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Wyoming Road Trip Part Four - Off-Road Attempt to Avoid Traffic - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Long-Term


We decide to parallel the clogged interstate via a sandy trail in the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, but it doesn't go quite as planned.
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Honestly, it doesn't look like anything that I wouldn't do in, say, a Subaru Outback. Though only if I had some basic self-recovery tools and plenty of water with me.
Being in a rental Neon didn't help any.
I learned from my CJ-5 I got new in '74 that all 4WD does is get you stuck further from the asphalt.
@quadricycle, I tried a short section of the Medano Pass Road in Great Sand Dunes in my '97 Outback one year but chickened out before the first picnic area. The ranger didn't really discourage me, but did mention the $400 towing fee, lol.
The guys who crawl around Moab in their Crown Vics are a hoot.
And I've seen those guys in Moab! Obviously there will be limitations, but good on them for making people realize that a lifted F-250/RR/LC/JK etc is often overkill.
And it was always entertaining to pop up a "road" in Idaho around the Magruder Corridor area and see the big rigs as we crept up the "4WD Only" signs in our Outback.
My sister is running an '05 Forester into the ground. Maybe I should call dibs on it for desert duty out here.
And it was hard to beat my old SuperBeetle in Anchorage for going just about anywhere, especially up glaciated driveways in the winter.
If you're returning on a Sunday or the last day of a long weekend you'll bypass the entire I-15 into the IE. Bonus, even though the two-lane roads can be rough in spots the alternate route is a fun drive, nice scenery, the Kelso Depot makes a nice stop if it's open and there aren't too many park rangers.