Mt Rosa. Colorado Springs, CO. Solo. #75
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2018
- Mt. Rosa is a pretty mellow/high speed trail most of the way with cool views. There are several spurs off of it if you're looking for a bigger challenge. The ones I tried got too gnar to continue solo but I really should've checked the "right" at the 4-way intersection. Next time! Anyway the playground is really cool, I think you could spend an hour there easily. Once you go beyond that there are a couple serious obstacles as it winds down into the trees and canyon. Could spend a whole day exploring the 5 or so trails in the network. Have fun out there!
Filmed 10/23/18
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Always nice to watch. You've produce some fantastic films. I still wish I had my old X-Terra. Looked just like yours. Thanks much for the films man!!
thanks so much to you! haha and yea i love the Xterra’s, had a 1st gen for 7yrs and about 4 on this one i think? had a series of health and mechanical issues so the channel was on hold big time but this summer i plan to come back in full force, thanks for watching ‘em!
Colorado looks very much like British Columbia, just a bit drier and a lot more access. Very cool.
Very cool drone work ... And if you are doing it all alone ! Score more Points !!! Thanks for sharing !
thanks buddy! and yea, 99% of the time, 1-man show hahah.
@@BRollOffroad One Man Show !!! Yeah !!!
Very nice....amazing views keep em coming
thanks bud!
Awesome, as always!
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Buddy, i cant even imagine how much worm goes into making these videos by yourself. But an awesome trail as usual!
thank you so much for even considering it, these videos don't show any of the stress haha.
I love that area! Just took my Jeep JL through it recently-awesome 🇺🇸
yea it was refreshing to get out of the on-and-off-curbs routine typical of the rockies, had many smooth flexy rollers and high speed sections which was awesome. thanks for checkin the video out!
B Roll Offroad agreed it’s always nice to change it up! I enjoy your videos-keep up the good work!
@@AmericanJeeper thanks bud you too!
Love that xterra and it’s awesome to see how far you’re pushing the suspension on your truck!
thanks bud! going to keep it pretty plain. the only things i really have planned are paint the plastics and add rock sliders.
FLEXED! Ahaha love it
Would be cool if trailsoffroad mapped the spurs off 381, I want to know what I'm getting into before I commit. Great video as always man.
haha yea i thought the same and didn’t have time to check, they do give a brief description i think…
thanks!
That flex tho
haha could use some more but i'm pretty pleased. it's more fun on 2-3 wheels anyway.
Love your videos! Any good spots for moderate to simple trail that leads to some great car campimg and fishing spots....?
i don’t fish unfortunately so i’m not sure on that one.
Great video as always.. very peaceful... did you remove the sway bar? You got a lot of flex, very nice
thanks, and yea i took them off on the first day haha.
I really enjoyed my Xterra. Nissan definitely needs to bring it back.
there are rumors! i saw some concepts that scared me greatly though haha, one looked like an Xterra/Juke/Outback mix and the other was like a worse Rogue. if they do anything to mess up the iconic roof line or fenders people who enjoyed the first ones won't bite.
It definitely needs to be truck frame based, no unibody. I agree that the roof rack and stepped body lines with bulged fenders made it unique. I know there is a market for it, look how Toyota dominating the overlanding craze.
@@JKsouthwest definitely. also going from 1st to 2nd gen they made the fenders so much more square and boss haha. i thought the 2nd gens were lame and bulky at first but every time i walk up to it i love it so much. the 1st gens look kind of soft to me now haha. hopefully they keep progressing that way, i want everything square. looking at the coolest offroad vehicles it seems like most people want square. Wrangler, Land Rovers, H1, G Class, Samurai etc. that new Jimney is like the coolest new car i've ever seen haha.
Great video with some amazing drone shots!
Btw, Do you think I could do this trail in a stock Subaru Crosstrek (8.7 inch ground clearance and AWD)?
thank you! not sure of your experience level but if you skip the side routes you could probably do it.. at least most of it. the trail does have some off camber sections but is mostly obstacle free, TrailsOffroad has it at a 3 out of 10.
I'd just stick the good drone segment stuff at the end, it seems chopped in to me, still a bit much of it BUT your videos are looking real good.
thanks for the feedback! you don’t think the hard cuts are funny? haha. but the reason it’s like that is so the trail is in linear order. ideally the trail ends at the top of a mountain, i get all the tech stuff on the way up and have a drone finale. this is also great because switching between camera/drone takes like 10mins each time and i hate it. THIS trail ends in the trees with no views and would be a lame finale so i had to chop it in. you’ll like the next video though, it’s beautiful Long Canyon in Moab. filmed the few mellow obstacles on the way up and then all drones on the way down. Day Canyon Point (which is next after that) is even better. pretty tech the whole way with almost no drone except the end and then some sunset Easter Eggs on Mineral Bottom. thanks again for watching!
Where does this trail begin?
take Old Stage Rd to Gold Camp Rd and it’s in the right not too far, it’s before Mt Baldy.
hate to be in that spot 1:30 when it's wet. could easily flip
it's pretty "slick" anyway since it's loose gravel, looks like i'm on ice for a sec there haha, thanks for watching!
Is it necessary to air down here ?
probably not but i do for everything because it’s so much faster and smoother.
How do you have your spare tire mounted on your roof? Just using some tie downs?
i made a # with paracord as tight as possible. then 4 ratchet straps around tire and both rails/crossbars. this pulls it down into the paracord “basket” so it floats an inch or two above the roof.
@@BRollOffroad Smart, did the spare not fit in it's original location? I see in some of your videos you have the tire on the roof and other times not so I was just curious.
@@matthewwesley2179 i had it this way on my 1st gen Xterra because the 32" wouldn't fit and when i tried it didn't seem like a 33" would fit on this one. the forums convinced me it did so tried again and it's tight, but it does fit in there so i put it back.
Could this be done in an F150 with a lift and tires?
mmm never wheeled one, seems long but you’d probably be ok if you took less ridiculous lines haha. could also skip the spurs, those are the most difficult.
@@BRollOffroad well I'll be in my X so I'll take all the stupid stuff but wanted to make sure my buddy could follow, even with different lines
Came here to see if anybody yelled at you about the playground area. I’m getting scolded in my most recent upload about that entire thing being “illegal access” since it’s not mapped on the USFS MVUM.
yea i just checked it, there’s not a leg off to the east on the MVUM like TrailsOffroads’ waypoint 7… i think you have good responses and i agree- they’ve obviously been there a long time and were made by something other than trucks. while i also agree that there shouldn’t be signs everywhere saying don’t go here, don’t go there, if that entire dome with trails up and down it were an issue in a heavy use area like Colorado Springs i feel like USFS would have put up a couple “restoration area” signs. i guess per the MVUM it is off-trail ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ definitely best to err on the side of caution.
@@BRollOffroad I guess I’m a little annoyed by the ambiguity to some of the rules and why things are the way they are. If they actually cared, I feel like something would be done about it. As you said, signs or chain off access to this area. Granted that could have happened and people took them down but I don’t know. Seems pretty easy to make restricting access up there a little more permanent if they really wanted too.
yea i mean sometimes they just put a couple logs or rocks across it and it’s obvious you’re not supposed to be there plus don’t have a man made sign for a win-win solution. i also usually trust that TrailsOffroad has done the research before doing a write up that tells people what is and isn’t ok. i guess they have so many people across the country submitting information it might be hard to keep track of. i’ll take it as a learning experience and do a little more of my own research from now on… but for all we know they asked a ranger who was like “oh the playground at the top? yea that’s fine!” so who knows.
@@BRollOffroad lol!!!! Legit!!!! I didn’t even know about this area till I saw you video a year or so ago. Cool little spot and it’s unfortunate if you’re not supposed to be there. It’s very unique. I very well may go talk to the Pikes Peak District Ranger office to see what their thoughts are. They’re here in Colorado Springs. Just want some clarification and see if I can understand why more has not been done to block it off they actually don’t want people up there. I’m sure it’ll be a “resources and funds” excuse, plus I’m sure they love giving people fines and making some money from people not doing the research to find what is and is not accessible.
Great video! Xterras are great. I had a 2001 xterra lifted on 35s. It was a beast offroad. Check out my page to see it going up Engineer Pass.
thanks! it all started with an '01 Xterra with 32's for me! LSD actually worked, took the sway bars off and it was done haha. i'll check the vid too!