{"id":798854,"date":"2019-08-25T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=370500"},"modified":"2019-08-25T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T16:00:04","slug":"antonio-olivero-exploring-heaven-on-earth-above-montezuma-with-the-dillon-community-church-jeep-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/antonio-olivero-exploring-heaven-on-earth-above-montezuma-with-the-dillon-community-church-jeep-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Olivero: Exploring \u2018heaven on earth\u2019 above Montezuma with the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9461379106244\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-370500-598\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-1-1024x769.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-2-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A parade of Jeeps reac the above-tree-line junction of the Saints John and North Fork of the Swan Jeep roads on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A parade of Jeeps reac the above-tree-line junction of the Saints John and North Fork of the Swan Jeep roads on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A parade of Jeeps reac the above-tree-line junction of the Saints John and North Fork of the Swan Jeep roads on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-3-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-4-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | The line-up of Dillon Community Church Jeep Club vehicles the morning of Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The line-up of Dillon Community Church Jeep Club vehicles the morning of Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The line-up of Dillon Community Church Jeep Club vehicles the morning of Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-5-1024x914.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group | Pastor Jim Howard pokes his head up like a whack-a-mole from his 1993 YJ Jeep after flipping it on its side during a Dillon Community Church Jeep club outing.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Pastor Jim Howard pokes his head up like a whack-a-mole from his 1993 YJ Jeep after flipping it on its side during a Dillon Community Church Jeep club outing.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-5-1024x914.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Jim Howard pokes his head up like a whack-a-mole from his 1993 YJ Jeep after flipping it on its side during a Dillon Community Church Jeep club outing.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-6-1024x576.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group | Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-8-1024x882.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group | Pastor Jim Howard marries a couple in impromptu fashion at Mirror Lake near Tin Cup Pass south of Buena Vista during a Dillon Community Jeep Club trip last July.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Pastor Jim Howard marries a couple in impromptu fashion at Mirror Lake near Tin Cup Pass south of Buena Vista during a Dillon Community Jeep Club trip last July.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-8-1024x882.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Jim Howard marries a couple in impromptu fashion at Mirror Lake near Tin Cup Pass south of Buena Vista during a Dillon Community Jeep Club trip last July.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-9-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group | Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dillon Community Church Jeep Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Views of mountain goats are common during Dillon Community Church Jeep Club trips.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-10-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-10-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A view of Bob Pietrzyk's Rubicon while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A view of Bob Pietrzyk&#8217;s Rubicon while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A view of Bob Pietrzyk's Rubicon while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-11-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Descending a precarious, steep portion of road while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Descending a precarious, steep portion of road while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Descending a precarious, steep portion of road while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-12-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-12-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A look to the west while while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A look to the west while while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A look to the west while while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-13-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A view of the ridgeline road, including Grays and Torreys peaks straight ahead, while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>A view of the ridgeline road, including Grays and Torreys peaks straight ahead, while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-13-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the ridgeline road, including Grays and Torreys peaks straight ahead, while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-14-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-14-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Riding through some tight brush during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Riding through some tight brush during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-14-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Riding through some tight brush during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-15-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-15-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Riding through some lingering runoff below tree line during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Riding through some lingering runoff below tree line during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-15-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Riding through some lingering runoff below tree line during a Jeep trip on the Saints John route on Aug. 10\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-16-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-16-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club airs down his tires at the head of a line of about 15 Jeeps before riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club airs down his tires at the head of a line of about 15 Jeeps before riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-16-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club airs down his tires at the head of a line of about 15 Jeeps before riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-17-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-17-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-17-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-18-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-18-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-18-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-19-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-19-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | The lingering snow filled into this above-tree-line cornice near the junction of the North Fork of the Swan River and Saints John Jeep roads was beyond impressive on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>The lingering snow filled into this above-tree-line cornice near the junction of the North Fork of the Swan River and Saints John Jeep roads was beyond impressive on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-19-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The lingering snow filled into this above-tree-line cornice near the junction of the North Fork of the Swan River and Saints John Jeep roads was beyond impressive on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-20-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-20-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon at a snow-filled cornice while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon at a snow-filled cornice while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-20-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon at a snow-filled cornice while riding the Saints John Jeep road route on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-21-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-21-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Avalanche debris along the Saints John Jeep Road route as seen on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Avalanche debris along the Saints John Jeep Road route as seen on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-21-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Avalanche debris along the Saints John Jeep Road route as seen on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-22-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-22-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com | Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon while riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon while riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.<\/strong><br \/>Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/JeepGroup-SDN-082519-22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Pietrzyk of the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club looks out from his Rubicon while riding the Saints John route on Aug. 10.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/antonio-olivero-exploring-heaven-on-earth-above-montezuma-with-the-dillon-community-church-jeep-club\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/antonio-olivero-exploring-heaven-on-earth-above-montezuma-with-the-dillon-community-church-jeep-club\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MONTEZUMA \u2014 This spring, former Summit Daily assistant editor Susan Gilmore forwarded me an email that piqued both of our sporting interests. It was about the Dillon Community Church Jeep Club, which rides all over the state\u2019s most rugged above tree line trails and invited me to join in.<\/p>\n<p>This winter and spring\u2019s snowy and wet conditions delayed the trip from one week to the next, then one month to the next. Finally, I got the call from club members Bob Pietrzyk and Ruth Carroll that we were a go for the morning of Aug. 10. Our destination: the historic Saints John Road high above Montezuma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in our backyard,\u201d Bob said. \u201cIt\u2019s our trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The instructions for my maiden Jeep trip were simple: Pack a picnic lunch and cold weather clothes. The week prior, when Ruth and Bob were able to get up Saints John for first time all summer, temperatures were as low as 46 degrees amid the lingering snowpack.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived Saturday morning, the lineup of about 15 Jeeps outside the church was impressive. It was \u201cwheels up\u201d at 8 a.m., and I rode shotgun in Bob\u2019s lead red Rubicon.<\/p>\n<p>Our first stop was at the start of Deer Creek Road in Montezuma, where everyone would air down their tires. Once here, Bob told me about how he and the church\u2019s pastor, Jim Howard, launched the club six years ago and welcomed anyone who wanted to explore \u201cheaven on earth,\u201d as the club\u2019s slogan puts it.<\/p>\n<p>For those who join, there are just two rules:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody dies,\u201d Jim and Bob both said. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t smash our cars beyond recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim, a Jeeper of more than 40 years, said the club was created to find a bridge between the church and the Summit County community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s show Summit County that Christians have just as much fun as everybody else,\u201d Jim recalled saying about the club\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n<p>Once the tires were aired down Saturday, Ruth, Bob and I climbed the Saints John Creek drainage, first coming across avalanche debris. We then drove through the relic settlement of Saints John \u2014 its heyday in the 1870s \u2014 before coming across more abandoned, weathered cabins at tree line.<\/p>\n<p>The clouds already were rolling in at about 9 a.m., a first for Ruth and Bob in all their years Jeeping the Saints John Road. Despite the weather, the views were expansive, providing stunning, in-your-face views of Grays and Torreys to the east and all the way across to Mount of the Holy Cross to the west.<\/p>\n<p>Jeeping past the snow-covered cornices on the ridgeline was something else. From the steep, narrow switchbacks between the Wild Irishman and General Teller mines to the steep hill near Glacier Mountain, the Jeeps hit most every rock and boulder they could find.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, we got to the junction of the North Fork of the Swan River and Saints John Road. The tufts of hair blowing in the wind was an indication mountain goats had been here. The lingering snow filled into cornice after cornice, and Bob and I agreed there was no way it would all melt before winter returned with a vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the church, the group convened for the first and only prayer of the day. Once complete, Bob and Jim shared stories of the Jeep club\u2019s history. It included the tale of a trip last July when an older engaged couple decided at the spur of the moment to get married while riding Tin Cup Pass south of Buena Vista.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks at me,\u201d Bob said about the groom, \u201cand his eyeballs are this big around. \u2018This is it.\u2019 And we are bouncing in the Jeep, a really rocky trail. And he said, \u2018You know what? You\u2019re right. If we\u2019re going to do it, this is the time.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once at Mirror Lake, forlorn railroad ties served as pews. One Jeeper provided a bottle of wine for communion. Another donated a freshly baked loaf of bread for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<p>As for the ring, the groom knelt down during the ceremony and picked up a piece of the Rocky Mountains and slid it between two of her fingers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she needed a rock,\u201d Jim said with a laugh. \u201cYou know, you never know what\u2019s going to happen on a Jeep trip \u2014 as long as we don\u2019t die and as long as we don\u2019t smash our cars beyond recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/antonio-olivero-exploring-heaven-on-earth-above-montezuma-with-the-dillon-community-church-jeep-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A view of the ridgeline road while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com A parade of Jeeps descend a steep hill while riding the Saints John Jeep road on Aug. 10.Antonio OIivero \/ aolivero@summitdaily.com A parade of Jeeps reac the above-tree-line junction of the Saints John and North Fork [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 13:51:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}