I've been going up to Alpine tunnel/Williams Pass since the early 60's. This is great, restoring one of the most remarkable railroad landmarks in Colorado. And, we have access to Williams pass once again! Thank you Markus and CORE and all the 4wheel drive community that worked for this!

In the 1950's my dad took me to both the east and west portal of the Alpine Tunnel. It had not fully collapsed back then and we walked in a few hundred feet on each end. It was kind of creepy though for a 10 year old kid. I don't think I have ever been back, but I've explored many of the trails and 4WD roads in the area over the years. Great video!

Amazing! Great work over the years many people will be able to enjoy those areas for years in the future now.

Thank you for all you do to keep trails open!

Thank you for the video and all that you and Core do to keep these trails open.

This is an historic milestone for our future, thank you for the detailed walk about Marcus. As for Onx, I blame the creators that are shilling it to new offroaders, it's inaccurate regurgitated garbage and should be treated as such.

Your people did an awesome job removing the abandoned camper trailer, glad it is gone. People need to be held accountable for the trash they discard. I am glad that the tunnel project is proceeding well and that they decided to rebuild the road to the W. side. CORE has been essential to maintaining these 4x4 trails around Chaffee County and more with a lot of hands-on trail maintenance and repairs by mostly volunteers. Without them many trails would be closed. But with responsible use of the trails, by everyone who appreciate being able to visit these mountain areas we will continue to be able to use them without closures via government agencies trying to protect public lands. Tread Lightly and leave these areas better than what you found them even if someone else did not respect this Privilege.

You earned a subscriber with trail advice. When in doubt, get out and walk it. And your work on dry stack stone walls is amazing. Thanks for updates on alpine tunnel. Now if you guys could work on the 285/50 intersection in poncha... .well, thanks for what you do.

Glad to know my ohv sticker money has been put to good use I've been buying them since 1998

We appreciate the efforts from everybody to get this wonderful historic area put back together! Maybe it'll last another 150 years LOL❤

Didn't know it was being rebuilt. Have been there a number of times. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for all your efforts, Marcus!

Congratulations on project well done!!

if i was younger man with a stronger back i'd love to be out there helping.

Thank you for the efforts to keep the trails open in this area. Huge milestones

What’s the break point of a road being closed indefinitely vs getting maintained?

You can not kiss enough government a$$ to get them to do the right thing.The government has one priority in all of it's endeavors. The priority is to protect and expand it's own power. That's it. Once you understand this everything becomes clear.

Is it possiable to start in St.Elmo go over Hancock, curve down close to Pitkin , up Cumberland pass to Tincup, cross mirror back to St Elmo ? We are renting a jeep in Salida in 2 weeks

The 2 mud holes up towards top are ruff and I watch many going around and through willows. Good to hear they will be fixed. We put up a couple poles back up on Sunday on mirror lake side. SXS knocked them down while we we fishing.

I enjoy all your videos. There is so much info you put out that I would have never guessed. I would read all the comments on trails offroad that would say the trails were gutted most likely to keep all the SxS's out but come to find out they are on a maintenance schedule lol.

this is a very helpful video. There is a very recent unhelpful bit of advice on FunTreks website advising people to stay away from the bank. Just an FYI.

Thank you very much for the work you have done on the trail. It should make a lot of Flatlanders very happy. Appreciate the time you spent going over the trail/road maintenance and the differences in the scheduling, great info for those of us residing and riding here in Colorado. Great Vid, Thanks.

Great information, thanks!

On Mirror Lake have you thought of placing a metal sign and post advising drivers to keep to the left bank on one side then on the other side to keep to the right bank?

This is great! Thanks for the info.

Thank you for the info! Appreciate what yall do. So Tomichi pass is open and by way of Hancock? Then to get to Pitkin , by way of Taylor Park would be by Cumberland pass. Then drive to almost Tomichi pass? Just trying to figure out how much of the loop we will miss out on. Seems like driving as far as we can, then backtrack back to taylor park

Appreciate your hard works and the updates!

Thanks for the comments and info on FS maintenance!!

I came in June and rented a vrbo in Cimarron. My plan was travel to mirror lake to fish however CDOT closed the bridge at blue mesa. I tried the detour and that was closed the day I tried so rather disappointed. I camped at mirror lake last year and CDOT had 50 closed and required a 3hr wait to get through the construction if I wanted to go the black canyon. I understand hiway construction but 3 hour waits or closed with small window in morning and evening is ridiculous. I still managed to explore some new areas to me in my Jeep. I’ll be back next year.

As soon as I saw rhis I wondered if any reviews on Trails Offroad noted people should stay between the posts and preferably closer to shore and sure enough Marcus posted pics and details !!

Thank you

You do all the Stewardship work then Texas Bob and California Carl drive into Moab on vacation. Unload their OHV from their trailer. Fill a cooler with beer, then go out and do whatever they want. "I'm entitled ta do what I want... muh freedums"

Y'all did it to yourselves. Trash, racing, making your own trails over sensitive ecology, piles of crap and toilet paper, modified OHV noise. You are being watched and videoed.

Are there any off roading tours that operate during winter with snow conditions?

I’m 9+ months late here but I’m thinking the answer is to just go. Travel the lands however you want, be damned what the man says. That being said, don’t damage it. Stick to trails, etc etc. The rangers can’t handle the masses.

Anyone been to mirror lake road in the last 2 days and can report on depth of water? We appreciate all the work done by the Keep Trails Open crew!

Looked like a good day to be a cameraman. Great work you guys do for the community, really amazing.

We aere there on June 26 ans it was deep

I was at Mirror Lake on 7/11/24 also in a stock 2 door Rubicon on 33" and it was too deep for me!

Snorkel bros! Such great info!

just got my non-resident OHV and it says the sticker must be placed inside the vehicle on the lower right passenger front window so its visible.....:/

Thanks for the update. We'll be there in two weeks. Your work at getting trails ready and the reports to us is appreciated.

I wonder if it was H & H towing in Gunny towed that 4Runner away

Thanks for the trail report and water Crossing information. Im planning to run tin cup then up Antero to camp in 2 or 3 weeks. I love that area its one of the best in the state.

Great advice, both in this video and your previous one, for those of us less experienced from out-of-state. Viewer from Florida here, watching your videos in anticipation of future trip out there in my 4Runner. Looking at the bumper-stickers on the underside of your hood, I wonder if you may have previously lived in Florida. That "Moroso" bumper-sticker is identical to that of the very popular former Moroso Motorsports Park northwest of West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County. When the Moroso family sold the racetrack back in 2008, it was renamed Palm Beach International Raceway. It closed down for good in 2022. The track was a lot of fun. Everyone into cars, trucks, 4x4s, in South Florida used to go there. I still see a lot of cars around here in Palm Beach County with that exact same Moroso bumper-sticker that you have on the underside of your hood.

That depth is enough for a lot of vehicles to turn around and go back. It would be fun to volunteer to clear trails and things like that. Great tips that are often overlooked, about water crossings.

I will be there next week. Looking forward to it.

Sweet, i am glad you guys have the ability to do what you do! It takes time and money to do this type of work

trails are not closed, you can still hike them.... Super psyched they are closing these and this has me motivated to help preserve more land from off road use. Cheers

So why not go run those trails and say "fuck you catch me if you can" to the schmucks tasked with keeping us out? There's only so many rangers out there to begin with...