Just got back from a short weekend in the San Juan Mountains (Colo.) and wanted to share with you guys my thoughts on how awesome this vehicle is. It's amazing how this truck can do so many things so well. Here are some highlights:
- Drove from Denver to Gunnison and on to Lake City. Plenty of mountain passes, and passing on two lane highways. The LR4 is a monster on the highway.
- Took the southern section of the Alpine Loop to American Basin. Mostly flat dirt roads, and the LR4 eats those up.
- Used the truck as my base camp. I ran up Redcloud Peak on Sunday, and then hiked Handies Peak on Monday. Slept in the truck, and it worked out great. Cracking the sunroof kept the interior from turning into a sauna, and the mesh shade kept the bugs out. I'm not the tallest guy, so I was able to sleep fully stretched out on just one side of vehicle. A sleeping pad and sleeping bag is all I needed.
- Completed the Alpine Loop on Monday with traverses of both Cinammon and Engineer passes. Lots of steep blind switchbacks, and the LR4 climbed them with no problems at all. I think I was getting a lot of looks from all the Jeeps, as if they were shocked to see a newer (2012) Land Rover out on the trail.
- After tackling the passes on the Alpine Loop, I still had long stretches of dirt road in front of me to get back to Lake City. I put on my rally car hat and crushed that drive. Probably drove too fast, but that was the fun part.
- Highways back to Denver.
What a great truck. I'll post some pictures of the '4 on top of the passes a little later.
- Drove from Denver to Gunnison and on to Lake City. Plenty of mountain passes, and passing on two lane highways. The LR4 is a monster on the highway.
- Took the southern section of the Alpine Loop to American Basin. Mostly flat dirt roads, and the LR4 eats those up.
- Used the truck as my base camp. I ran up Redcloud Peak on Sunday, and then hiked Handies Peak on Monday. Slept in the truck, and it worked out great. Cracking the sunroof kept the interior from turning into a sauna, and the mesh shade kept the bugs out. I'm not the tallest guy, so I was able to sleep fully stretched out on just one side of vehicle. A sleeping pad and sleeping bag is all I needed.
- Completed the Alpine Loop on Monday with traverses of both Cinammon and Engineer passes. Lots of steep blind switchbacks, and the LR4 climbed them with no problems at all. I think I was getting a lot of looks from all the Jeeps, as if they were shocked to see a newer (2012) Land Rover out on the trail.
- After tackling the passes on the Alpine Loop, I still had long stretches of dirt road in front of me to get back to Lake City. I put on my rally car hat and crushed that drive. Probably drove too fast, but that was the fun part.
- Highways back to Denver.
What a great truck. I'll post some pictures of the '4 on top of the passes a little later.