Clear Lake: a trail to the cascading water falls, is your rig ready?

First, I want to give a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Carey Lando @mtnsubi team # 204 for the podium finish yesterday at the 7th annual Rebelle Rally. She was neck and neck for the #2 spot, but still finished a strong 3rd! clap clap clap! Please watch this video towards the end to learn more about "what it takes" to compete. You'll probably find it "Shocking" to say the least (not click bait).
So, to get you up to speed (This is episode 5), we started this week long overlanding trip on Sunday July 10th, 2022. I drove 835 miles from Southern California to Ouray, Colorado. We then proceeded to drive up Yankee Boy Basin, Imogene Pass, Ophir Pass and then 4 night / 4 days later we are at the trail head to Clear Lakes.
This trail isn't very technical. Towards the top of the trail it flattens out and gets off camber and a little rock. The biggest challenge of this trail is the steep climb to the top. In 4.3 miles, you're vehicle will climb 2475 feet. Because of how easy the trail is, we climbed mostly nonstop, which caused transmission temperatures to get warming than on Imogene Pass.
Again, at the top is where the trail flattens out and becomes a moderate 4WD technical rating.
So was it worth the drive? Grab your favorite drink and find out!
In this video, I will also reveal my secret gourmet nacho recipe.
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[@Sergiop4x]

The chilli and beans always smacks.. We call it Frito boats. We lay down the Fritos first then the Chilli, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, diced onions, and some tapatio ☺️😋

[@Michael_Tran]

Thanks for bringing back good memories of this trail Jon!

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

This was such a good one. How did you find out about this trail? I was browsing GAIA satellite and it looked interesting. I looked it up on Trailsoffroad and it was on there list.

[@Michael_Tran]

@@JonDZ_Adventuring Our friend in the GMC have done it and told us about it...I also research and YT it to see if we can squeeze it in on our Colorado trip

[@CC_Marauder]

Hah! The only fisherMAN is a woMAN. How we travel is that there must ALWAYS be a fishing opportunity at the end of our excursion. Regardless, beautiful stop.

[@no-lodesigns]

This was a great find but man was it cold up there!

[@RebelViking912]

Love your channel man. Keep the great videos coming!

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Thanks Mr. RebelViking!!!!

[@OverlandGeneration]

I took my 93 yr old grandfather fishing here.. Maybe one of the best days we ever had!

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

It’s a beautiful place. Glad he enjoyed!

[@bradenb]

Great video. I especially appreciate the close-ups. Now I don’t need to buy head shots I can just screen cap this video 😂

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Haha! 🤣 I appreciate them too

[@4122inc]

Amazing scenery! Def. a bucket list trip.

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Thanks Nipoj! This was such a fun trip. Here I am 3 months later still making videos about the trip 🤣, and I’m not even done yet. These videos help me relive the moment, I just don’t remember saying goodbye to the drivers of the blue Taco and Black F150 that emotional 🤣

[@robh6854]

Keep cranking out these gems 💎!

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Thanks Rob!!! Trying to crank these all out before snow covers all these trails and these videos will be irrelevant, haha!

[@RobbieHerrera]

Beautiful place. Nicely shot 😊

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Thank you Robbie 🙏

[@taraaaron1242]

If she had a place to donate . We would. Yest patreon account is a good idea. That's an amazing place. 👏

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

She should totally set it up, especially with the Subaru community, it’s such a large community, and I’m sure they would like to see her compete year after year.

[@taraaaron1242]

@@JonDZ_Adventuring I give Subaru a hard time because I'm constantly rescuing them. I find them in places where they shouldn't be. But I have sift spot for them because my wife's mom had one and my mime had one that had over 400,000 miles on it.

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

@@taraaaron1242 I would get stuck in my Subaru quite a bit, not going to lie. I had a 2015 Forester XT.

[@JDS-Dalton]

Now I like that trail! less crap yourself breath taking views, and more normal breath taking views haha. Also, this video made me feel like my cooking skills are inadequate.. I'm out there making stir fry, curries, seafood dishes, and you come out with that masterpiece?

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

Yeah, great little trail that was conveniently located after Ophir Pass. As far as the cooking skills, I didn’t want to get complacent. After making my adult lunchables, I knew I had to raise the bar!

[@ivan199120]

Curious, what are ideal trans temps?

[@durtyflyadventures]

Did carry catch something? We need to know haha

[@JonDZ_Adventuring]

The answer is in the video 😉