US Trip 5c La Plata Canyon

A neighbor of my brothers took us on a ride
It was up La Plata Canyon



I rode out
they had to trailer theirs
not set up for the road



A Honda crf, and Yamaha wrf



Jepedo





We rode along a very rocky road for quite a few miles



Lots of time to look around



As you head up the canyon
the walls start to close in



We saw some tracks heading up
and thought why not



As we were climbing you could see a nice smooth trail
on the other side of a ravine





We rode back down a headed up it



Woo Hoo
fun



It did not lead us very far
we had to go back down and take the rocky path up

It lead to someones gold mine
that is the white box thing in the back ground



Looking down to the point we had started from







This is the cirque at the top of our climb



Some old guy had ridden his quad up here and offered
to take some photos of us

This was the least crappy



We rode down
and headed further up the canyon





We took the trail to the pass





And what a pass



At this point we were just under 12,000 feet



Looking over



A bit of a drop



Checking out the trail down



Durango in the distance



The trail had been wiped out by snow slides over the years





The gap in the pass



Me dying from the heat



Back down
Me hiding from the sun





View from the trial head





On the way back to the truck
we passed an old homestead