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by christensent
Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:09 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Tonga Ridge 2/1/15
Replies: 3
Views: 1856

Re: Tonga Ridge 2/1/15

looks like you are on NWhikers? nice last pic.. you're nuts to try and summit rainier with conditions like that! Yes I am on NWhikers too. This was possibly the best winter Rainier window that's been for years (now over due to the weather systems moving through this week). No snowshoes necessary fr...
by christensent
Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:13 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Tonga Ridge 2/1/15
Replies: 3
Views: 1856

Tonga Ridge 2/1/15

This winter sucks, but I'm not sitting around at home waiting for snow to never come. First we went up the Whitepine Creek Road a few miles east of Stevens Pass summit. First few miles were plowed with dusted over water ice. Get out and you just fall over (to think, before we left in the morning we ...
by christensent
Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:49 pm
Forum: SnowTrek Chat
Topic: Place To Get Tires Balanced Well
Replies: 7
Views: 5619

Re: Place To Get Tires Balanced Well

I had full death wobble once before upgrading my track bar to one with much more steel. Then I was pretty well off and only had a bit of wobbles in the 30-40mph range. I just had Discount rotate and they re-balanced them and now I have some fairly scary wobbles in the 50mph range (although fortunate...
by christensent
Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:42 pm
Forum: SnowTrek Chat
Topic: Place To Get Tires Balanced Well
Replies: 7
Views: 5619

Place To Get Tires Balanced Well

Anyone know of a place in the greater Seattle area that will balance tires really well (not road-force due to beadlocks)? Discount Tire isn't doing a good enough job to keep the wobbles away with 120 pound tire/wheels on my jeep. Not supposed to dynabead double-beadlocks although I could give it a t...
by christensent
Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:02 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Snow Saturday
Replies: 3
Views: 1381

Re: Snow Saturday

Despite the forest service saying the road is open except April 1-June 15, the Mt. Daniel road is a groomed snowmobile trail so that failed. Every forest road out in Salmon La Sac area is either a snowmobile trail or posted no motorized vehicles. Then I went to the Teanaway area, went up a forest ro...
by christensent
Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Snow Saturday
Replies: 3
Views: 1381

Snow Saturday

Anyone want to go try to find some snow to wheel tomorrow? Thinking Van Epps Pass might be fun to try. Might satisfy the need to bury vehicles in snow at 6000ft.
by christensent
Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:31 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Event: New Years 2015 Hangover Run (Washington)
Replies: 16
Views: 14459

Re: Event: New Years 2015 Hangover Run (Washington)

Does it typically get gated in winter? It closes at mile 21 every winter, not sure before that which is why I'm wondering where it was closed. There's not much documentation on later in the winter since the number of people in the mountaineering and snow wheeling community is very close to zero. So...
by christensent
Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Event: New Years 2015 Hangover Run (Washington)
Replies: 16
Views: 14459

Re: Event: New Years 2015 Hangover Run (Washington)

shoot call me next time, never got an email.. we drove up to cascade river rd but it was gated w six inches of snow on the road :(. I don't have a texting plan either so I use a google voice number its free Was it gated at milepost 21 as the NPS website suggests? Or did it get closed further back n...
by christensent
Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:17 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Tonga Ridge 1/4/15
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Re: Tonga Ridge 1/4/15

As for driving on tires with low pressure, it's more about how fast than how far. You want to minimize the heat. Make no mistake, driving on flat tires is very hard on the tires. Some brands and sizes tolerate low pressure better than others. That said, my tires are something like 12 years old and ...
by christensent
Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:02 pm
Forum: Snow Wheeling
Topic: Tonga Ridge 1/4/15
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Tonga Ridge 1/4/15

Went to a friend's place to do some welding on my axle, smashed my finger within 5 minutes turning the finger nail into a black throbbing pain, said screw it, grabbed an ice pack, and went to the snow. Started out on a few inches of super slick packed snow. Dropped to 4psi after sliding a ways down ...
by christensent
Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:49 am
Forum: SnowTrek Chat
Topic: New To Snow Wheeling
Replies: 6
Views: 5117

Re: New To Snow Wheeling

Oh, I merely finished them this summer... took 3 summers to complete. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8634/15960188098_e1b18a96e1.jpg Adams https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8575/15527895303_3b45cd94c5.jpg Baker https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/15961555639_d9c78986ee.jpg Glacier Peak (the best peak) ...
by christensent
Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: SnowTrek Chat
Topic: New To Snow Wheeling
Replies: 6
Views: 5117

New To Snow Wheeling

Moved back to Washington this summer after school and bought a new Rubicon and built it up specifically for snow wheeling. Running Hutchinson double beadlocked 35" MTR's. Been out a few times, nothing quite like driving up a snowy mountain at 4PSI and never spinning once. https://farm8.staticfl...