A Rivian & Power Wagon attempt a sketchy difficult trail!

Pearl Pass is probably Colorado’s BEST trail… for testing EVs. Montezuma Basin is a narrow dangerous shelf road… so it’s a great place to see if a power wagon fits. We do both of those trails and try to make it from Crested Butte to Glenwood Springs without fueling up or charging. My Stock Jeep is there too.

The video will give hikers wanting to climb the 14ers of Castle Peak or Conundrum Peak an idea of what the 4WD road is like. It also shows overlanders a cool camp spot on Pearl Pass as well as another one on Montezuma Basin. We test an EV, have a sketchy shelf road meet, check out an abandoned ski area, and get Pizza at the best spot in Colorado. I may have even hid a secret drinking game into this edit too. Please help us take care of trails and camp spots so I can keep sharing amazing routes and camp spots.

Rick's 2020 Power Wagon: Stock Supension
Mods: 37in Geolander MTs, Armor & Bumpers

Mustafa's 2023 Rivian R1S: Stock
Mods: Rear Tire Carrier

Dewie's 2021 JL Rubicon: Completely Stock (for now)
Mods: Interior filming mounts.

About Colorado Mallcrawlers:
We are a channel that aims to show incredible off-road trails and our adventures to get through them with stock or your not so typical off-road vehicles. If that sounds like a fun watch, we'd love to have you as a subscriber! Our focus is making great videos rather than being "Overland Influencers." If you want more from us, we created the channel membership to give our community the best trail info on youtube quicker since trail/overland guides take a while to create. We organize our trips through membership as this allows us to get on the same page before we wheel/film together. Video Editors are Drew Hunter and Dewie Jones. We're always looking for more offroad video editors as we film a ton of trails (most of a video's adsense goes to the editor since that is the work of making trail guides). We currently have 35 trail guides and overland routes filmed... some incredible videos/routes, so there is always videos to edit.

YouTube Membership (covers production costs):
Slaughterhouse ($1): Filming Trip Details (join us)
Black Bear ($4): Member Videos (Trails, Gear, Tips)
Holy Cross ($9): Channel Production Impact
Poughkeepsie ($25): 1 on 1 Trail Planning

Membership Link:
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TrailsOffroad:
Is simply the BEST trails app, but they DO NOT PAY me to promote them. We just have an affiliate link for a big discount. The other company was going pay me a lot to promote them, but I still use TrailsOffroad instead.
https://trailsoffroad.com/all-access?...

Amazon affiliate links, but we are not part of the program (I don't push gear and people have to use your links to become an amazon affiliate). I just put these links on stuff I have been asked about in comments.

Dewie’s tent: https://amzn.to/4ewcA3G
Dewie’s sleeping bag: https://amzn.to/3XUksqe
My Cooking Stove: https://a.co/d/9LZRgl0
Jeep TJ Radio: https://a.co/d/fABIIb7
Best thing I bought for the JeepTJ: https://a.co/d/aULDqNH
Awning (untested, not reviewed): https://a.co/d/cKQ6Brt

My cot, pillow, and water containers are from Walmart. My stove's skillet was bought from REI and other gear is made up from stuff I already had.

Colorado Overland Rentals:
https://www.tacrentals.com/4x4-overla...
Use “Mallcrawlers” for a discount (no kickback provided to us, just a cool company)

TrailRax is how I carry my fuel as seen in the video. I don't have any links or discounts, but if interested in the rack, send me a message and I will see if I can get a discount code.

Kenda Tires are my go to tires. I have been using them since 2012/2013 on my Jeeps and in 2025 I finally reached out to them (My TJ and camper have Kendas currently). They are getting my JL new tires in 2025 and we may do other stuff together. We will see, but I truly love these tires (see my old review video)

Video Chapters (35 min video)
What we are up against/Intro 00:00
Vehicle Information 00:58
Trip Objectives/First Water Crossing 1:39
Pearl Pass Information/Cows: 2:28
Water Fording & Ground Clearance Comparison 3:47
I know good Camp Spots are here 5:52
All that was just the easy part of the trail 6:29
Concerns about our camp spot 7:15
Mud Bog and Steep Climb 7:51
Toughest Crested Butte Side Obstacles 10:18
What happened to the Cherokee Trailhawk and Jeep TJ? 14:34
My first time editing camping 15:47
Sketchy Shelf Road Meets 18:17
Ran into Jeep podcasters 21:47
We're not done with Pearl yet 22:16
Montezuma Basin Trail Guide 27:09
Abandoned Ski Area 30:27
Is this a dangerous trail? Trail Review 31:52
What I ordered... my thoughts on EV offroaders 33:05
Best Pizza in Colorado? 34:31
Not to be seen by anyone 35:00