Owl Creek Pass provides an alternate route from US Highway 550 in Ridgeway to US Highway 50 near Cimaron. Taking this route bypasses Montrose and provides for a very scenic day. When we drove it in our Toyota FJ Cruiser last week it took only about 45 additional minutes. The road is graded gravel and…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Trip Reports
Flat Tops and Adams Lake
by tomas •
White river national forest must have more lakes than any other national forest in Colorado. The Flat Tops are a lime stone wonderland filled with springs, caves, sinks and lakes. We were on the flat tops looking for a cave that we never found. Our destination was Adams Lake. We had already attempted to make…
Trip Reports
2009 FJ Cruiser Summit – Ouray Colorado
by tomas •
Nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains is the town of Ouray, Colorado. Said to be the Switzerland of America, the San Juan Mountains live up to this saying. Ouray sits at the end of the valley in a box canyon surrounded by the cliffs that lead up to the surrounding mountain. Once a…
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2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams Edition
by tomas •
The 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams Edition was shown to the public at the 2009 FJ Cruiser Summit. The TT Edition is built on the Sandstorm FJ. In talking with the TRD folks it looks like the 2010 edition will be limited to 1,500 so order yours early. I was also given the impression…
Trip Reports
One Stuck ATV
by tomas •
Sometimes it takes a Toyota FJ Cruiser to get a 4 wheeler out of a mud hole. This is a first for myfjcruiserorg. The driver of this ATV was trying to keep to the rules and stay on the road. He got into the hole and did not make it through. All tires were spinning…