Funny thing with Black Bear Pass. We had a number of people with us that have never done it before The night before we did that trail a guy in camp checked with us to see if what trails we'd be doing. He had mentioned he had been comng to Ouray for six years now and alway stayed away from it. He did it this year, and warned us of how scarey it was for him.
None of the people in our group were intimidated by it. We all agreed though, if someone is new to wheeling or scared of heights it would be a horrifing trail. The switch backs aren't as bad as they make them out to be, but you do have to be carefull. Not a trail for someone with mechnical problems because there are so many things that could go wrong. The worst part of the trail is one way so you have the peice of mind knowing no one is comng up while you're going down.
Some of the other trails were worse. Grizzly Lake has a rocky steep hill climb that goes on for a very long time and is exposed to an open scree slope that drops for hundreds of feet. Governor Basin, has a bunch of rocky outcroppings that put you off camber to a death roll if you screw up. A lot of the trails are totally exposed with no trees to slow you down if you go off, but most are wide enough provided someone isn't coming from the other direction.
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