Land Rover Lovers Defy Death for $1,000-Plus on Black Bear Road

My life is in Jim Swett’s hands. With his boot heels hanging over the edge of a cliff, he’s standing right in front of my Land Rover LR4 trying to figure out if I can make the next turn without tumbling into the abyss.

We’ve made it almost halfway down southern Colorado’s Black Bear Pass, one of the most perilous 4X4 trails in America. The switchback road runs right along the precipice, the turns so tight that vehicles must reverse several times to get round. Scary.