Thank you for the tour. My great-great-Grandfather co-owned a mine right next to the Orphan Boy mine in Mosquito Pass near Alma and his son was a Judge in Leadville.

Well done video - I very much appreciate the tour! I appreciate your commentary and also I liked the long stretches of silence - was like being out there and good to hear the engine.

A lot of you wouldn't believe it if I told you my buddy and I drove this pass in a 1980 Volkswagon Scirocco, but we did. Those cars are pretty exceptional.

Thanks for sharing. I hadn't been on that trail since I was about 4 yrs old in my grandpa's '65 CJ5. He was shocked to see a VW bus at the top. I collected a handful of iron pyrite and he let me believe I was rich! 😄

Some people don't know the rules of the road! Vehicle going uphill has the right of way just like you pulled over on your way down. 👍

Awesome video! 1976 my dad took us over that pass in a 2 wheel drive ford pickup loaded with mobile home skirting to do a job in Leadville. I had heard it was paved today. Obviously Not.😅

I was SHOCKED when I saw the words "going DOWN to Leadville!"

Enjoyed your windshield tour of Mosquito Pass! As a flatlander, the first thing I learned driving some of these Colorado offroad passes is do not try to sight see and drive at the same time. Thanks for all the great scenery!

I finally got a chance to finish watching this video. Great job Geoff! I agree with Earle on that one guy not yielding to up hill traffic. I love our High Country Colorado trails above timberline!

Nice! We've been there several time and love it. Thanks for sharing your adventure!

Best Mosquito Pass vid I’ve seen. 👏

Great video! Thank you for not adding music!

It was a nice trip with you. Good to see it all looks pretty good still. It's been some years, heck decades, since last there. Keep the rubber side down. 👍✌

Really good video. Brought back nice memories of traversing that pass!

This was our favorite trail. Sometimes didn’t get over until well into August because of snow around the London Mine area. The west side is a bit narrow pass on. Thanks for the memories.

I have done this trail and the views are amazing. It's also an easy trail. However, if you don't like ledges and heights be warned. The ledge on the Leadville side must be at least a 1500 feet to the bottom from the top and is not very wide.

That area looks great, Reallylike the back countryThumbs up

Geoff great video !! Looked like a nice cool day for the trip. Mosquito pass is one of my favorite runs. You made good time on the crossing. 💪😊

Its a great trail

love your show.....

A friend was a minister in Leadville for a few years. Originally a minister in Roswell, then transferred up there. Night and day difference. Thank you for the video - yes my job was to drive - if you wanted to look at something. Time to pull over (if possible) and then do it. Take care - God Bless

That was awesome for a stock Jeep and what appears to be moderate off road ability 👍

During the summer of 1977 I lived in Alma. One day a group of us went to ski a snow field near the London mine, part way up the pass. While there, among the string of jeeps, down came a hippie in a VW bug. I also owned a VW, and I asked if he had crossed the pass. ""Oh yeah, and you can do it too' he said. So,, a couple of weeks later, I decided to try it myself . One of my old roommates from CSU, who lived in Leadville, invited me over to do a "hike" up La Plata Peak. I got up before sunrise and left my cabin, figuring that if I was going to have a chance of making it, I needed to do it without traffic. It was hell, but I made it to the top. What that VW lacked in power it gained with fairly high clearance and a short wheelbase. There were some pretty serious spots where the oil light would flicker, suggesting I was about to stall or blow the engine. But I kept going and I was fortunate to only meet one jeep coming down. Once on top, I stopped and let that engine cool for a good half hour while I hiked and enjoyed the view. From the pass I could see La Plata Peak with the morning sun on it. The Mosquito Range cast a long shadow down towards Leadville. On the way down the Leadville side, I encountered a lot of loose shale, and I was not sure I would have made it up from that side spinning wheels on some of that stuff (though obviously that hippie had done so). I was definitely worried about my brakes getting down. Anyway, I made it and met my friend for the climb. He, having grown up in Leadville, decided that the marked trail would be too easy, so we climbed the peak via Ellingwood Ridge. After about six hours to traverse 1.5 miles along that knife-edged ridge, and in a snow squall, we reached the top of La Plata Peak. The constant, near-death experience of Ellingwood Ridge erased the terror I had experienced driving my VW up Mosquito Pass. Your video refreshed my memory just a bit. If I don't sleep tonight, hopefully it will be because the Nuggets won the NBA championship, and not because of the re-emergence of repressed terror of driving up the pass, initiated by your video. Thanks for posting! God bless.

Than Mosquitoe Pass sign is amazing!

I remember doing this trail and I encountered the same thing with other drivers. That's why I plan on going again during a Wednesday or Thursday.

Back in 2000, national full size Bronco get together. Ran Mosquito pass (and others) in my '70 w/4" lift, 36's, and 460. Carburetor HATED the elevation. Also had a lightning storm hit up there when we were checking out one of the ghost towns. We were IN the storm and lightning was simultaneous with the thunder-strikes hitting within 200 yards. Good times!

New subscriber here. Fun stuff. So many sharp rocks looks like they could eat tires!

@20:20 there's a a little side road to the right, my first time up Mosquito, 25 years ago, a friend, me and another buddy went up this in his 79 Chevy 2 wd truck, anyhow we went down that side road, scary as hell, real narrow. Also, close to the bottom of the pass, there are a few less traveled roads, more fun than driving the road over the pass.

In 1977 I saw a 4 door Buick go over mosquito pass. I was shocked. I was in a 1976 red short wheel base 1/2 ton ford

That’s awesome country for sure!

We used to take weekend trips on these roads. Scared me half to death!

I did this twice in my Subaru GL10 4X4. I even got a quarter of the way up in my SAAB 9000.

Saw two girls in 2WD Corolla there. No big deal.

lol i lived in Leadville, CO for years. Ive done this trail in a stock 2004 Dodge Dakota 3.7 manual.

I’m gonna come join you soon buddy !! Love all your videos 🤘🏼🤘🏼

I made it over the same day, I was a few hours behind you. Made it to the pass/sign just as the last burro team did. Rained the entire way down into Leadville. My F150 definitely needs a lift and 35s

I did this drive in my 1996 manual 5-speed Geo Metro in the Summer of 2002. As you might imagine, that was fun...🤣

Do you need an ohv pass or anything? Cool video, just moved out here cant wait to take the rig to some trails

Cant wait to do this thinking next weekend if weather holds up decent! Got a 460 w 32’s think I should be okay?

thanks for the vid! does your jeep have an exhaust or is it running rough? i think it may just be the exhaust along with some wind noise and just how the mic was picking it up

Such an awesome video! I know you posted it a while ago haha but I will be going to Leadville this weekend and am thinking about taking my rig on the pass. How long did it take you to get from the top of the pass to Leadville??

Cool video never done mesquite pass yet but its on the list for sure.. what's next for you I usually go out solo but it would be nice to tag along with you sometime!

Use of UHF radios by vehicles going up & coming down this pass would make for easier navigation for all drivers involved...

There were passing problems when I did this pass many years ago especially the one lane Leadville side. I have done this since 79 and you see a lot more assholes in jeeps these days than then. And of course the occasional fool in a Suburban or big truck.

They ain’t short on rocks up there. Did the trail noticeably slick up when it started raining?

How long did it take to run the full length of the trail and how long to the peak?

in 2001 july , i got my crown vick 1988 up to where the river was near top , almost got stuck turning around , nearley torn my car up .. but i was very determaned ..

what camera support do you use?

I do agree with the rule that those going uphill have the right of way; however some discretion should be applied. If the one going downhill needs to reverse then who is going uphill? It's much easier to go uphill while driving forward. IMHO some give and take should always rule.

What do you use to stabilize your camera?

What's the red thing in the roll cage?

I was crossing mosquitoe pass every September before KZfaq existed. Back then, it wasn't for tourists.

Colorado Rocky Mountain high, Ive seen it rain fire in the sky...........talk to God and get a casual reply........

Look at the critter at 15:30...

I don’t know why anyone would want to take that kind of beating. Nice country though.

I couldn’t drive this pass. I couldn’t walk this pass.

Uhhh.... uphill has right of way. Don't let that dude by, you're teaching them bad habits. With all those stickers on that back window they should already know this. That guy was drunk and racist.

Mosquito Pass?!?!?!?!? Did not realize we have mosquitos here in Colorado.