Breakneck Pass

Nice little trail. Can tell that work has been to the trail since my last visit.

The trail has been swept by the FS and local club and is open for the season.

Fun trail that we had all to ourselves for a couple of days of wheeling and camping. We camped at the end of 12 Mile and never saw a soul. We were at the tail end of fall colors but there were still some amazing views.

I drove up Breakneck Pass on Saturday, July 9th (east to west). The road is wet on the low elevation segment on the east side. The climb at WP 3 is rough, and unfortunately, it is braided by vehicles attempting to find a "smoother" line--please stay the trail/drive over the rocks, and don't widen the road! From the "summit" down into the creek valley is in good condition. Once in the valley, I crossed the creek onto FS Road 173 (WP 7) where I camped overnight. I drove the remainder of Breakneck Pass (north to WP 10) on Sunday morning.

We had this trail to ourselves the entire day and it was so pretty! A few rocky spots but not bad. Lots of great dispersed camping sites were noted along the way. We decided to take Brown’s Pass on the way out, which we felt was a bit more moderately technical with larger rocks compared to Breakneck.

Ran up Breakneck and down Brown’s pass this afternoon. Great trail. A couple rutted and rocky spots as noted. Wild flowers were BEAUTIFUL.

This Trail is adopted by Mile Hi Jeep Clubs Patrol 2 Trail should officially open on time June 15th. MHJC Patrol 2 Went up this weekend to Browns and Breakneck to officially clear the roads to make them ready for opening day. Great trail heavily forested area not very hard but has some spectacular views.

Camped at a spot between WP 8 and WP 9 on Saturday evening. Almost had the whole valley to ourselves--we saw one truck coming down Brown's Pass, one truck at the north end of Breakneck, and one farther south from us. Coyotes howled periodically through the night, and then a crescendo serenade at sunrise--it was pretty awesome!

Trail is closed January 1 - June 15

We did Breakneck to Twelvemile Lake trail. As a beginner I thought this was a really fun trail, lots of pull offs for camping and not very busy. A couple of steep climbs (IMO) but managed without any problems in my stock Tacoma in 4-Lo. Water crossing was about a 16" deep on one side, the other side looked about 2ft even after some rain. Couple of sections are narrow lined with Aspens which was pretty cool.

Ran Breakneck Pass to get a new GPS track and update this guide based on the partial closure of the northern end of the road. The closure/new "end" is approximately half a mile north/northwest beyond Waypoint 10.

Did Breakneck Pass and Brown's Pass this trip. Trail clear and open. I drive a stock Colorado Z71 and I ran the majority of the two (except for the two steep climbs) in 2WD. A beautiful area, and not too busy. Lots of pullout camping spots for the rooftop tent crowd. A few beautiful, wide meadows for ground tent camping. Plenty of trees for hammocks too, if you're into that. We camped on Brown's Pass on the way back down. There are two points on the trail that were really fun. Both Breakneck and Brown's Pass have one steep, rocky climb to them. It's nothing a stock high-clearance 4-Lo vehicle can't handle, though. The rest of the trail is mostly undulating, occasionally rocky Forrest service roads. Great views! Doing both trails and stopping a couple of times to look at stuff took us about 1.5-2 hours.

We ran Breakneck in conjunction with Brown's Pass. It took us about 1 hour to reach the top. We did about 3/4 of the trail in 2wd. The trail is well maintained. There are some sections of trail that are much too narrow for passing other vehicles, so keep and eye out for those places to turn-out, in case you need to back up. The trail is now closed shortly after WP 10 on the map. NOTE: There are multiple other off-shoot roads that branch off of Breakneck. Some of these connect to other trails, while others are just out-and-back types. Check them out as there are several that are quite fun.

was open until about 6 miles in. about a half-mile past 176 it's closed for revegetation. lots of fun puddles and colors are changing already so lots of yellow Aspens. beautiful drive. at 5.5 miles or so just take 176 up Browns pass. I had to use 4 low but no problem with my stock XJ.

Tons of mud puddles because of all the recent rain, but it made the dirt pitch before Browns pass a little more interesting!!!! Glad I had the option of going out 176, would have been sketchy going down in the mud. The section to 12 was like being on a really cool ride with all the puddles!

Tons of mud puddles because of all the recent rain, but it made the dirt pitch before Browns pass a little more interesting!!!! Glad I had the option of going out 176, would have been sketchy going down in the mud. The section to 12 was like being on a really cool ride with all the puddles!

I took a quick run up the trail to find a camp spot. The trail is clear all the way through and i looped it with Browns Pass which is also clear. There is no snow on either of the trails and both are very dry and dusty.