Thanks for the windshield and drone tour! This is more my kinda drive in my FJC 'cause its got to get me back home to the southeast. Enjoyed the scenery of an area I haven't explored in Colorado.

Outstanding drone footage! A very scenic backroad drive.

Wow on the drone 8 min in. Went on Shelf Rd last weekend. Amazing granite rock formations, trees and canyon walls!

That was some really nice drone footage, Loved the threading the needle part.

I used to camp by Hole in the Rock on the shelf road in the 70s. BTW, that’s what it has been called for decades, Hole in the Rock.

Thanks for Sharing .. sorry about your pup .. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Honk on the hairpin turns🙏🥳

nice! Similar to Weston pass! scenic and a nice relaxing drive

Those mountains you see in the distance are the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) mountains, that range extends south into New Mexico.

My Google maps took me down this "road" in my Mini cooper. Made it but it was terrifying.

I did shelf road in a 1976 chevy Vega LONG time ago.

@TrailTraveler

23 күн бұрын

First time I did it was in an BMW X3

Great video!

so sorry for the loss of your pup.

I drove shelf road in may of this year 2023 ,beautiful drive, easy trail,even saw my future retirement land for sale, 😂 that river runs through it. Beautiful drive highly recommend checking out.

Is this the abandoned narrow gauge railroad right of way with the rails removed that I might have driven on back in about 1975-76 in my Econoline Van? We camped at a State or County park in the middle of the drive from Cripple Creek to I believe Colorado Springs. There were thousands of weathered tree stumps from a forest fire many years earlier, right across the gravel road from the park. Beautiful scenery!

@TrailTraveler

3 ай бұрын

That should be it since that is the history of Shelf Road.

@slvrktman7824

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, definitely worth doing the drive!@@TrailTraveler

@michaelyounger4497

3 ай бұрын

Your road is called "old stage road" it goes east to west. Shelf road is a north to south road.

RIP little Sonja... sorry buddy.

Awesome

Back in the 60s my dad called it the "Highline Drive", Don't know where you got the "Shelf" from.

@TrailTraveler

18 күн бұрын

As far as I know, it has never been called Highline Drive, all of the maps we have seen call it Shelf Road.

Goldie Hawn in the Dutchess and the Dirtwater Fox movie shows Shelf Road stagecoach runaway! YW

Hi there...great videos...i dont have alot of time to head back North from canon city so if you had a choice ( other than going up from Colorado springs) would you take skyline drive up into Victor or phantom canyon road ? Thanks....Jim

@TrailTraveler

11 ай бұрын

Skyline drive is only 3 miles long and does not go north.

@JamesJAllen-sx5vn

11 ай бұрын

@@TrailTraveler thanks I'll do the 3 mile skyline and maybe continue north on whatever heads up to Brackenridge.

Great drone segway 7:46.

@connieheinlein5068

11 ай бұрын

The music was not necessary.

Yup, scared me s....... In 1984.

@TrailTraveler

2 жыл бұрын

Try watching our White Rim trail videos if you "like" shelf roads :)

I would 100% engage 4x4 just to feel more planted in the road.

Lol , you should have tried in the 70s

My ex and I mountain bike a trail that includes a long stretch of the Shelf Road and people just flat-out drive WAY too fast on the thing. Slow down people! You're not going to a fire and mountain bikers sometimes have little room to let you safely pass.

Nice gap. You fly FPV?

@TrailTraveler

2 ай бұрын

That was with the DJI FPV drone. I fly a Mavic 3 and Avata

@babyzeefpv9887

2 ай бұрын

@@TrailTraveler bet that Avata has been a treat!

@TrailTraveler

2 ай бұрын

I’ve been very happy with it

Shelf Rd parallels Phantom Canyon Rd. Would be nice to make them one way, or close one for pedestrian and bike use only.

@trishrobbins9942

Жыл бұрын

@@ehulbert5 Phantom Canyon Rd runs to Canon City. Both roads are two way.

@marylawson5906

Жыл бұрын

I’m from the area. Lots of folks die out there

@stevenutepass7671

2 ай бұрын

Ever hear about the guy who took the cops on chase across phantom canyon rd? 2017

I could do it in 45 minutes 😵‍💫🤗🥱🥱

It’s mine tailing

If you don’t like heights don’t do it.. I hated it. The road is cool and safe

@TrailTraveler

Жыл бұрын

This is why we give a "shelf road warning" in videos now.

@dnismo9717

Жыл бұрын

Yea I watched your video after I had already did the drive lol I probably would have still gone….nice video

Shelf Road is awesome, but is NOT suitable for large vehicles like big RVs because of some narrow spots. Low rider type cars also can't handle the big bumps. Any normal car, van, or pickup truck do just fine.

You talk a little too much and distract the viewer from focusing on the views-instead of your personal views.