Once we'd had our breakfast (and Molly had finished off the remains of last night's beef stew), we started for the trailhead. In attendance were Sean Tallant (TJ), Bobbette "Smiley" Matthews (TJ) with a full Jeep (son Michael in the backseat with Molly the wonderdog, and Bill "Hobo Willy" Hallinan as co-pilot), and myself (Drewby Dooby Doo) (TJ) leading the way.

    Leaving from our campsite on the east side of Kenosha Pass, we turned left up the Twin Cone road and quickly came to the first gate.  At this point the road goes through private property.  We were careful to close both this gate and the next after ourselves, respecting the property-owners' wishes.  The first part of the trail wasn't difficult, but views of aspen groves and beaver ponds made for a pleasant ride.  This trail must be breath taking in the fall when the aspens change color!

    About 5 1/2 miles into the trip, the road turns to the left at the Colorado Go-4's Adopt-a-Trail sign.  The going gets a little tougher here, with some small obstacles to crawl over.  This was just a taste of what was to come.  A few miles later, the trail became rutted and much more difficult.  With careful tire-placement and excellent spotting, we all made it past two rocky, technical sections.  Then we came to a steep rocky section.  The tricky part was to navigate through the rocks without getting too off-camber.  After a few attempts, we found the right line and continued up above tree-line.