Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Boondocking near Poncha Pass - Day 2: Fall Colors on Marshall Pass Road and within Rio Grande National Forest

 Pretty good day of riding in search of Fall Colors and finally achieving the summit of Marshall Pass after two unsuccessful attempt when there was still lots of snow on the road to the summit.

Turns out, Marshall Pass Road is quite easy and even Umarang, the URRV would have had no issues achieving the summit!  Dang snow.....



Not really much in the way of epic scenery from the pass summit so Yagi and I turned around and made our way down heading back the same way we came up.

Here's some of the Fall Colors I saw on the way down:











Mount Ouray






Rode back to the camp for another late lunch and then headed out to explore FR 876 which is inside the Rio Grande National Forest (I thought I was next to the San Isabel NF but apparently the Rio Grande NF has bits located here as well).  

Here's three pics from Aspens located next to my campsite:




Some more Fall Colors enroute to FR 876:



So, assuming you're not tired of Fall Colors pictures, here's the views along Forest Road 876, it was quite colorful and extended for over two miles I think.









Hope you liked the pics, tomorrow it'll be Scarlett's turn to go out to look for Fall Colors or views of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range, we'll see how it works out.

10 comments:

RichardM said...

Nice Fall colors!

redlegsrides said...

Thanks RichardM

Spat said...

Hi Don I haven’t done much leaf peeping this fall so I thank you. The color looks good but possibly waning, it is October after all. I think I know your camp area just over the pass. We’ve camped there a fewer times for Chic Fest, a women riding clinic. Sure do like the area and you capture it well.
Spat

redlegsrides said...

Thanks Spat!

CCjon said...

Checking Marshall Pass off your bucket list, eh? Good work.
Thanks for sharing the colors. Am back in Texas missing the color peak in NM. Maybe next year.

redlegsrides said...

Without snow, CCjon, Marshall Pass was very easy...but it’s done now.

Oz said...

Absolutely awesome photos. I really need to get back to the Rockies in the fall.

redlegsrides said...

Thanks Oz, beware the weekend crowds

Bluekat said...

People get tired of fall colors? 😳 No way!
Gorgeous bright cheery yellows. So pretty. Those roads look fun to explore too.

redlegsrides said...

Thanks for the comments Bluekat, I personally could live with these colors for a while yet.