Snow Run January 27     Well, it’s a good thing you all chickened out on the snow run. It was Deep and it snowed on us pretty good too. Myself, Eric, James Bryant (prospect) and Eric’s friend Scott (stock 99 4runner), headed out towards Grizzly at 8am. Along with a couple of trailered Bronco’s (friends of mine). We encountered snow at Grizzly Flats. They don’t plow past the town but there had been some others up there and the first snow was rutted and slushy. Not much fun there but as we got further out Capps Crossing, the snow got deeper and there was less old tracks. Before we even hit North/South road, there was only virgin snow. The two Bronco’s with their big honkin V8’s and huge tires, broke trail and we all did great till we got to North/South Road. We started north but only got a little ways down the road before encountering some really deep drifts. We hit a point where nobody could get any further without getting stuck to the bumpers and having to be yanked or winched back out… So we gave up, packed down an area big enough to get everyone turned around and headed back up. Back at the intersection, we decide to try going south on North/South Rd and see if that was any better. Well, it was just as deep and it was very sketchy in places but we made it further in that direction. The Bronco’s again leading the way. Eric stayed at the rear to keep an eye on the stock 4runner and I was just in front of him, so we could pull him either way if he got stuck… But, I gotta say, that runner worked great. Even though he was driving in snow nearly up to the windows in places, it never got stuck… We continued plowing down North/South till we hit that uphill section and that was as far as anyone could get. I packed down a turn around area for Scott and myself and we waited for the rest of the gang to give up. (I knew they would have to). During this time, it was snowing like mad and the wind had picked up so it was blowing snow nearly horizontal at times. So we all got headed back towards the intersection again. After we got back there, we hopped out and had some fun throwing snowballs and visiting. Couple of other tricked out rigs showed up with 42” tires. They hadn’t gotten much further than we did on the north end before giving up… Everyone got stuck and had to be yanked out, except for myself and Scott in the 4runner. James just buried his YJ a couple times. And you all know Eric likes the snow and will keep going till he gets stuck. Well, he did get stuck a few times too… The snow was a good 3 feet deep and more than that in places. It packed down fairly well. After a couple rigs had been over it, the tracks were easy to follow, even though everyone was dragging diffs and stuff… Other than the ones mentioned above, we only saw a couple of stock looking rigs. They came just to where the snow started, took one look and turned around. All in all, a great day of snow wheelin. I think it was about 3pm when we headed back… My house is at about 2100 feet and we had a good dusting of snow this morning so I imagine they got at least a few more inches up where we were. There should be plenty of snow for the Iron Mountain trip so everyone, Sign Up, bring your shovels and picnic baskets and have some fun in the snow… Here’s a good shot of James, stuck up to the top of his 37’s… You can see em digging out the Bronco on the left too.