ENGINEER PASS - From EPIC to WTF!

Nice video. For future reference, we did Engineer pass in the morning, had lunch in Lake City the returned to Silverton using Cinnamon pass. Made for a nice day.

We are running this part of Colorado in October so are watching all your videos from the area. Great job and thanks for the great information and the effort to put it out here!

Did that trail last year with the same results, once we got to lake city it was getting late and we wanted to get back to Silverton for dinner. I opted for the cinnamon pass route. We ended up getting back to Silverton and everything was closed except for one place on the main street. Epic day ended up doing 4 trails that day and really only wanted to do Poughkeepsie and Engineer pass. Went back again this year and did Black bear, Imogene and Ophir pass. Wife loves the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado. Enjoyed the videos!

Awesome info on that Book!

Good video. Back when I first did Engineer Pass, there was so much hype about how tough it was. Tough? A few miles of trail that was rougher than a cobb made it quite unpleasant and the rest was pretty simple. Sort of anti-climatic. Don't get me wrong, great views, but it was not tough or a challange to do at all. This video reminded me very much of that experience. As usual, you and your family made for a delghtful video. Thanks!

Hello, your Ouray (Your-ray) videos got me watching. My wife and I met in Ouray on a 4x4 expedition. We both had Toyota FJ's at the time and have enjoyed all the trails you have been on multiple times although I cannot say I have run Engineer Pass twice in one day. We now live in TN and call this our base camp for travels in our travel trailer. Since I needed a stout tow vehicle, I have a Ford F-250 4x4 with a 7.3L gas engine, it gets the job done. By the way, when we went up Pohkeepsie (sp) the vehicle in front of us got the hill sandy and wet so we couldn't get up but there are winching anchors up the hill so we winched ourselves up (still counts! lol). Thanks for the videos, great work. Safe travels. Brian & Brandelyne

Nice job- Taking Engineer from Ouray is a whole different experience and is quite a bit more technical. Great job with the camerawork and dialogue!

We did this trail from Lake City to Silverton one year after there had been heavy rain and parts of the trail was washed out pretty bad. The house that’s in frame at 7:38. When we got home I saw it on Zillow for sale. Can’t remember how much.... thanks for sharing...

Thanks for the video!

Should've returned to Silverton over Cinnamon Pass.

The key is not to use google maps. utilizing off road maps (of your choice). I used On-X Offroad. I can't comment because i only utilized the map display and none of the actual features but it seemed to work well for the major trail networks in the area. I did download the maps prior to visiting. and it does show up on android auto/apple car play

Great video and channel. Nice work.

Hi guys. Once again, nice video. I know that we who do Engineer will say you haven't done Engineer unless you started at Million Dollar Highway near Ou-RAY and came up Mineral Creek. Sorry about that and County Road 21. C'mon back; Mineral Creek is the most fun on the pass!

Awesome videos!!! All these episodes have been epic! Thanks for sharing. We will be getting that book too. I appreciate you giving that tip! 2 inch lifted, Rubicon JKU well equipped w/ 12s warn winch, on board air 35's etc.good for all the trekking you did in Colorado? Curios to hear it from a trusted source. Thanks!

I did both Engineer's Pass and Lake City pass in a Blazer. One of them I followed an extended cab Dodge two wheel drive, and they only issue was the length going thru the switch backs in the rain! Not that tough!

In August of '21 We did Engineer from Lake City with the intention of going to Ouray. Got to the summit and it was raining and had been raining hard all day long on the other side of the mountain. We started down and met a Ranger in a pickup coming up from Ouray and he told us "Unless you are very confident in your vehicle and your off road driving skills, he recommended turning around"....said the trail was getting slick and in pretty rough shape in some places and visibility wasn't great. So we turned around and went back the way we came. We had a map, but I thought there could be better signage to identify the trails.

We ended up in a similar situation... had taken much longer than anticipated to get to Lake City, looked at the maps and decided we would just take Cinnamon Pass Road down to Animas Forks and back to Silverton. We finished in the dark... what they call a county road is more like a county trail... Great video.. enjoyed watching it.

How was passing during those first few miles? Also, it seems as though, while rocky, the uphill part never got particularly tippy or too narrow for comfort. Is that correct?

Great video. We're headed up there in a couple of weeks (on motorcycles) so appreciate the preview. Debating whether to bring my drone. What drone are you using?

I just got back from Ouray, I'm 90% sure I was on the road you were on at the end.