Our first Schofield Pass Blog Post
We’re developing this website’s design and content. Please stay tuned. Plan is for tons of info about all manner of recreation in the Schofield Pass, Colorado region: 4×4, ATV, hiking, mountaineering, bicycling, motorcycling, camping, cabin living, sight seeing, wildlife viewing, hunting, and much much more.
Basically, this blog and website is what is commonly called a “field guide,” meaning a compendium of information about a given region, usually outdoorsy in nature. We’ll cover everything from wildflowers to 4-wheeling, so stay tuned as we build our content over the coming months.
Who we are: We’re a group of people living in Carbondale, Colorado. We’ve enjoyed the Schofield Pass area for decades. The Schofield Pass Road is one of Colorado historic treasures. We want it to stay rough — and open. Talk about closing it has alarmed us over the years, as has the US Forest Service’s tendency to do excessive maintainance on the road and thus ruin its backcountry character. So to counter those thing we figure publishing a field guide based on the road would show how integral a part it plays in outdoor recreation, and how important it is to maintain the Schofield Road’s backcountry nature.
Thus, while we’ll tend to stay away from politics here, we will weigh in on political subjects such as foot trail access as well as keeping the Schofield Pass area’s network of roads open to the public, and unimproved so they keep their backcountry spirit.
Please enjoy, and leave comments if you like.
Amazing idea for a website you guys! Schofield is amazing. Neat to see a website centered on a pass instead of a town. Looking forward to what you do with this. I hike, 4-wheel, climb and mountain bike, so good to see it all in one place! I’ll be checking in here often, and use you to plan my next trip in the area.
Wow, I’m really looking forward to this. I guess you’ll be posting about climbing the western routes on Snowmass Mountain?
I’m really into your concept. We have to view our backcountry resources as an admixture of roads/trails/climbs and more, so basing a “field guide” website on one of the coolest roads in the state is an excellent idea. Will be checking to see where this goes. High hopes!
And, yeah, please USFS let our backcountry roads stay rough!
Am planning a trip over Schofield Pass from Crested Butte to Marble on Saturday June 20 by Jeep Wrangler and or Mtn Bike! Any news as to conditions? or is it “open” yet? Thanks, Mt Biker!
Hi Brad, see our latest blog post, regarding the snow blockage. You could walk your bike over/down the snow (stay over road and away from river while doing so), but I doubt it’ll be drivable for all but perhaps hardcore risk takers by this coming Saturday.
The problem is the snow blockage is slanted, making it tough to drive without sliding down into the gorge and possibly loosing your vehicle into the river!
This is a great article. I’m new to blogging but still learning. Thanks for the great resource.