Winter in mountains with RWD

Good advice, thank you.

Yea it hasn't snowed too much here yet but the few times it has, I just go in an empty parking lot and slide around.

Good tip on the shaded roads, I also wouldn't have thought of that either.

 

Which avy course? I've been an instructor since '84.

 

Oh nice. AIARE 1 through CMS

 

Sell the RWD and get a 4WD. Or at least a front wheel drive minivan. I can't imagine trying to winter the mountains in a RWD w/o snow tires at the very least. Can it be done? Sure. But it's 2020 and AWD, 4WD, and FWD all exist in multitude.

 

I just bought the damn thing haha. 98% of the time, I will not need 4WD. Maybe I can get snow tires after selling my old tires. Maybe this trip will be a wakeup call

 

One of the roads in question

 

Following this thread to see how your winter turns out

 

https://www.cotrip.org/map.htm
https://opensnow.com/dailysnow

 

Yea if it looks like that I just wont risk it, no point. Little too much gas and there I go. Silverton is a maybe depending on conditions for red mtn pass. I've driven through there a couple times in my last vehicle but only in summer. Would suck if it was slick.

 

I was thinking this one

 

Everybody in this post had 4WD.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/colorado-b-s-thread.131441/page-9111#post-24782591

 

what road is that