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Hangover Run 2010 - 01-01-10
Brought in another year 4 wheeling in the snow. What a difference a year makes. On this day last year we were buried under massive amounts of snow. This year the mountain reminded us who was in charge. High winds and sideways rain. The roads were a couple inches of slush on top of solid ice. We stopped at a nasty side hill. There just wasn't any pay off to pushing forward. Of course we still had fun. Looking forward to next year! |
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Iron Mountain Snowtrek - 12-19-2009
The snow gods have not been kind to us this winter. We haven't recieved any significant snow accumulation since the last time we went out a month ago. There was still quite a bit of snow near the top of the mountain. We were able to explore one of the roads normally not accessible because of a massive snow drift that forms every year. |
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Iron Mountain Snow Wheelin - 11-21-09
First snow wheelin trip of the season. Quite a bit of snow for this time of year. We got to break trail all the way to the top of Iron Mountain. Elevation ~4,300 feet. We really had to work at that last 500 feet to the summit. Had the mountain to ourselves except for a couple snowmobiles and snowboarder. Check out the videos on the snowtube page. |
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Hangover Run 2009 - 01-01-09
I bring in every New Year four wheeling in the snow. The snow was crazy deep this year. We didn't even make it half way up the mountain, much less the play area up top! Unfortunately the snow level was rising faster than we were, so we were stuck in the rain most the day. When we quit, the snow was so deep that the road almost didn't exist anymore, just one big sidehill that sucks you down. |
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 Hangover Run 2010 Trip Report (10 Replies)Brought in another year 4 wheeling in the snow. What a difference a year makes. On this day last year we were buried under massive amounts of snow. This year the mountain reminded us who was in charge. High winds and sideways rain. The roads were a couple inches of slush on top of solid ice. We stopped at a nasty side hill. There just wasn't any pay off to pushing forward. Of course we still had fun. Looking forward to next year! Didn't get many good pictures this year. Everytime we tried to p... what do you bring with you (1 Replies)with snow sum how pileing on the hills late this year, maby you had more time to organize ur gear. sooo.... what do you bring? lists and pics... Snow Wheeling at Browns Camp 12/30/09 (10 Replies)Vid a friend put together. My truck is the white Tacoma. Not a whole lot of snow, but we got ripped off this year. [youtube:iwrnus4g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVAWz6B9tTY[/youtube:iwrnus4g] The only good day this year (10 Replies)Hi Guys, Looks like your snow season has been as lousy as ours up in Vancouver. We have managed to have 1 good day this year and lucky for me I managed to find it. These pics are from Squamish (between Vancouver and Whistler) about 3 weeks ago. All I can say is it sure is going to be a long summer this year! [img:iapmjpa4]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4430278413_b18d988b6e_o.jpg[/img:iapmjpa4] [img:iapmjpa4]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4431047... More snow (6 Replies)All of a sudden lots of snow has fallen around the Vancouver area. We have been having a great time. [youtube:278nvv3y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MsmqrUXkrg[/youtube:278nvv3y] this years little snow, few pictures. (2 Replies)here some picture of this years little amount of snow fall.. i had big plans to play in the bronco and was disappointed by this years snow fall but its been coming down the last couple days so maybe this weekend i can gather some people and go for a day of fun. need to get my bronco a little more built bumpers, winch, roll cage ect. before i can get to crazy playing in it but for its first time in the snow i was pleased with it... |
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 Snow Wheelin 101 - Submitted by NobodyDon't go alone. It should go without saying that snow wheelin alone isn't the best idea. The further out you go and the less popular roads you travel, the more important this becomes. Stop before you get stuck. That's right STOP. Getting unstuck from the snow is generally pretty easy, unless of course you make it worse. So if you're stuck, just stop. Unless you've got some advanced snow driving skills, it's pretty unlikely that your going to drive out. Stop early and get a tug or dig your way out. You'll have more fun! Be alert to changing snow conditions. As the weather, angle of the sun, elevation, temperature, etc change, so does the snow. What was easily passable on the way in, may create quite the challenge to get out. I've been in situations where the temp drops and crystallizes the snow into what I like to call "sugar snow". When this happens, it doesn't matter who you are or what you are driving, you're in for a long trip out....more Snow Wheelin Tires - Submitted by NobodyWider is better. Not so fast! Given equal tire pressure, a 36x12.50 and a 36x14.50 will have the same size footprint. The shape will be different, but the total area will be the same. Don't stop reading. I'm not crazy. Here's the deal...to keep things simple, lets say we have 4,000lbs vehicle. We'll assume it's perfectly balanced and therefore 1,000lbs at each tire. If the tire is inflated to a known pressure, say 5 psi(pounds per square inch), we can now determine the area of the footprint in sq/in using the following formula....more |
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