DEADLY BLACK BEAR PASS OURAY CO.

My wife and I did Black Bear 2 years ago in my Gladi!!. Awesome!!!

Good lord...I'd be afraid to even hike some of those lines!!! Hands off to you folks.

Whoever ran the heavy equipment to cut that track was quite skilled and possessed cojones of steel.

Several years ago I was camping up near the top of the Black Bear Road, and I rode my XT600 down to Telluride, gassed up and rode back up that road. Going back up was more difficult than going down. If I remember right, it is usually one way. I figured that I could easily get out of the way of anyone coming down. Up near the top, I met an older Jeep Wagoner that was just starting to go down the ledges. He asked me if I thought that his Jeep, that was not lifted and was actually quite low, would have any issues. I honestly told him that he was going to hit the bottom of his rig on almost all of the ledges. I said that if it was me, I would turn around. He did. Those ledges, at least at that time, were a couple of feet high. It was not an issue with my XT600, but by this time I had been riding for 20 years. You tend to pick up things, and ways of tackling problems. LOL That house that is on the cliff next to a sheer drop-off is amazing. I could never sleep there. I give a lot of credit to the people that built it, especially the roofers. Terrifying would be how I would explain roofing that house!

i used a PRIUS.... not on this road. grass valley ca off the main road in a winter storm. had an ANGEL that day.🙏🙏🙏

I've lost a lot of nerve the older I've gotten....I better do this soon! Lol. Thanks for sharing!

Sadly Black Bear Pass never opened on the Telluride side for the 2023 season. I try to run it at least once every year, so here is to hoping it opens in 2024, great video!

Nice video. I live in Colorado and head to Ouray every summer. This will be my 18th year going over Black Bear with a manual transmission JLUR.

Hello from Greeley! Awesome video! I’m not afraid of heights, but when traveling through the mountains my anxiety goes to 100 on tight roads like these.

Thanks for sharing, great video. Man, that drive downhill is crazy with views, I don’t think I could drive it. Lol

Howdy n Wow! Thanks for sharing! Have looked at it from Telluride and wondered what it was like…so many thanks!

Oh yeah! I've done it 3 times. The first time in sleeting hail, second time in heavy rain, and finally on a nice sunny day! I'm obsessed with this trail. I'll do it again next year if they open it, unlike this year.

That road looks like a whole bunch of Z's and W's all strung together.

Fantastic vid! That trail will definitely keep the heart ticking.

There's another pass in Colorado that's even more dangerous, and thank goodness most of the locals don't share its location

I just saw a vide9 with the local sheriff cautioning people to not be "ass clowns" on this demanding and dangerous road. Nice to see it run properly. As for me, the Million Dollar Highway is hair raising enough.

Great video You showed angles of the trail than others have done in past videos Thanks for the videos

AWESOME video man! I’m heading out to CO in August, this is on my to-do!

Looks like a fantastic track , I’m from Victoria Australia and it reminds me of the Victorian High Country. In Australia authorities close our roads over winter due to track erosion and being super dangerous. Thanks for a great video and greetings from Australia. 🇦🇺👍

Great video Larry.