San Miguel County Sheriffs
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Truck and SUV commercials love showing their vehicles scaling high mountain peaks and ancient temples, but most dirt roads and mountain trails are simply too much for the average driver. Just look at this moron who got a Kia Telluride stuck on Black Bear Pass outside Telluride.
In an October 1 announcement on social media, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office shared photos of a white Kia Telluride SUV high-centered on the side of the mountain trail. According to the post, the man was from South Carolina and drove up the one-way road “despite being advised not to do so by people in the area.”
The driver of the high-centered vehicle was from South Carolina, according to law enforcement.
San Miguel County Sheriffs
The incident left the vehicle “unstable,” and as a result Black Bear Pass and parts of the nearby Bridal Veil Road are closed indefinitely, the sheriff’s office adds.
“The vehicle requires tow, and it is unknown at this point when this can happen. Bridal Veil Road up to the Falls is also closed just past the parking lot which prohibits access to the Via Ferrata. Bridal Veil Trail will remain open,” the post notes.
In the battle of Tellurides, always choose the mountain. Didn’t Game of Thrones teach us anything?
Colorado’s mountain ranges have swallowed cars and driver dignity before. In 2023, the driver of a GMC Canyon pickup truck got stuck on an undriveable path in Park County, near the 14,178-foot summit of Mount Bross. Thanks to a Bobcat loader vehicle, the truck, registered in Arkansas, was recovered in about a week.
Skateparks in Colorado have seen dumb incidents, too. In 2021, this genius tried to ride a $13,000 Can-Am Ryker (one of those dumb-looking three-wheel motorcycles) through the Denver Skatepark before flipping and wrecking the thing. In 2022, a man drove an Acura MDX into a bowl at Memorial Skatepark in Colorado Springs.
But the recent champion of drivers not driving well in Colorado came this January, when the driver of an Audi hatchback ended up stuck in the snow at the bottom of a ski hill at Keystone Resort. Their excuse? The GPS told them to go there.
