Big bear snow run 1/3/11

Pictures from today..

 

Great trail man i enjoyed it alot. Hope we can do this again. I will have some pic's up.

 

thank you for the good run yesterday guys!!

 

here are some pix.

fog at exit 138 towards silverwood lake


view from rim of the world.


airing down


mike planning on putting on some chains


onto the trail


going up a small hill in snow then someone stops = "STUCK" (stuck #1)


rescue #1 FAILED (we had to dig and push him out) i was so damn stuck


rescue #2 failed (we had to dig, dig, push and push to get him unstuck) i was F!@#$ng stuck!!



we managed to get me unstuck but i was just getting sucked in the ditch = stuck again


rescue #3 - the power of WINCH (i had to be winched out twice!! front pull didnt help. rear pull to the bottom of the hill was the trick)

 

finally caught up with the gang up the hill.


i got stuck so long that everyone else was playing in the snow and someone lost their keys!! (we eventually found it...)


we were doing good until STUCK #2 (damn LOG!!)


STUCK #3 - jeep got stock on the same log (jeep got high centered)


STUCK #4 same log, i was going a good speed but the log got me on my right so i went flying sideways (i almost took out 2 bystanders watching me pass by)


we finally made it up to out lunch area


in the lunch area a few got stuck.


hummers where passing by and one of us was in the way


hummers where cheating they had chains front and back!!


leader hummer had to pull out blue tacoma


who say's hummers with front and rear chains dont get stuck? he had to be pulled out


so for us who always get stuck we decided to give up and put on some chains
thanks alex for lending me some chains. damn chains are awesome!!!


down the main road airing up


damn trip took 8hours!!

moral lesson: use chains if u dont have good tires (props to yotoda, diabloalex and dan). i will definitely get some chains soon.

thank you for all the help you guys!!! lets do it again

 

here are some videos.

 

Looks like a lot of fun guys. This was my first weekend off and I was cOntemplating going with you guys but had to take my FJ in for some service. I'll have to join u guys next time. Looks like a lot of fun. Any prerunners go? Or are all u 4x?

 

sweet PIC's man !!!

 

no prerunners. no way in hell would they had made it. we where all 4x4

 

here are the pics i got from yesterday guys fun fun trip hope to do it again

 

I coulda made it! lol. Chains on my two rears and I'm set.

 

their was some thick snow on some of the trail.

 

I know. I'm only kidding. However, for some reason my truck makes unmakeable stuff.

 

I think you would have made it if you chained up. As long as you stayed on the trail.

 

Did you decide not to plate the front bumper Roland?

 

Its was a great run. Thanks too everybody that came out. I got no pix cause i forgot my camara. N mike glad u can take some jokes. It was all good n fun.

 

When is the next trip

 

Nice pics, Looks like a good trip.