where did you TAKE your Tenere today?

Sierra1

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For all of my DFW friends . . . . will be at T.M.S. for the I.M.S. on Sunday, 3OCT21. My two boys are going with me. Hope to see y'all there. Look for my helmet.

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Strummer

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So I woke up at 03,30 am to go to see the dawn at my favourite spot on Dolomites....
If you guys were ever to come to Italy
1- we have to meet
2- you must go to Giau 's Pass
I came here once or twice pet year and everytime is the same, I am speechless.
There must be something "magic", mystic maybe....
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jgonzo

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So I woke up at 03,30 am to go to see the dawn at my favourite spot on Dolomites....
If you guys were ever to come to Italy
1- we have to meet
2- you must go to Giau 's Pass
I came here once or twice pet year and everytime is the same, I am speechless.
There must be something "magic", mystic maybe....
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That is spectacular.......your a lucky man to have that in your back yard!
 

Ss1

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Случайные точки по всему Снежному хребту, Вайоминг
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Was it hard to drag Teneru on a liquid grader? The photos were clearly taken with a professional camera !?
 

14kmtnman

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First snow of the season ride. I wasn't sure how much snow would be in the high country this morning, so I headed up to Georgetown CO to find out. It wasn't quite 50 degs when I left the house, so I was dressed warmly for the cooler temps up high.

This is one of the first things I saw once turning off the highway to downtown Georgetown. It could be fun. I'm not sure how well those tires fit into the wheel wells.
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This the main downtown area of Georgetown. You can tell it's still early because of no cars on the street.
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From higher up on Guanella Pass road. I-70 is in the background on the left. Saxon Mtn is on the right. There is a 6.5 mile road that zig zags up the face of the mountain to the top then drops down into Idaho Springs. I have come in on that road a couple of times from the Idaho Springs side.
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One of the first sections on the Georgetown Snake River Wagon Road. This is actually on the way down after everything had dried out a bit. When I went up earlier, it was all wet and muddy. You know it's humid when your windshield fogs up.
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See the snow? It was trying to spit on me just about the whole time I was up there. This is what they call the Tundra Hut. I'm not sure what it's for or who can use it. There were a couple of trucks there when I went by. This is close to 11000 ft.
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This is at the Waldorf Mine site. There are lots of side trails up here. To the left way in the distance is Argentine Pass which is just a hiking trail now. On the other side is Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and the little town of Montezuma. I peeled off a layer and changed to my summer gloves at this point.
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This is the road I'm heading up. You can almost make out the higher road to the top on the left side of the saddle right about where the clouds start. From the saddle area you can look down onto I-70. From still higher up you can look across the valley (a drop of 2-3000 feet to the floor) to Grays and Torres Peaks which are the closest 14k mtns to Denver. They are very popular hiking destinations during the summer time.
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To be continued.
 
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14kmtnman

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This is looking back down the valley towards Georgetown. I think Saxon Mtn is the one in the far left center distance.

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I was following some Fox or Coyote tracks in the middle of the road for a while.
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I come around a corner and see this sight

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This is where I turn around and head home to meet the wife for lunch.
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The sun decided to come out on the way down - intensifying the colors
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I head over to see what the Saxon mtn road looks like
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This is not a very good picture showing how rocky it really is. I was not feeling very committed today to attempt the ascent by myself, besides needing to get home. If I had a buddy or 2 it looked doable from the Georgetown side. As I was sitting at the bottom eating a power bar surveying a possible route up, a guy pulls up in a brand new 4x4 midsized truck (stock tires and low running boards). The first thing he says is I don't think I'm going up that in this. I told him from my previous trips down that road, that the road looks like that all of the way to the top. A wise choice on his part not to attempt it.
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