Snow Trouble

Basically made a poor judgment call and ended up on a road I shouldn't have been on. With nowhere to really turn around without being in deeper shit I decided to just keep going. According to the map the road had an end but getting there seemed unlikley. The video is basically me knowing I'm fucked . I was roughly 2 miles from non stress inducing roads and it was well below 0°, no cell service but I was able to reach some guys on snow mobiles with my two way radio that helped me turn around and I made it out with no real problems though it was around 3pm in the video and I didn't get to a safe road until 2am . The performance of the BFG Ko2's is what saved me here . Going in was stupid but I've been know to be quite dumb from time to time . The problems really start around the 1:00 mark. Anyway, the video is just for entertainment purposes though you can take something from it like how drive or not drive in the shit .
https://youtu.be/KVkPU5ReOdg

 

Did you at least have a shovel ?

 

The single-track road width and off-camber areas would definitely creep me out a bit w/ deep snow.

Almost worth that view though, wow!

 

That windshield safety sticker must mean your in the Catskills or something of the like

 

Nice. Was backing up not an option? I once tried to cross over the sierras in late spring while the Yosemite pass was still closed, I thought I found a small road that was open. I made it over the summit and about two miles down the other side I realized that the snow was getting too thick for the truck to handle. Rather than press forward to find a turnaround, I threw it in reverse and backed up my own tracks the full two miles to the summit, where I could get turned around...

 

You made it out safe, and it'll help others learn from your mistake, so thanks for posting it.

What a view though... Too bad it was so cold.

 

I had everything i could've had minus a winch but sometimes everything is not enough .

 

The scenery was absolutely beautiful .

 

The classic “I’ll just see what’s around the next bend” scenario.

I’ve been there, but I think I would have chickened-out a little sooner.

Had you aired down? Were you carrying chains?

 

Snow caps near Killington VT

 

I tried but I kept slipping towards the ditch, it was more nerve racking that just moving forward . I kept telling myself there's a clearing or a place to turn around just ahead . That never happened . I thought if I could just stay on the track I'd be ok .That hill at the end was just too much.

 

I would have stopped at that cabin and just waited for it all to melt.

 

No chains .I was down to 20psi. "If I can just get through this section , I'll be ok" lol never works that way.

 

Not only did I stop there, I made a fucking fire.

 

And talk about scenery, this was earlier the the day . A 15 min section driving through the snow caps .A winter wonderland like nothing else .

https://youtu.be/_GbVkjgjVD4

 

Lol, I would have been inside that cabin waiting for the owners to return.

 

You had an easy turnaround at 1:00 where you turned right from the tractor parked on the left. You could have just backed back to that spot from anywhere up until 2:55. You had another turnaround at a house at 4:30.

 

You're absolutely right .

 

+1, put on my wood chompin' mask, prepped some firewood inside their cabin...