Snow trip bashin on friday

dsw4x4

Adventurer
We took vans a bronco and several jeeps wheeling up seven mile last friday. Snow was just right I slid off the trail busting through deep drifts in a off camber situation but with the help of a winch and several come alongs and a few shovels we had it back on the trail pretty quick. Then I let my buddy bill in a chained up yj bust a good path through the drifts and we got to the easy flat section is where the surprise came. Snow was pretty steady two to three feet deep old crusty snow I had to bust through at high speeds to leave a trail for the lighter vehicles to get through. All of the jeeps and bronco got stuck in this stuff and vans were on full time recovery duty. I ripped off the front bumper on my buddies box style ripping the bolts out of the frame. Here are some pictures.
Me stuck another 3 or 4 inches and it was about a 6 foot drop on the front downhill side tire dave is standing in this picture digging out that front tire
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A moose running straight for us lucky for us she changed her mind and went a different direction
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just give it a little tug!
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crap
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hey look a bumper and a 8000 pound winch!!
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a quick video
http://youtu.be/UYo9T2InULQ
 

1leglance

2007 Expedition Trophy Champion, Overland Certifie
looks like a crazy cold time and plenty of recovery practice going on there.
Great to see such a variety of rigs out playing together.
 

dsw4x4

Adventurer
Yes we were doing some major recovery everyone was stuck at least once.
Seven mile is up the poudre canyon just west of Fort Collins Colorado
 

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