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After getting close to the highway, we looked at the map and discovered a second route, one that led from Como on County Road 801 and became Coronet Drive to Blue River. On the map it looked fine. We were in the Trailblazer with 4WD and had taken many a Jeep trail before. We were experienced.
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Young and energetic, they bounced the car and after a few attempts, we pulled free of that trap. They had come from the Blue River side, so I asked about the road up ahead and they thought that if we could get through the bog, we’d be okay.
Not too far down the road, I got stuck again, among some tree roots. Shortly the motorcyclists arrived and again helped us free. Another mile, and the road was blocked by a snow drift. There was plenty of room for the cycles, but not for a car. There was an alternate route, but it required me to drive over a tree stump. My first attempt to get around it left a dent in the fender and a scar on a tree. I backed up and began building a ramp of logs to get up and over the tree stump. Our rescuers showed up once again and helped, but the Trailblazer high centered on the stump. With their help, I finally got free, and even made it through the black muddy swamp with only a few loud bangs where the frame hit submerged rocks.
By then, it was dark and with some helpful directions from our rescuers, we finally made it to Blue River and from then on to our place in Breckenridge. I don’t think we suffered any major damage to the Trailblazer other then the dented fender, but we were just happy to get off the mountain.
An adventure!
Puts me in mind of this C.W. McCall song.
Interesting. Glad you made it out with little damage to life, limb and Trailblazer.
Seems like a book from FunTreks could have helped this situation 😉
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