Black Bear Pass Trail Guide from trail start to Pandora Mine including the obstacles (including optional ones), the steps, the switchbacks, the narrow shelf roads, historic remains (Mines, Bridal Veil Falls, Via Ferrata), and stunning views. How to do Black Bear Pass with a Jeep Cherokee KL Trailhawk, new Ford Ranger FX4, Jeep Cherokee XJ, and a brand new stock Jeep Wrangler. We encounter bad weather and discuss the dangers on Black Bear as well as important information you should know. We also discuss how to get yourself ready to take on Black Bear Pass, a legendary Ouray, Silverton, Telluride off-road trail.

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Videos Referenced in this Video:
Radical Hill
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Cliffhanger 2.0
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Crystal Geyser
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Aldrich Lakes
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Time Stamps:
00:00 What will come!
00:40 Part 1: The Journey Begins
1:34 Meet the Drivers
3:30 It's Beautiful, but Easy
5:00 Final Climb to Black Bear Pass Summit
5:50 Part 2: It's all DOWNHILL from here
7:15 Sean HATES shelf roads
8:15 Black Bear Pass History & Mine
8:57 Part 3: We start with a BANG
10:40 No Bypasses: The Twister!
12:05 Ledge 1 or Obstacle 1
14:00 Obstacle 2 or Ledge 2
14:50 The Steps, the narrow shelf road
16:08 Yes, people have rolled over here too
17:06 The Legendary Tightest Switchback
19:55 Only 10 more switchbacks to go!
20:26 The Bridal Veil Powerhouse
20:39 The Via Ferrata Telluride
20:54 Bridal Veil Falls
21:37 The Bottom of Bridal Veil Falls
21:50 Pandora Mine

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My name is Dewie Jones and I’m the reluctant host, videographer, and video editor for the channel. I’ve daily driven a wrangler my entire driving life starting with a 1997 TJ, most recently a ten year old 2012 JK, and now new 2021 JL. I like the challenge of driving a stock wrangler on tough trails. My buds are not new to wheeling either, but for their own specific reasons, now wheel aggressive SUV based off-roaders like Cherokees, 4Runners, Land Cruisers, VW Touregs, and Renegades. We decided Colorado Mallcrawlers was a funny name so that's how we got here. We film our trail runs letting whatever happens, happen and then later make the video an accurate trail guide with comments on how to do it better than us.

For trail planning, I use the Funtreks Books (amazon search: Funtreks books). I have the current editions of the Colorado books, Arizona, California, and Moab. I finish up my trail planning with TrailsOffroad as they can sometimes have more detail as well as user submitted current conditions feedback. I use GAIA GPS with TrailsOffroad waypoints on UConnect currently. one (although I'm not paying attention to it on filming days). Here’s my video that tells you how I find trails.    • Find off-road trails the BEST way!  

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