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Description: Black Bear Road is a one-way, east-to-west, shortcut between Ouray and Telluride. By "shortcut", I mean "a shorter distance than driving on the paved highway", not "a faster way to get there."


There really was a sign at the head of the road, stating "You don't have to be crazy to drive this road", but the sign was often stolen and eventually the responsible authorities ceased to replace it.


The Black Bear Pass Trail is located between Silverton and Telluride, Colorado, off of US Hwy 550. To get to the trailhead from Silverton, take US 550 North about 9.5 miles. Turn left (West) onto CO 16, at the Black Bear Pass sign. Ranging in elevation from nearly 13,000 feet down to under 9,000, the Black Bear Pass Trail leads you up to Black Bear Pass from US 550, and then down into the town of Telluride. Between Waypoints BB01-01 through BB01-07, the trail climbs from approximately 11,000 feet up to Black Bear Pass at 12,900 feet. The remainder of the trail is the descent down in the city of Telluride. Between Waypoints BB01-14 and BB01-15, you will encounter the first of several extremely tight switchbacks, followed by the start of the very steep descent into Telluride. Waypoint BB01-15 is one of the more picturesque locations of the trail; at Ingram Falls, with a breathtaking view of Telluride 2,000 feet below and just under 3 miles away. At this point, through Waypoint BB01-25, the trail descends more then 1,500 feet in only 1.5 miles via numerous very tight switchbacks. This is the “scariest” part of the trail, especially if you are uncomfortable with heights! During the initial portion of the descent, there are several views of Bridal Veil Falls (near Waypoint BB01-18), one of the most photographed location in Colorado. At Waypoint BB01-26, you take SR 145 into Telluride. From this point, the easiest and quickest way back to Silverton is via the Ophir Pass Trail. Note: You cannot take the Black Bear Pass Trail back to Hwy 550; near Bridal Veil Falls it becomes “one-way” only! The Black Bear Pass Trail is just over 9 miles one way and takes about 3 or 4 hours to reach Telluride.


More Information on Black Bear Pass Trail between Silverton and Telluride, CO
http://www.narrowgauge.org/4x4/html/blkbear.html



C.W. McCall's Black Bear Road Lyrics
(c.w. mccall, bill fries, chip davis)


Me an' rj an' the kids was on a camp-out in the mountains, and we had us one'a them u-drive-'em army jeep cars which we rented from a fella by the name of kubozke for thirty bucks a day, buy you gas along the way, take a rabbit's foot and leave a pint of blood for a dee-posit.


And he 'splained it all to us how we was supposed to get to telluride, which is fifty miles away by way of the regular highway, however, there was a shortcut but unless we had drove the black bear road before, we'd better be off to stay, stay in bed an sleep late. (pay no attention to the gitar there.)


Well, we took up off'n the highway and we come upon a sign says "black bear road. you don't have to be crazy to drive this road, but it helps." i says, "rj, this must the shortcut
Kubozke was talkin' about." she didn't pay no mind, 'cause she was makin' peanut butter sandwiches for the kids in the back seat throwin' rocks and drinkin' kool-aid and playin' count-the-li-Se-plates. but they wasn't havin' too much fun a-countin' license plate or cars, 'cause there weren't no other cars.


We went about a mile-and-a-half in about four hours, busted off the right front fender, tore a hole in the oil pan on a rock as big as a hall closet. went over a bump and spilt the kool-aid and roy gene stuck his bolo knife right through the convertible top and the dog threw up all over the back seat. peanut butter don't agree with him, you see.


So we had to stop and take off the top and air everything out and clean it up. the dog run off and rj says she felt her asthma comin' on. i was sittin' there wonderin' what to do when the en-tir-see-Nic san joo-wan u-drive-'em army jeep car sank in the mud. at thirteen thousand feet above sea level.


Well, we shoveled it out and ate our lunch, the dog made a yellow hole in the snow and roy gene got out his instamatic and took a snapshot of it. mary elizabeth drawed a picture of the road; it looked like a whole bunch a' zs and ws all strung together. and rj took one look at it and said that the only way that jeep car is goin' down that road is over her dead body. then a rock slipped out from under the wheel and the u-drive-'em army jeep car went right over the edge of the cliff. yahoo-oo-oo-oo!


"doggone-it, roy gene! how many times do i have to 'splain it to you? when i tell you to put a rock under the wheel, i mean rock! now look at that, what you have there is no bigger'n a grape-fruit.


     


 
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