Holy Cross Trail Colorado
Holy Cross Trail On Saturday August 21, 2004. The Holy Cross Jeep trail is south of Minturn. To get there take hyway 24 to FS 703 go west and follow the signs to Blodgett Campground continue for about 9 miles till you get to the trail entrance F.S. 759. The road on the way to the trail is washboard so air down early to make the ride a little more pleasant.
Once on the trail it gets down to business rapidly the trail is rated as a 8 and becomes extreme at French Creek and the Roots of Evil above the creek.
Everyone airing down for the trail..
The trail starts out rocky and Larry, Kathy and Hayden lead the way.
Jeff and Kim head over the rocks with there Rubicon.
Don heads down the trail with his Tomb Raider with the new lift and 33" tires.
The obstacle are near continuous as Mark n Sherri go over one.
Jeff, Kim, Kelly and Gabby follow over the obstacle
Ryan puts on a little show.
Larry, Kathy and Hayden take on the next obstacle. This one is optional, not many are on this trail
Mark n Sherri head up the second part of the obstacle.
Luke and Jillian with Dan following.
Luke and Jillian easing up the rocks.
This is where the trail becomes more extreme French Creek. Larry, Kathy and Hayden make it up the creek cleanly.
Mark, Sherri and Brittany follow.
Ryan heads up the trail.
Don and Jaws cross French Creek.
Luke and Jillian cruise up the rocks.
Dan gets a little flustered but makes it without any real problem.
After the creek it started raining and hailing heavily so we where not able to take any pictures till we got to Holy Cross City.
The crew at Holy Cross City. This is where we stopped for lunch.
The line up of jeeps. There is a circle road at the city.
If you turn right on the road above the city this is what you will see.
Each obstacle becomes more extreme.
There are winch points for all these obstacles.
These obstacles are extreme. If you attempt them please walk them first.
Larry, Kathy and Hayden head back down the trail.
Mark n Sherri at the roots of evil. I thought this was the hardest obstacle on the trail before Holy Cross City. It was pouring rain when we came up and very slippery and off camber on the way down.
Ryan rolls over the roots.
Dan carries Brittany across the creek. Thanks Dan
Mark n Sherri crawling down the obstacle above French Creek
Ryan having no problem.
Dan moves down smoothly.
Don comes on down.
Luke and Jillian have no problem.
We continue down the trail the way we came.
This is the only trail damage we had. We had a great day on the trail even with the rain and hail. As you can see the damage was obviously acceptable on a trail like this.
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Mark n Sherri Jeep Club
