Advmoto18
Senior Member
I rode this trail on my moto several years ago. Tough trails such as this one I scout before tackling the route with my truck/Hawk. Needless to say, I did not drive this route, nor would I attempt such, in my truck.
Fortunately, the driver, a passenger and two dogs survived this scary event.
The back story as I have read various accounts, driver stopped the vehicle in gear with parking brake set and exited the jeep. The tranny jumped out of gear and the parking brake did not hold resulting in the jeep rolling backwards off the trail and down the mountain. The female passenger was ejected during the tumble but survived with serious, non-life threatening injuries. The 2 dogs are reported to be healthy as well.
The occupants of the jeep recording the video with dashcam were very, very fortunate that it took them a minute or two to negotiate the hairpin turn a few minutes earlier.
The San Miguel County Sheriff has been wanting to close this trail for years due to the number of accidents which place county first responders in harms way due to bad decisions made by people who have no idea what they are getting into driving this trail.
But it is a beautiful trail that delivers you to Telluride when traveling East to West.
Scary video here.
Fortunately, the driver, a passenger and two dogs survived this scary event.
The back story as I have read various accounts, driver stopped the vehicle in gear with parking brake set and exited the jeep. The tranny jumped out of gear and the parking brake did not hold resulting in the jeep rolling backwards off the trail and down the mountain. The female passenger was ejected during the tumble but survived with serious, non-life threatening injuries. The 2 dogs are reported to be healthy as well.
The occupants of the jeep recording the video with dashcam were very, very fortunate that it took them a minute or two to negotiate the hairpin turn a few minutes earlier.
The San Miguel County Sheriff has been wanting to close this trail for years due to the number of accidents which place county first responders in harms way due to bad decisions made by people who have no idea what they are getting into driving this trail.
But it is a beautiful trail that delivers you to Telluride when traveling East to West.
Scary video here.