The driver and his wife were killed, their 11 year old son and another
youngster were seriously injured. All of them were unbelted. The paper
reported they had pulled to the side of the trail to let another vehicle
pass. As they proceeded they ran the Grand up on some rocks that caused it
to roll, then fall 800 ft down the side of the mountain. An accident
investigation is still underway.
We again are reminded of the implicit dangers of traveling San Juan mountain
trails. Along with the 2 fatalities on Black Bear Pass last month, these are
the first fatal accidents on these trails anyone can remember.
Both accidents are reputed to have involve experienced 4 wheelers. However,
with the increase in numbers of inexperienced drivers with new SUVs we fear
these numbers will climb and advise everyone heading this way to be doubly
cautious.
Sorry to hear about the loss, though you are right it reminds us how
dangerous our hobby really is.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Mike
"Mike Romain" <rom...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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"L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" <billh...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Mike Romain wrote:
> I find the words 'experienced' and 'no seat belts' hard to swallow in
> one sentence.....
Could not have said it better myself.
SIGH....look for more knee-jerk legislation and lawsuits to seriously impair
offroading from stuff like this...
"Jerry McG" <gmcgeorg...@frontier.net> wrote in message
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No doubt. While they don't close the Interstates down because of traffic
accidents, my USFS contact says the local anti-motorized crowd will try and
capitalize on these accidents to further restrict activity on these trails.
Both of the trails are county roads, but that really only means the counties
have jursdiction to determine their status, not private landowners, BLM or
USFS. The Black Bear trailhead is in Ouray county, which is offroader
friendly, but ends in San Migel County (Telluride) which is not. San Migel
County has banned ATVs from their sections of Black Bear, Imogene & Ophir
Passes. Dirt bikers have complained of being hassseled badly by locals when
they come into Telluride from any of these entry points. It's probably only
a matter of time before Jeepers get the same treatment from the
Telluridians. (If so, the T-Ride residents will be forced to sell several
thousand Jeeps lest they become politically incorrect!)
Ouray and Silverton are heavily dependent on off roaders for summer
revenues, however Telluride don't need no stinkin' off roaders, in fact they
probably don't need no stinkin' revenues, either, since so many residents
are flatlanders with ridiculously deep pockets. (The only funny part about
Telluride, the anti-ATV Mayor's name is Art Goodtimes!)
"Jerry McG" <gmcgeorg...@frontier.net> wrote in message
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Kevin S wrote:
> Heading to Ouray this weekend and was considering doing Imogene. It's been
> a long time since I did it and thought the fiance would like it. Hope she
> isn't reading the paper.
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I haven't been on imogene since my parents and I used to vacation out her
when I was like 14. Seem to remember it was gorgeous drive.
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I hope they actually look at the past occurances (or lack thereof) on these
trails!
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