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3 Porch Notes tagged “four wheel drive,” from counties across Colorado.

Cars and driving - Ouray County

Ouray's high passes turn a Jeep into a way over the mountains

Ouray bills itself as the Jeep Capital of America, and rugged seasonal four-wheel-drive routes like Imogene Pass and Black Bear Pass climb over the San Juans toward Telluride.

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Cars and driving - Mineral County

The road through Creede is a scenic byway, and the side roads are rougher than they look

Highway 149 through Mineral County is the Silver Thread Scenic Byway, a beautiful but high mountain route, while many forest side roads need high-clearance four-wheel drive.

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Cars and driving - Lake County

Mosquito Pass is a rough, high four-wheel-drive road open only briefly each year

The Mosquito Pass road east of Leadville is a steep, rocky high-clearance four-wheel-drive route that is usually open for about six to eight weeks after the summer snowmelt.

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