It was great crossing paths with you up there. I was with my wife and kid in the black Land Cruiser and forgot to mention I was there because of your videos. Fun coincidence. It’s a great way to wait for traffic to die down on I70 and have some fun at the same time!
Thanks for doing these videos. I learned of these trails from all your videos over the years. I just got home to indiana from a trip to Colorado where I did st johns to deer creek loop you described in your video with my 2023 gladiator and it was awesome. Thanks again
It was nice to see the truck doing what it was designed for. The way this truck was equipped for overlanding is similar to the way Australian trucks are set up for long-distance touring. However, the Australians remove the stock bed and replace it with a modular alloy (aluminum) canopy (box) that can have dog boxes for your pets, electric power with lithium ion batteries, a kitchen area with a fridge and gas or induction cookers, solar panels, a rooftop tent, a shower, wraparound awning, etc. The Australian canopies are sealed with rubber gaskets to keep out dust and are also water proof for deep river crossings. Some companies make off-road bumpers that incorporate the stock vehicle sensors so you don't get any error codes.
Really enjoying these videos. They give me a good idea of what to expect. I’m planning to do Red Cone, St John’s, and maybe Radical hill coming up this weekend. Maybe see you out there!
Loved the video Roman and Alan! Your video triggered an old memory for me. My dad took a job as mining director in Leadville CO in 1966. I was 3 or 4 yo. The company gave him a Suburban Carryall 4x4 to use. We would go out camping on weekends, driving the trails around Leadville. Thanks Roman!
I saw that truck at Overland Expo in Flagstaff and it is an impressive build. Someone will be very lucky to get that when they finally auction it off. Very happy with my Silverado ZR2 Bison with an Alu-Cabin and I’m betting this would be even more capable. I’m still trying to figure out some bigger rubber, but at least I was able to get a Duramax. Very much enjoying all of these trail videos.
Watching from french speaking Québec, love these videos, thanks for making them Roman, planning to go back to Colorado soon. Love what you guys do on all your channel.
Thanks for the correct explanation about lightning and vehicles, Roman. I heard Alan say “It’s not because rubber isn’t a good conductor” and laughed because that’s what most people I explain it to say. I also follow up that question up with “35 inches of rubber is a much better conductor than the 1,000+ feet of air that the lightning arcs across on its way to the ground”. 😂
People often overlook that the thinner air doesn’t allow your radiator and cooling system to work as well and things overheat much easier at a given pace even while making less horsepower north of 10,000 feet.
@@dennisl6198 not entirely true. We’re not talking automobiles with millions of dollars of R&D. My modern KTM 1190 adventure bike can get to 235° at those altitudes going uphill for over an hour at less than 15mph. It doesn’t shut down, but the fan is whining the whole time until the descent
For OHV, yes. For legally registered on-highway vehicles, I could not find a source that says it’s required on FR275. It’s always a good idea to get a OHV sticker, just in case, but not required on this trail - assuming TFL has properly registered the truck.
Love the videos. I would suggest doing trails farther away from Denver and Boulder to entice folks to get out there and explore the state. For example around Montrose, or Red feather lakes, Tin Cup, Crusty Butt, or Leadville. We all know the Ouray and Telluride area.
Nice truck and nice ride with a Detroit 5.1 or a Cummins 2.8 this thing would become almost perfect !Or an efficient LS turbo 4.8 pretty sure it would get much more MPG on the highway .
The elevation of a tree line varies depending on the location and other factors, but here are some examples: Alaska: The average tree line is 2,000 ft Colorado: The average tree line is between 10,000 and 11,000 ft Maine: The tree line is between 3,800 and 4,200 ft Mexico: The tree line is around 13,000 ft Switzerland: The tree line is around 7,200 ft Bolivian Andes: The tree line is 17,100 ft Himalayas: The tree line is 13,800 ft Japanese Alps: The tree line is 9,500 ft Canadian Rockies: The tree line is 7,900 ft Torres del Paine in Chile: The tree line is 3,100 ft Scotland: The tree line is 1,600 ft The tree line is the elevation where the forest gives way to alpine shrubs, mosses, and rocks. It's a gradual transition, not a sharp line, and can vary by hundreds of feet on a mountain.
19:49 I enjoyed the Journalism 101 class, but do consider that parts of that road are on private property, or owned by Summit County, which may have different rules. And when in doubt, blur it out. 😆
vehicles that have been used and high miles are more special and have more meaning to me than some clean pos that's sat in the garage its whole life and has no storys
Thanks for showing this. I thought Sts John was challenging. it clearly isn't. Looked to me like if you had LSD on the rear you could easily have done the entire thing in 2wd.
thanks for the videos. But here is an advice. YOu live in EUA. please there are so many solutions for your worst radio communication device sound quality. We can not recognize what is talking . You can instal an Starlink and transfer the signal trought wifi blue thoof for the other car and create a network even in remote areas. etc.
I happens all the time. Those dang AWD wagons are getting better and better. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I've run into stock Subarus on some NASTY trails up here. And they bang and bash their way through.
@@WorkFromHomeFridaythe AWD systems are getting better and they're more on par with real 4wd systems, however, they're not nearly as durable as an SUV built on a real frame with at least one solid axle. You'll break something way sooner on that crossover on these types of trails than you would on a 4Runner or Wrangler or Bronco.
@@backwoodstherapy no awd system compares to low range gearing in 4lo that’s the main issue they have but for roads like this you can do it pretty easily in these new crossovers it’s crazy
I seen a lot of atvs and side by sides there on a lot of UA-camrs videos that they post. I want to go up there on my stock Colorado Z71 would it make it??? Height?? And wanted to take my atv as well. I live in Vegas so I want to know for sure if I can really use my atv if not to leave it at home, don’t want to haul my trailer for nothing, any info truly appreciate it . Want to go in September
Love the truck hate the white interior in that truck they should give other options on the interior Roman looks crunched up in this truck no grab bar on the front driver side pillar they went cheap on that aspect of it
The cooled and heated seats are really only cool when they are not heated. 😂😂😂😂. Decent truck and build. Don’t like the fact the CEL is on. Kind of like when bigger tires are put on and the speedometer odometer are not calibrated for them.
Leave it to government to say you cannot have an electric bike on the trail because it's a motorized vehicle, and then say nothing about the electric scooters with obese people in them on the walking paths.
People have the idea that somehow side by sides are as capable as a 4 wheel drive truck or SUV. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Just ask any off road recovery outfit.
They're super fun when going high speeds off road and you don't have a raptor. Problem is, lots of guys lift them and put big heavy truck tires on them and when you have a vehicle that's designed for 29s, and running 35s on it, bad things happen. Ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings all fail, and spectacularly. Don't take them in the rocks.
I agree that most people seem to think that SxSs are more capable or tougher than they are, but you can say the same thing about “factory” 4x4 trucks and SUVs. If you “send it” you’re gonna break stuff and SxSs just bring out the “send” in people.
@@giaxxonethat's also marketing at play. Someone uneducated in the field may see a Mazda CX-50 marketed as an "off road" SUV and not realize it's just marketing and not really up to more than a 1 or 2 rated trail, max. Aside from a select few vehicles - Chevy ZR2, Wrangler, Bronco, handful of others - there's not much you can really go out and beat on without breaking things.
It's funny, I was hanging with 4 wheelers in my hummer, outdoing them even in some instances, and everyone was impressed? Like this trail was something a stock Chevy pickup from the 90s couldn't do?
I know that OnX makes your boat payment, but TrailsOffroad is SO MUCH better (and cheaper because TOR doesn't BUY all it's clout, like OnX does, along with 90% of their trail content). Every trail on TOR is mapped and maintained by TOR mapping crew (tires on dirt). @12:46 You're NOT on BLM land. You on USFS land: White River National Forest, Dillon Ranger District. There's a huge difference. (If you hade TrailsOffroad, you'd know that.)
Please please never allow sxs on any of these. They will ruin the trails and everything else in between. Here in north ga and Tennessee and North Carolina they are allowed on roads and it’s the worst. They tear up trails. They are dangerous. I see kids riding in the front seats with no helmets. In a crash that would be fatal.
Awesome to see these trails, better yet, to see them done in such a similar vehicle (I have a stock '24 Colorado ZR2). My question is, did you really need to be in 4Lo for that? I can see the steep part, but for the rest, I would think 4Hi would be fine. I've only used 4Lo and locked the front/rear once (though I've locked the rear several times) and that was on one of the steep optional loops on Switzerland Trail. I'm a total noob at this, so, just asking! Excellent vid as always!
Whole thing could be done in 2 wheel drive. Unfortunately this is a GREAT channel but these guys are not off roaders and say everything is extreme and needs 4x4 and lockers.
@@WarTurkey_1 I think for that trail I would have used 4Hi, but left it unlocked until the steep section and then I'd lock the rear only. I know the camera doesn't do it justice, and as a noob I may be wrong, but that's how I would have ran it.
I have been enjoying these "from the trail" videos.
Thanks for sharing them Roman! Just another reason to watch TFL!
It was great crossing paths with you up there. I was with my wife and kid in the black Land Cruiser and forgot to mention I was there because of your videos. Fun coincidence. It’s a great way to wait for traffic to die down on I70 and have some fun at the same time!
Nice meeting you!
Thanks for doing these videos. I learned of these trails from all your videos over the years. I just got home to indiana from a trip to Colorado where I did st johns to deer creek loop you described in your video with my 2023 gladiator and it was awesome. Thanks again
It was nice to see the truck doing what it was designed for. The way this truck was equipped for overlanding is similar to the way Australian trucks are set up for long-distance touring. However, the Australians remove the stock bed and replace it with a modular alloy (aluminum) canopy (box) that can have dog boxes for your pets, electric power with lithium ion batteries, a kitchen area with a fridge and gas or induction cookers, solar panels, a rooftop tent, a shower, wraparound awning, etc. The Australian canopies are sealed with rubber gaskets to keep out dust and are also water proof for deep river crossings. Some companies make off-road bumpers that incorporate the stock vehicle sensors so you don't get any error codes.
Sitting on Norway watching, nice views 👍 this is what makes me want to visit Colorado..
I love you're trail videos
Really enjoying these videos. They give me a good idea of what to expect. I’m planning to do Red Cone, St John’s, and maybe Radical hill coming up this weekend. Maybe see you out there!
Loved the video Roman and Alan! Your video triggered an old memory for me. My dad took a job as mining director in Leadville CO in 1966. I was 3 or 4 yo. The company gave him a Suburban Carryall 4x4 to use. We would go out camping on weekends, driving the trails around Leadville. Thanks Roman!
That is awesome!
I saw that truck at Overland Expo in Flagstaff and it is an impressive build. Someone will be very lucky to get that when they finally auction it off. Very happy with my Silverado ZR2 Bison with an Alu-Cabin and I’m betting this would be even more capable. I’m still trying to figure out some bigger rubber, but at least I was able to get a Duramax. Very much enjoying all of these trail videos.
Roman that GMC is awesome love it thank you for the great videos
Watching from french speaking Québec, love these videos, thanks for making them Roman, planning to go back to Colorado soon. Love what you guys do on all your channel.
😊 Great vids and series. Thx Roman is really nice to see the pretty scenery, car reviews get stale so this is a great change!!
Roman with the science lesson! Fantastic
Perfect video. I am really looking forward to taking my TRX on some of the trails you have explored. Thank you.
Thanks for the correct explanation about lightning and vehicles, Roman. I heard Alan say “It’s not because rubber isn’t a good conductor” and laughed because that’s what most people I explain it to say. I also follow up that question up with “35 inches of rubber is a much better conductor than the 1,000+ feet of air that the lightning arcs across on its way to the ground”. 😂
These videos are excellent. A wonderful way to see the Colorado I love but may not be able to experience. Thank you Roman.
Another great Saturday morning, coffee, and Trail Guide!
Definitely enjoyed it, thanks a lot! Have A Blessed Day! - Chris
I've got to get back to Colorado...so beautiful! Thanks for the video.
Thank you for taking me on this adventure trip. Fun and enjoyable.
F. Caruso in Arizona.
People often overlook that the thinner air doesn’t allow your radiator and cooling system to work as well and things overheat much easier at a given pace even while making less horsepower north of 10,000 feet.
technically, yes, but no modern vehicle should have any problem cooling itself at high altitude. there's still air.
@@dennisl6198 not entirely true. We’re not talking automobiles with millions of dollars of R&D. My modern KTM 1190 adventure bike can get to 235° at those altitudes going uphill for over an hour at less than 15mph. It doesn’t shut down, but the fan is whining the whole time until the descent
Fantastic, I love watching these. Great addition to your channel.
Maybe I missed it, but you need to mention that many trails in Colorado require a state OHV permit, including Sts John..
For OHV, yes. For legally registered on-highway vehicles, I could not find a source that says it’s required on FR275. It’s always a good idea to get a OHV sticker, just in case, but not required on this trail - assuming TFL has properly registered the truck.
Love the videos. I would suggest doing trails farther away from Denver and Boulder to entice folks to get out there and explore the state. For example around Montrose, or Red feather lakes, Tin Cup, Crusty Butt, or Leadville. We all know the Ouray and Telluride area.
We just did this trail Tuesday coincidentally. Going tomorrow to do Deer Creek tomorrow.
We like all the trail rides,keep them coming,thank u!
Nice video. I’ll be headed out to Lake City the day after Labor Day from VA. Can’t wait!
Great scenery and a very cool truck! Good work guys.
Love your Trail videos Roman!
SXS with no cvt. Honda
That's such a great truck. I'm just so gun shy on the motor.
Simply awesome! Thank you.
Keep making them I want to find more places to take my 2017 trd off-road double cab long bed Tacoma watching from New Hampshire
Thank you sir, may we have another?
Yes, soon
Great video,keep them coming
Nice truck and nice ride with a Detroit 5.1 or a Cummins 2.8 this thing would become almost perfect !Or an efficient LS turbo 4.8 pretty sure it would get much more MPG on the highway .
These are great videos. More, please.
You got balls taking a truck up there with the check engine light light on
Great Video, although that white interior is gorgeous as an off-road rig it will be dirty in a few days
TFLoffroad, awesome video I really liked it
The first couple miles of Saints John is pretty easy. I do it in 2wd high, with a manual trans.
Grest series. Keep it up.
Thanks for the great video!
Roman, BLM land is totally different than National Forest land!
Was thinking the same thing.
But I do appreciate your "how the sausage is made" video style, showing the walk-ahead-drive-by-walk-back filming.
Another great video.
These are great videos
I love those videos
The elevation of a tree line varies depending on the location and other factors, but here are some examples:
Alaska: The average tree line is 2,000 ft
Colorado: The average tree line is between 10,000 and 11,000 ft
Maine: The tree line is between 3,800 and 4,200 ft
Mexico: The tree line is around 13,000 ft
Switzerland: The tree line is around 7,200 ft
Bolivian Andes: The tree line is 17,100 ft
Himalayas: The tree line is 13,800 ft
Japanese Alps: The tree line is 9,500 ft
Canadian Rockies: The tree line is 7,900 ft
Torres del Paine in Chile: The tree line is 3,100 ft
Scotland: The tree line is 1,600 ft
The tree line is the elevation where the forest gives way to alpine shrubs, mosses, and rocks. It's a gradual transition, not a sharp line, and can vary by hundreds of feet on a mountain.
With deleted diesel, removing the dash light is easier so the dummy is not on for emissions.
19:49 I enjoyed the Journalism 101 class, but do consider that parts of that road are on private property, or owned by Summit County, which may have different rules. And when in doubt, blur it out. 😆
vehicles that have been used and high miles are more special and have more meaning to me than some clean pos that's sat in the garage its whole life and has no storys
Loved it. Have another trail listed in my book. How about some stock trucks. I know everyone likes the builds but that's kind of cheating
I love them
If you're worried about pinstriping your vehicle, why not get a wrap (other than cost obviously)?
Great video and always a fan from Canada. What's up with the CEL on the dash?
Thanks for showing this. I thought Sts John was challenging. it clearly isn't. Looked to me like if you had LSD on the rear you could easily have done the entire thing in 2wd.
Would the F150 Tremor fit on that trail? How much would it be pinstriped?
You guys should do the Sierra AT4 more and X and not the expensive aev adtion
thanks for the videos. But here is an advice. YOu live in EUA. please there are so many solutions for your worst radio communication device sound quality. We can not recognize what is talking . You can instal an Starlink and transfer the signal trought wifi blue thoof for the other car and create a network even in remote areas. etc.
That’s hilarious they’re in a built off roader and they pulled up on some crossovers 😂
I happens all the time. Those dang AWD wagons are getting better and better. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I've run into stock Subarus on some NASTY trails up here. And they bang and bash their way through.
@@WorkFromHomeFridaythe AWD systems are getting better and they're more on par with real 4wd systems, however, they're not nearly as durable as an SUV built on a real frame with at least one solid axle. You'll break something way sooner on that crossover on these types of trails than you would on a 4Runner or Wrangler or Bronco.
Well... maybe not a Wrangler. ;) But yes.
@@backwoodstherapy no awd system compares to low range gearing in 4lo that’s the main issue they have but for roads like this you can do it pretty easily in these new crossovers it’s crazy
From most your mountain videos it seems like your trails are mini highways ?
I’d be lucky to see one vehicle in weeks but I prefer it that way
Looks very doable with a 1/2 ton pick up in 33” K03s
Honda SUV’s are doing it. You don’t even need 4x4
How much louder is the Magnaflow exhaust vrs stock? Drone ?
I seen a lot of atvs and side by sides there on a lot of UA-camrs videos that they post. I want to go up there on my stock Colorado Z71 would it make it??? Height?? And wanted to take my atv as well. I live in Vegas so I want to know for sure if I can really use my atv if not to leave it at home, don’t want to haul my trailer for nothing, any info truly appreciate it . Want to go in September
Ok I just saw the sign atv welcome
Love the truck hate the white interior in that truck they should give other options on the interior Roman looks crunched up in this truck no grab bar on the front driver side pillar they went cheap on that aspect of it
The cooled and heated seats are really only cool when they are not heated. 😂😂😂😂. Decent truck and build. Don’t like the fact the CEL is on. Kind of like when bigger tires are put on and the speedometer odometer are not calibrated for them.
11:58 mark looks like RPM 850 and the CHECK ENGINE light is on??
Nice looking GMC...too bad it costs an arm and a leg.....beautiful countryside though
Weird. I like Allen way more than the other young guys yall have on the channel. I love the old school guys on the channel the most, always!
Honda Pioneer with a DCT 👀
4K vid next time please.
New truck and already has a check engine light?… what up with that?
Puts 100k truck in 4lo to drive behind awd Hondas. So unnecessary Roman, cmon dude.
Leave it to government to say you cannot have an electric bike on the trail because it's a motorized vehicle, and then say nothing about the electric scooters with obese people in them on the walking paths.
People have the idea that somehow side by sides are as capable as a 4 wheel drive truck or SUV. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Just ask any off road recovery outfit.
They're super fun when going high speeds off road and you don't have a raptor. Problem is, lots of guys lift them and put big heavy truck tires on them and when you have a vehicle that's designed for 29s, and running 35s on it, bad things happen. Ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings all fail, and spectacularly. Don't take them in the rocks.
@@backwoodstherapy definitely not rock crawlers.
I agree that most people seem to think that SxSs are more capable or tougher than they are, but you can say the same thing about “factory” 4x4 trucks and SUVs. If you “send it” you’re gonna break stuff and SxSs just bring out the “send” in people.
@@giaxxonethat's also marketing at play. Someone uneducated in the field may see a Mazda CX-50 marketed as an "off road" SUV and not realize it's just marketing and not really up to more than a 1 or 2 rated trail, max. Aside from a select few vehicles - Chevy ZR2, Wrangler, Bronco, handful of others - there's not much you can really go out and beat on without breaking things.
It's funny, I was hanging with 4 wheelers in my hummer, outdoing them even in some instances, and everyone was impressed? Like this trail was something a stock Chevy pickup from the 90s couldn't do?
I know that OnX makes your boat payment, but TrailsOffroad is SO MUCH better (and cheaper because TOR doesn't BUY all it's clout, like OnX does, along with 90% of their trail content). Every trail on TOR is mapped and maintained by TOR mapping crew (tires on dirt). @12:46 You're NOT on BLM land. You on USFS land: White River National Forest, Dillon Ranger District. There's a huge difference. (If you hade TrailsOffroad, you'd know that.)
Please please never allow sxs on any of these. They will ruin the trails and everything else in between. Here in north ga and Tennessee and North Carolina they are allowed on roads and it’s the worst. They tear up trails. They are dangerous. I see kids riding in the front seats with no helmets. In a crash that would be fatal.
Those logos look ghetto
sorry but being old does not make you fat riding a electric bike on other well that could have something to do with it. just saying
I stopped watching the talking never ends.
Awesome to see these trails, better yet, to see them done in such a similar vehicle (I have a stock '24 Colorado ZR2). My question is, did you really need to be in 4Lo for that? I can see the steep part, but for the rest, I would think 4Hi would be fine. I've only used 4Lo and locked the front/rear once (though I've locked the rear several times) and that was on one of the steep optional loops on Switzerland Trail. I'm a total noob at this, so, just asking! Excellent vid as always!
Whole thing could be done in 2 wheel drive. Unfortunately this is a GREAT channel but these guys are not off roaders and say everything is extreme and needs 4x4 and lockers.
@@WarTurkey_1 I think for that trail I would have used 4Hi, but left it unlocked until the steep section and then I'd lock the rear only. I know the camera doesn't do it justice, and as a noob I may be wrong, but that's how I would have ran it.