Tremor Off Road Chops! - Colorado Road 160 to Hermit Lake

[Spyke Hyzer]

Less than 3 weeks after taking delivery of my '23 Lariat Tremor and I put her to the test. Didn't capture the worst of it as I was focused on wheel placement and dodging suitcase size rocks, but anyone familiar with CR 160 outside of Westcliffe, CO can verify, it's a rough go. "The road has frequent switchbacks, tight turns, and stream crossings. Despite starting off as a gentle incline, the road quickly becomes very rocky and technically challenging...high clearance 4x4 recommended". It was a slow go at 1-3mph up to Hermit Lake at 11,314 feet.

Saw just as many people hiking the road as driving, but the Mav hung with the jeeps, TRDs and side by sides...some baffled looks on people's faces, but I was really impressed with how well it did.

Wheel placement was key. Scraped the skid plates and bottomed out a couple times.

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[mdub311]

That's awesome! Glad you got out there with it. It's a fun truck!

 

[Spyke Hyzer]

That's awesome! Glad you got out there with it. It's a fun truck!

Thank you! I love it so far and definitely didn't buy the off road package for the pavement. I was really impressed.

 

[GRABBR]

Nice. Appreciate the camera work.

 

[TrailMaster]

Lifted truck?

 

[Spyke Hyzer]

Lifted truck?

Just the stock lift with the Tremor

 

[TrailMaster]

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Just the stock lift with the Tremor

Duh! I should read the post before going to the pics! I have an XLT with the off-road package hopefully coming. If you were scraping that Tremor, an extra inch or so will be pretty significant! Looks like I'll be researching lift kits next. Then maybe wheels. And tires. Uh-oh, it'll never end. $$$

 

[Maverickman74]

Nice ride in a new Tremor. It's what they are for. Back at the end of June we went up to Snowstorm Peak on a trail off 160 west of Durango and Hesperus. Touched the belly a time or 2 only got stopped by a few foot deep snow pile almost at the end of the trail. A lifted Dodge 3/4 ton stopped there too.


Got it back on Maui now. We really only have 1 mountain but we got it from sea to summit.

 

[Spyke Hyzer]

Nice ride in a new Tremor. It's what they are for. Back at the end of June we went up to Snowstorm Peak on a trail off 160 west of Durango and Hesperus. Touched the belly a time or 2 only got stopped by a few foot deep snow pile almost at the end of the trail. A lifted Dodge 3/4 ton stopped there too.


Got it back on Maui now. We really only have 1 mountain but we got it from sea to summit.

Awesome! I'll have to keep this one in mind...the San Juan mountains are my favorite in CO.

 

[imboden013]

Nice ride in a new Tremor. It's what they are for. Back at the end of June we went up to Snowstorm Peak on a trail off 160 west of Durango and Hesperus. Touched the belly a time or 2 only got stopped by a few foot deep snow pile almost at the end of the trail. A lifted Dodge 3/4 ton stopped there too.


Got it back on Maui now. We really only have 1 mountain but we got it from sea to summit.

years ago on the 4th of July we went off up in the mountains somewhere between Hesperus and Mancos in a Ford Aerostar of all things. Did ok for 5-6 miles then it started hailing on us and it kept getting worse and worse the further up we went. so somehow I turned it around and came back down and had a great breakfast in Mancos and drove over to an old mine up above Silverton. Ended up making a big loop through Ouray and Telluride. Beautiful country but had to give up those mountain trips after having heart surgery.

 

[MaverickResource]

Nice! Good for you. We just took delivery of our Tremor last week and immediately went to our local trails and started breaking it in as well!

 

[caa60126]

Less than 3 weeks after taking delivery of my '23 Lariat Tremor and I put her to the test. Didn't capture the worst of it as I was focused on wheel placement and dodging suitcase size rocks, but anyone familiar with CR 160 outside of Westcliffe, CO can verify, it's a rough go. "The road has frequent switchbacks, tight turns, and stream crossings. Despite starting off as a gentle incline, the road quickly becomes very rocky and technically challenging...high clearance 4x4 recommended". It was a slow go at 1-3mph up to Hermit Lake at 11,314 feet.

Saw just as many people hiking the road as driving, but the Mav hung with the jeeps, TRDs and side by sides...some baffled looks on people's faces, but I was really impressed with how well it did.

Wheel placement was key. Scraped the skid plates and bottomed out a couple times.

Nice!

How does it compare to mosquito pass?

I did mosquito last summer with my Z71 Colorado. Maybe in a year or two with my on order x4 xlt mav????

Thank you for the post, V cool.

 

[caa60126]

“Chops” LOL! It’s a funny word.

 

[Spyke Hyzer]

I haven't been up mosquito, but from what I've read, it sounds more challenging than hermit. Hermit was enough for me to confirm the Tremor package was worth the spend.

Nice!

How does it compare to mosquito pass?

I did mosquito last summer with my Z71 Colorado. Maybe in a year or two with my on order x4 xlt mav????

Thank you for the post, V cool.

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