Land Rovers in the snow on Bald Mtn Shaver Lake

[RoverMack]

Pictures from last weekend of LR's on a snow run / snow camping trip to Shaver Lake and Bald Mtn

The rest can be found following the link below

 

[James86004]

Nice photos!

So, when you drive in snow like that, how do you keep from finding logs and boulders? Was the road defined well enough?

 

[muskyman]

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[RoverMack]

Nice photos!

So, when you drive in snow like that, how do you keep from finding logs and boulders? Was the road defined well enough?

Good question, actually that was the fire road to the trail head One group did make it a mile or so up the actual Bald Mtn trail but according to the locals no one had reached the end of the trail for a couple of months.
The snow was deep loose powder and it took all day to travel a total of 7 miles, lots of winching, pulling and digging. If you strayed off the trail the snow was waist deep.

 

[muskyman]

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[Funrover]

Great pics. thanks for sharing!

 

[michaelgroves]

Nice photos!

So, when you drive in snow like that, how do you keep from finding logs and boulders? Was the road defined well enough?

Yes, I was wondering how the first guys after the heavy snow actually manage to find the road? Without the tracks in the snow, there are lots of gaps in the trees that look like the road might go that way!

I guess mapping it carefully beforehand with a GPS would be handy.

 

[SixLug]

Pictures from last weekend of LR's on a snow run / snow camping trip to Shaver Lake and Bald Mtn

Someone is afraid of the dark!!!

 

[muskyman]

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[RoverMack]

Someone is afraid of the dark!!!

You have no idea! check out his avatar on Land Rover Repair Forums
Only 2 LR's did not get stuck on this trip- this was one and mine was the other.

 

[RoverMack]

here is another video of rovers in the snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmQ...897B1561&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=44

the first part is over pretty simple two tracks, but as the video progresses you will see me breaking trail through a rock garden that is all boulders.

reading the terain is the key to getting through damage free.

the rock garden part starts at 6:12

Enjoyed the video, thanks for posting. You certainly made more progress than our group from SCLR and NCLR we spent most of the day traveling a total of 7 miles but it was a great weekend and the snow camping was character building, fortified by some Mcallum

 

[stevenmd]

Yes, I was wondering how the first guys after the heavy snow actually manage to find the road? Without the tracks in the snow, there are lots of gaps in the trees that look like the road might go that way!

I guess mapping it carefully beforehand with a GPS would be handy.

The NCLR also does this trip in the summer. Knowing Ron, the trip leader, he probably has every pebble marked on his GPS.:ylsmoke:

 

[ntsqd]

Yes, I was wondering how the first guys after the heavy snow actually manage to find the road? Without the tracks in the snow, there are lots of gaps in the trees that look like the road might go that way!

I guess mapping it carefully beforehand with a GPS would be handy.

Narrow trails are tougher, but with fire roads you can usually stay on them just by watching where the flat snow is. Flat across the width of the road that is.