Red Cone Off-Road Trail: A Colorado Rite of Passage 

I probably should have watched this whole video before going up there at 330 in the morning with just me and my dog! We made it safely and reached the summit around sunrise! Definitely worth the trip. I made it up with a stock jeep cherokee trailhawk

And to whomever is doing the drone piloting, you're a pro. Great flying skills, great shots.

Nice to see you guys taking both decently built and fairly stock rigs for these videos, gives a good representation of the options available.

One of our favorite rides. Had a herd of prob 30 mountain goats walking by all around us while stopped on the top of the southern loop of the trail from Montezuma. That was after spending 30 min filming and watching two of the biggest bull moose I’ve ever seen down in the valley on the main trail. Were able to get extremely close safely. Easily the best wildlife viewing day we’ve ever experienced, and that’s after riding over 5k miles of trails all over the state and Utah the last 4 yrs.

Just ran this on 9-4, I have to say it has become one of my favorite trails.

I did Red Cone for the first time 15 years ago at night. I always follow Red Cone with Radical Hill and then into Summit county. Makes for a great day.

I lived in Summit County for 10 yrs. and been to Redcone many times and your footage was awesome but for anyone who's never gone down it they'll never really know how terrifying it can actually be when you're in the driver's seat , certain parts of it , specially the last section literally feels like you're driving of the side of a cliff , anyway that's the effect it always had on me. Its unforgettable.

Excellent drone footage ! The Toyota driver skillfully made up for his ride's short comings on a difficult trail !

Just ran this yesterday while wearing my Trailsoffroad t-shirt that I got at Overland Expo Mtn West! Love that trail. Nice clear day for us too. Views for miles.

Copiloted this on 27June’20. Helped out with signage and digging people out from the snow from a late spring avalanche. Good people to be with. CJ was an excellent driver. Will miss these outings.

That red jeep seems like the ticket. Very nice

Heading to Colorado next week and might of just changed my route. Absolutely beautiful

Thanks for sharing. Bought my wife’s first wrangler almost a year ago. Just took delivery of my 392 and already wheeled it. It’s a very addictive sport and I love it. Thanks for sharing.

This video brought back some good memories from when I lived in Denver went up to redcorn on our dirt bikes and had a great time!

Haha! Love this video and the great drone footage! Here we are in in December in Colorado (getting close to ski season) and I am just loving the scenery on the video and the DETAIL and care taken on producing it! Can't wait to do Red Cone!

Great video! Respects to all the drivers and their driving skills.

I was raised in this area as a kid back in the early 60s,it sure has changed in many ways over the years,but it's recognizable to me even though I have not laid eyes on it in 50 years. I left Colorado in 1972 as my parents moved to Alabama,but I sure miss my boyhood home and the great beauty of the area, when I pass on from this life I want to be laid to rest on that mountain where I spent time as a kid hunting with my dad, great video guys !

Red cone is awesome ! Trint has some serious offroad skills ! Great video hope to meet you on the trails one day.

Did this in my SxS a couple years ago. Ripped a sidewall tire, used gorilla glue and tire plugs and it held on Radical Hill and beyond. Great trail!

my favorite trail in all of Colorado! that one switchback has gotten stepped out pretty good over the past few years.

Great job! Love the narration and video footage.

Great video guys! In a sea of off-road videos it was really refreshing.

This is some amazing offroading adventure. Thanks for sharing

Incredible scenery, great trail!

Thanks for sharing another great video

I did Red Cone on my dirtbike (Honda XR650) It was nothing... until I started on the downhill. Slid all the way down the steepest parts with the rear tire locked up. XR's are heavy with a high compression 4 stroke engine and I was skinny and light at 160 lbs. The conditions were dry and crumbly gravel and rocks, very loose. That was one time I wanted more tires.

great video, excellent drone shots! i need to go back there and film this one before i move 😬

love this trail. great job guys for posting this video.

Nicely done, spectacular views, thank you!

Wow, very recent. Thank you!

Gonna be doing this trail tomorrow in my 2 door JK, looking forward to it! My dad and I did this in his stock pathfinder back in the early 2000’s, definitely doable in most unmodified rigs. Lockers make everything easier but not necessary here.

Great video. A+ stuff. Thanks for putting this together and sharing. Keep up the great work. Cheers

THAT was Really COOL! Colorado is Amazing! I am Diggin that little 2dr. 😉

that is sick as hell. thanks for making this vid

Putting this one on the bucket list for the JL, a road trip from Utah is in the future.

I love the foot ware on the guy with pink shorts!

I wish I could go back in time to how little traffic these trails had in the late 80s and early 90s.

Did this one two weeks ago. JT on 35s. Fun trail! Some burly sections on the Red Cone side for sure. Bit of scraping over a few rocks. Descent to Webster not bad. Worth doing or sure!

Great job, guys!!!!

Thank you for the basic build info of each vehicle

Beautiful video! Hello from Italy 🇮🇹

Love this trail. Ran this many times in my 84 Bronco. Bone stock except for 31.5 AT's. 302 4spd with a granny gear.

Great video. Keep up the good work.

I've run this a few times with my built dark green 74 Bronco back in 10-13. It's not terribly difficult, but a good trail with fantastic scenery. My last run ended in a blizzard as we hit the summit...that was fun.

Heading out to CO end of this month for a 5 day overland trip. Can't wait 🙌🙌

That's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

I ran this 20 years ago with a stock MJ on 30's. It wasn't near as rough back then. I'll have to come back again someday.

Love the video and the drone shots were spot on. Thanks for sharing because I don't think I can make that in my F150!

Atmospheric. 🤟

An awesome Trail one of my favorites

Nice video fellas. I don’t get up that way much anymore so this was fun to watch.

Excellent!

Great video guys

My First Colorado trail

Great video and excellent scenery. What brand of hiking boots is Trent wearing???!!! 😂😂😂

It looks like hand sanitizer/moisturizer is a good idea along with paper towels due to the red mud.

Great video 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Another ROUTE that I'll add to my NO-BUCKET list.

@11:48 cpw closed jenny creek for the same reason. I miss that run to yankee doodle lake in colorado. Great vid!

Great video!

Great video guys and really informative! Going to drive down that way from Loveland this summer to check it out. Still putting my 392 on 37s with a 2.5 in lift through its paces!

That looks about as bodacious as black bear pass!!

So glad that we often got to enjoy the area years ago before the transplant hordes discovered it.

the best of video's on the trail. but which way did you go, back the way you came, or continued down the trail ? i guess will know in the next video. ?

Love the channel videos!

My 1st trip was in a 1996 Ford Bronco in 1996.

Cakewalk for that 2 door on 37s!

OH ...now I know why it's a rite of passage. I did not see the first 10 seconds. lol

Excellent trail video!

Whew! I need more ground clearance!

So there is trail life E/o the Divide !

I have a Nissan frontier 6" lift on 33". I might have to have a go at Red Cone.

One of my favorite trails of all time put a decent dent in my k2500 on the gate keeper though

Did this in 96, the downhill is nicer now.

Gonna run it in my stock trailhawk in July or at least try to lol.

Man, that was an awesome video! We will be heading to colorado in the morning and think i might have to put this one on the books! at the beginning of the video, one rig had a trailer, which i will have myself also. did yall leave it back at camp?

I’m trying to get out to Colorado next year and might try this one. I’ve got a mostly stock 4Runner TRD Pro (just tires, sliders and winch) and not much experience in the rocks. Y’all think I could make it with my limited skill level and non-lifted rig?

33s? Aired down? I've been over Red Cone several times, back in the '70s, in my '76 Bronco with N78-15 Interurbans (basically a bias belted highway snow tire 7.00 - 15, 30" diameter. @28 - 30 psi. -similar in appearance to Super Traxion M&S.) Hickey coils in front with 2" re-arc'd stock leaves out back. Gabriel shocks around with Thorley's blowing through glass packs and everything else bone stock. I always figured if Model T's could go most anywhere on bicycle tires... Most guys back then were running TruTracs (tires) I just never saw the need for them, let alone having to live with them. The downhill is the fun part, you'll want your seat belt on to keep your nose off the windshield. ;-) First time for me was w/Officer of MH Club. We didn't cut any trees but did move some rocks around, not just to fill in a bit but to also prevent some parts from becoming issues that would cause others to create damages that would require a lot of work/machinery. Only aftermarket lockers worth mentioning back then were Truetracs (clack...clack...clack...), beyond that there really wasn't much else available then - no locking on demand axles or T-cases, no fancy suspensions, nobody getting out and spotting you (well, not without teasing you with unsavory names... ;-) .) You could build the engine up but to what end? Crawling doesn't take heaps of power. Roll cages were a 50/50 thing - if you went tippy on Red Cone there's no cage that's going to save you - you'd be better of watching a movie on your phone as you tumbled your way down.

Did it in the rain and followed it up with Radical Hill in a 5th gen 4Runner 3” lift on 33’s.

Dont underestimate the old body on frame Explorer.... Its stock ground clearance is higher than the jeep and many had true 4x4. Just no lockers...Still, a very capable vehicle that is comfortable on the roads....

Didn’t see a winch on the front of the red jeep ???

Do you take people on trails?

Wow

Did it in 2000 in a shittered out 1983 D50

Quick question. What drone are you guys using? Looks great!

I took a 1985 F150 short bed, regcab on 35s with no problems.

You stated in the beginning of this video that it was episode four. Any chance you could put some type of title description indicating that? It makes it hard to follow along in a chronological order with videos. My biggest complaint on most RU-vid channels. I don’t know if it has to do with the RU-vid or the way each. Channel titles their videos. It makes it to be a very frustrating experience when you’re trying to watch peoples videos in order

Wow!!!

What a great video!!

This trail seems like a good challenge for my f150 that's stock other than a leveling kit and 34s

Would like to see that HIVE camper up close

Great video!! Like to see the mildly modded vehicles get the job done!! What GPS program and tablet you use?

Good time to reconnect that anti-sway bar on the way down....

Супер классная пакатушка!!!!!

You think this could be done in a 2005 suburban z71 with a 2" lift? Wonderful video by the way!

what time of the year you guys did that trail? might be a lot different with snow around!!

What's a stock lift on a Tacoma? Or is it just stock with bigger tires?

How would a 2023 Can Am Commander 1000 max xt with 32 inch tires fare on this trail

Tires on that Tacoma are beautiful. Anyone know what they are?

Went over last year in a lifted Subaru Forester. Narrow enough to get through Gatekeeper with minimal scraping