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 Turning the corner at the 4WD Sign, looking ahead |
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After passing the 4WD Sign, the road became an inexorable climb through long straight stretches ending in switchback after switchback until I finally came up on the top of the top ridge, turned the last switchback and parked by the Engineer Pass sign. The views were great with no trees in the way. Someone had driven a D-8 through here to clear the worst of the snow from the road, but I'll bet that blade never touched the ground anywhere in its journey. Near the top I got out and started trying to pick out which mountains were which in the distance, then at the summit I found signs indicating explicitly which were which. (For the western views, go to the next page.) |
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 June 28, 2008, about 12,300', 9 AM, 38°F in the sun  Eastern view at the summit, Wetterhorn Peak in the center, Uncompahgre to the right  Looking west at the summit, the sign says it all |
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| Engineer Pass Road Lake City to Capitol City - Capitol City to 4WD Sign Engineer Pass to CR 2 - CR 2 to US 550 |
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