I’m back in the San Juan Mountains for a proper high-alpine overlanding run, and this one’s special because my parents and my brother’s crew joined us for the day. Episode 1 kicks off on Cinnamon Pass (part of the Alpine Loop) where we aired down and I disconnected the sway bar on my ZR2. I also showed a quick look at a prototype set of Level Up sway bar quick disconnects/links for the 3rd gen ZR2s—still not released yet, but I’ll have a full install video once they’re out. From there we detoured into American Basin for the views, then climbed back up Cinnamon Pass and even ran into a subscriber, Seth, who tagged along in his red Colorado ZR2. We stopped for lunch at Animas Forks and I walked through some of the town’s mining history and how it tied into the route between Silverton and Lake City. To wrap the day, we dropped into Mineral Creek—rocky, off-camber, and full of those “it doesn’t look bad on camera” moments where patience and tire placement matter. We finished by finding a dispersed camp near the base of Poughkeepsie Gulch, crossed a creek to get in, and set up for a shot at the wall the next morning.