots off of Utah Highway 313, which is the road going to Dead Horse Point State Park and the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. After camping along that road, head down Long Canyon to Moab and go through Pucker Pass, which is a nice downhill trail off of the mesa and under a huge chockstone bridging the road. Long Canyon is a mild off road route to Moab.

I've also camped at a BLM spot called Wind Whistle Campground, which is south of Moab along US 191. I've also camped at Hovenweep National Monument, which is a ways south of Moab, south of Monticello and near Bluff, Utah. Lots of ancient ancestral Puebloan towers and structures at Hovenweep. Hovenweep is a little out of the direct route, but worth the Native American history, IMHO.

Near Ouray, there is a nice campground just south, called Amphitheater CG.

 

[Toecutter]

I don't think those organized groups "reserve" the mountain, so you could go on your own to any of those trails. You'd be sharing the trail with many other drivers, of course. Anytime during the Fall is a prime time with the San Juans, so you will not have any trail to yourself any way.

Going solo was my plan before I learned of the Jamboree, although I have a friend in Delta who may be joining me. I was picturing a line of 100 Jamboree Jeeps waiting for one another.

Thanks for the info on the camping. It's been decades since I've camped in Utah or Colorado.

 

[Toecutter]

MarinROO, how was your trip? I drove over Imogene Pass on Friday the 15th.

 

[MarinR00]

MarinROO, how was your trip? I drove over Imogene Pass on Friday the 15th.

I wish I could tell ya'... would have been an awesome trip! But my wife is 32 weeks pregnant with twins, so we had to scrub the Jeep Jam this year. I promised the JJ folks we'd be back... maybe as a family!

 

[Toecutter]

I wish I could tell ya'... would have been an awesome trip! But my wife is 32 weeks pregnant with twins, so we had to scrub the Jeep Jam this year. I promised the JJ folks we'd be back... maybe as a family!

Bummer you couldn't go on the trip, but congrats on the expectant twins!