Black Bear & Imogene

I headed down with Ryan, Vince, Rachael, Clint and Dave on Saturday afternoon when they rolled through Grand Junction on their way to the San Juan’s from Salt Lake City. We go there just in time to get our tent setup along the South Fork of Mineral Creek before it started raining. We headed into Silverton for a nice Mexican dinner at Romero’s.

On Sunday we headed up to Black Bear Pass and Imogene Pass before heading back to Silverton for some tri-tip cooked by Dan.

Everyone at the trailhead

Headed up through Mineral basin towards Black Bear Pass

Ryan and my Jeep at Black Bear Pass

Our group at Black Bear Pass

Headed down to Telluride on the other side of the pass

Approaching the Steps before descending down to Telluride

Driver’s view while headed down the Steps. Steep, narrow and no room for error.

Ingram Falls

Crossing Ingram Creek and headed down the switchbacks to Telluride

View of the notorious upper switchback

Bridal Veil Falls in the distance

After a quick stop in Telluride for lunch, we headed up Imogene Pass and over to Ouray.

View of the Black Bear switchbacks from Imogene Pass

My Jeep in the Social Tunnel

Looking down on the Red Mountains from the overlook near Imogene Pass

The group headed down from Imogene Pass

Ryan, Rachael and Vince

Rachael crossing Sneffels Creek

Vince crossing Sneffels Creek