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3 killed after Jeep falls off Colorado cliff during off-roading tour
New York Post ^ | September 15, 2022 | Jesse O’Neill

Posted on 09/16/2022 6:19:12 PM PDT by george76

Three people were killed during an off-roading tour of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains when their Jeep plunged over a cliff on Monday...

Arizona tourists Diana Robles, 28, Ofelia Figueroa-Perez, 60, and hired driver Don Fehd, 72, were all killed when their 2022 Jeep Gladiator drifted off the edge of Ouray County Road 361 and landed hundreds of feet below...

The vehicle first fell 100 feet to the bottom of a cliff... It then rolled about 140 feet down a rocky embankment, ejecting Fehd...

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Before the crash, Robles, a Yuma nurse, had reportedly just snapped a picture of the iconic Imogene Pass, a “thrilling” trail that is the second-highest drivable pass in Colorado

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Monday’s accident marked the second deadly crash in the area in just a week. On Sept. 5, an Arizona man was killed and his wife was injured when their ATV rolled hundreds of feet near Imogene Pass

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: alpineloop; colorado; deyded; imogene; imogenepass; jeep; jeeptrips; knowwhatyouredoing; lakecity; offroading; opherpass; ouray; pass; silverton; telluride; trips
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To: dynachrome

True.. even climbing on foot has killed many / falling off a cliff, bad weather ...


21 posted on 09/16/2022 7:00:43 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: dynachrome

I can barely tolerate the Million Dollar Highway and that’s a paved state highway


22 posted on 09/16/2022 7:02:53 PM PDT by NeverCheney
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To: dynachrome

Black Bear Road.

You don’t have to be crazy to drive this road, but it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzWyZ-jM9Is


23 posted on 09/16/2022 7:07:46 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: george76

I went over Weston pass in a Saturn I owned. I made it but it was iffy.


24 posted on 09/16/2022 7:07:54 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: george76

Don Fehd’ up.


25 posted on 09/16/2022 7:10:33 PM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: dynachrome

I went over it once about 10 years ago and it was beautiful but that was enough.


26 posted on 09/16/2022 7:10:37 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: NeverCheney

If you don’t like heights, there are a lot of roads in Colorado to avoid.


27 posted on 09/16/2022 7:13:23 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: packagingguy

Mrs. Slim did the Imogene Pass Run back in the day (before we met and I taught her the value of sloth). Northern NM is beautiful.


28 posted on 09/16/2022 7:13:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: Texaspeptoman

I have yet to go 4x4’ing in my Jeep. Hope soon. Just lifted it 3” (max before you have to mess with axles and stuff) and put max size tires on it. Stock otherwise. Lots of stuff has been replaced. Sheesh. Love being able to see over most of traffic. The Toyo AT-III’s (awesome tires) make a slight hum but most wouldn’t notice. Trail rated. Yeah baby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjvit8pIl4


29 posted on 09/16/2022 7:14:09 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (USA Currently has an illegitimate government.)
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To: hercuroc

I expanded that pic to full size. Wow! But, no way I’d trust my or anyone else’s brakes going down that descent into that little parking area...

My wife and I discovered a little one way Forest Service road that leads to campsites in the Union State Forest in S. IL, a little while back. A long section of the road runs truly on the top of the ridge as it winds around, and parts are maybe 10-11 ft. wide, with steep drop offs on both sides. Granted, we’re not talking about 1000 ft. drops, but, that was enough “fun” for me.


30 posted on 09/16/2022 7:17:22 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: bicyclerepair

Cool video!
Don’t know where you live though if you can get to Colorado plan to spend some days in an area west of 285 and south of I-70 and focus on Ouray / Silverton / Telluride / Opher pass / Lake City - the Alpine Loop…. That should keep you busy for a few trips.
My best surprise was taking this road in the article and driving to Mt. Sheffels and climb a 14er. Almost to the parking area, you pass this beautiful waterfall and when, at the right angle of view, it’s the Coor’s beer can “Twin Falls” (a little out of the way from Golden). Beauty pops up everywhere on these trails. Have fun with your jeep!


31 posted on 09/16/2022 7:32:27 PM PDT by Texaspeptoman (Even cannibals... get fed up with people sometimes.)
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To: Texaspeptoman

We went over Engineer Pass with my wife’s stock Yukon XL a few years ago.

Looking at the Road to Bird Camp, it looks like my Miata could have made it.

It looks like Selfies were involved, here.


32 posted on 09/16/2022 7:50:46 PM PDT by UNGN
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To: george76

New legislation coming. Off roading outlawed.


33 posted on 09/16/2022 7:53:18 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: bicyclerepair
I have yet to go 4x4’ing in my Jeep. Hope soon. Just lifted it 3” (max before you have to mess with axles and stuff) and put max size tires on it. Stock otherwise.

I have an '05 Jeep Wrangler TJ and have done many rugged trails. Stock, no lift, except for 31 inch BFGoodrich T/A tires. I can go just about anywhere except for maybe trails like the Rubicon near Lake Tahoe. Here in the Eastern Sierra of California there are many steep, narrow trails with 500 to 1,000 foot drop offs. I have always been really careful.

34 posted on 09/16/2022 7:53:30 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: george76

I did one of those tours in 2005. Lots of scary moments. Was glad when it ended.


35 posted on 09/16/2022 8:04:18 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: george76

The hired driver was a fool


36 posted on 09/16/2022 8:44:54 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: george76

I remember once when I was a child living in the area in the 1960s, we went on a picnic at Box Canyon in Ouray. There were no fences protecting tourists from the canyon and I remember we were on the precipice and my mom started rolling down the cliff to to her certain death there. Somehow we saved her but it was the scariest moment of my life.


37 posted on 09/16/2022 9:28:55 PM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said that we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever )
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To: dynachrome
Yep, there could be some risks to the oil pan on a low slung car on Weston Pass. It's likely though the mildest pass to drive one could imagine.

I came across a couple of women driving a beater pickup at the crest of Weston. They had stopped to take in the view then the truck wouldn't restart and the battery was run down.

Out came my jumper cables and nope, wouldn't restart. They had filled the gas tank in Denver and the gauge read a full gas tank still. Poked around a few minutes and found the truck had dual tanks so flipped to the other tank. Varoom the truck started.

1. They didn't know the truck had dual fuel tanks.

2. The fuel gauge only indicated for one of the tanks.

38 posted on 09/16/2022 10:54:03 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: george76

What’s really fun is meeting someone else on a shelf road wide enough for only one vehicle, a couple thousand feet of drop below and backing up for a couple of miles or so to let the other vehicle through.


39 posted on 09/16/2022 11:54:10 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: george76

Last time I went over Mosquito Pass around 20 years ago, it was still a moderate trail suitable for vehicles with more ground clearance than a regular sedan. Very scenic!

Been over a couple of extreme ones, too, but those require modified vehicles (lockers, much clearance, much articulation, etc.).


40 posted on 09/17/2022 12:07:45 AM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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