The MOW crew occasionally has to drive to Osier from Chama to do work along the tracks and I'm wondering whether the forest roads that seemingly come in from the west, connecting from the Los Pinos area (at least according to a Mapquest request for directions from Chama to Osier) are worth considering.
It looks like it might save driving miles, but would be it be too rough to make it worthwhile timewise without seriously risking vehicle damage?
We usually drive the Friends' truck or a 4x4, but we a) don't want to wreck either and b) don't want to spend half the day crawling along when the alternative is getting work done.
My Carson and Rio Grande national forest maps aren't much help but between them and Mapquest, it looks like a couple of the forest roads coming in from Los Pinos would be Forest Road 74 (Carson) and Forest Road 103 (Rio Grande).
The comparison would be with FR103 coming in from the east after dropping off CO 17 near Mogote Campground, which is also how we've gotten to Sublette and Big Horn.
Anybody have intel to share?
Paul