Washington - Pistons Wild Hypothermia Run - January 26-27, 2013

[LJ dude]

On Saturday morning four of us met up at the Chelatchie Prairie store. We had one XJ, two TJ's, and one LJ all locked with the smallest being on 33's. We headed up the FS53 breaking trail all day and ended up at the intersection of the 53 and the 38. It took us about 5 hrs and it was a 19 mile trip. At the top were we camped there was over 5ft of snow under the jeeps.

And I was the first one to get stuck

Then we all took turns getting stuck

Breaking trail for the last mile or two to camp

Having some fun!

Camp Pistons Wild

 

[LJ dude]

Standing around the campfire Saturday night

4 to 5 inches of snow fell overnight. Around 1am my tent came crashing down. We knocked the snow off of it and went back to sleep. lol

Morning snow. It almost covered the can on top of the Jeep

Cleaning up the fire pit in the morning

I decided to see how deep it was

Group shot

Back on the trail

We cleared around 10 downed trees on Saturday

Pushing snow with the axle

And more stucks

And more

And now Im sitting sideways

Nothing but good times!

 

[SHARP]

Very cool trip! That is a ton of snow, we love that area up there and spent a lot of time camping up by Swift. without giving up your spot, where might one find FS53? I looked but had no luck.

 

[LJ dude]

Very cool trip! That is a ton of snow, we love that area up there and spent a lot of time camping up by Swift. without giving up your spot, where might one find FS53? I looked but had no luck.

If youve spent time up at Swift then im assuming that you know where the Chelatchie Prairie store is. The 53 road is east of the Chelatchie Prairie store.

 

[Hopeless Diamond]

What a blast! Looks like a good time was had by 1 and all. Great job sharing it too. If it was easy anyone could do it

 

[chevyz71]

awesome roads covered with tons of snow..

 

[Jerry]

Fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed the photos and write-up. When I first read your location I wondered where you would go wheeling, but I forgot that heavy snow makes any road a challenge. I never was into cold n' wet, but your exploits sure make for a fun read. Thanks a million for posting!

 

[ANDYROO]

Love the pics, you guys are hardcore campers......thanks for sharing! Living here in San Diego our brutal winters don't seem quite so bad now...LOL

 

[Bill Beers]

Man that looks like fun!