We’d grown tired of the daily commute down the scary Hwy 550 from Ouray to Silverton, so we decided to spend the day on a shorter, closer trail. Yankee Boy Basin is just 8 miles southwest of Ouray, and doesn’t…

We jumped in with a small group (five Jeeps including us) on Friday. Since the picnic was scheduled for noon-4pm near Eureka (just south of Animas Forks), we decided to run some trails close to the area that morning —…

We intended to head to Minnie & Maggie Gulches, but we took a wrong turn after Silverton (despite Gary’s GPS), and ended up doing Corkscrew Gulch instead. Oh well, it was still fun. Dennis stalled just before the summit and…