| Written by: | Matt Adams | |
| Trail ran: | Early 1999 | |
| Vehicles in attendance: | Various Jeeps, some lifted, some stuck. | |
| Trail difficulty: | 7/10, for vehicles tested. Mostly moderate except for several challenging obstacles that make it difficult. The last 3/4 mile decent is a gut-bender for sure. You MUST be confident in your abilities and your vehicle, one wrong steering on the last decent could easily result in serious injury or death. | |
| Location: | Near Keystone/Montezuma | |
| Directions: | Take 285 west to Webster. Head north on Country Road 60. bear right at 3.2 miles. There are signs that direct you to Webster Pass/Red Cone. Webster Pass and Red Cone start on the same trail and branch off later on the trail. |
A challenging trail known for its steep 3/4 mile one-way decline near the end of the trail. Definitely a winner. I went with some members of the Mile-Hi Jeep Club, who have adopted this trail. Here are a few of the signs you'll see along the way.
A few shots of the notorious downhill near the end. It's one way (as you can tell by the sign shown earlier, indicating it is one way only. In the first shot, I am actually looking darn near directly up at a decending Jeep. No picture can truly capture the steepness of the first portion, and a slight mis-steer can easily result in rolling a vehicle and theres nothing to stop you for quite a while.
Just a few of the great shots of Red Cone.
