We were in this area about 5 years ago and the drive from the top of Cottonwood Pass down to Taylor Lake at that time was all gravel. Today we drove on a brand new paved road! We wouldn’t hesitate to take an RV down this toad today.
We slowly drove through the village of Tin Cup, which hasn’t changed in 5 years, and then thought we could drive over Tin Cup Pass to get back to Buena Vista via the back roads. Even though we are pretty sure we have taken this route before we didn’t remember it being so rough. We stopped at Mirror Lake for lunch, the mountain goats were grazing high up on the mountain side and a couple of fishermen were catching trout.
Then the really tough part of the climb began. In over an hour we may have traveled a couple of miles. When two Jeep Rubicons passed us coming down, we asked about the road on up. Both drivers suggested that our little Jeep would really struggle on some of the rocks and boulders so we wisely turned around and went back the way we had come. John thinks we may have been okay if we had been traveling with a group, but being alone on these trails is not really very smart. We would hate to get stuck up there all night!
We ended the day with a walk around Buena Vista and a nice dinner on a restaurant patio.
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