Winter Wheeling in Pacific Northwest

[boknows]

We have had a little front move through the PNW so I figured it would be a good time to take the family hunting for some sledding areas. We drove up to Evans Creek, near Carbonado Washington, on the Northwest corner of Mount Rainier State Park. It was mostly uneventful but we did get to see some beautiful scenery which I thought we should share with you southerners. After spending the day on the trail and in the snow pulling out two very under prepared vehicles, it made me rethink my whole arsenal of recovery gear and emergency kit. Next time I will definitely bring some better gloves and a mummy bag just in case I am the one getting stuck. Maybe Santa will bring me a winch.

Enjoy
Jason

Main roads were pretty good on the way there, sideroads...not so much

Father and son stuck in snowdrift/water runoff. What they lacked in recovery gear they made up for in questionable logic. This was the second time they had been helped out by others that day. Glad he didn't have to leave his ride on the mountain.

 

[boknows]

The dude was not so interested in getting wet in the snow.

Sister didn't seem to mind so much

Merry Christmas!

 

[jeff_wright]

Awesome pictures! Send some of that snow our way

 

[conifers4]

Great pictures and a beautiful family!

 

[Corey]

Beautiful area, been on there many a time.
I use to camp long ago at the Ipsut Creek campground there at Rainier with a tent trailer I had, and also backup in the three miles to the first back country camp at the glacier.

That bridge is something else though, kind of scary with the huge drop off to below.

 

[CoastalDefender]

I gotta know man.

 

[boknows]

I gotta know man.

Just playing around with my rock lights, looks really wild on a blanket of fresh powder when it's a little darker.

 

[boknows]

Beautiful area, been on there many a time.
I use to camp long ago at the Ipsut Creek campground there at Rainier with a tent trailer I had, and also backup in the three miles to the first back country camp at the glacier.

Gorgeous around there, got any GPS coordinates for the campsite?

 

[Corey]

No cords, the camp site I think has been closed for a few yers due to the raod being washed out.
But it is the only car camp at Rainier on that side of the mountain.

The back packing camp was an easy three mile hike in, and they have about six or so sites with a pit toilet there.
That trail head is accessed just beyond the car camping lot.

 

[Storz]

Great pictures! Looks like a blast

 

[Willman]

Great pictures!

how are the new BF muds in the snow? Details please!

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[boknows]

Great pictures!

how are the new BF muds in the snow? Details please!

:ylsmoke:

Nic,

I have almost 1K miles on them so far and no complaints. I left 33x12.50 GY MTRs for them and man, what a difference. I had over 30K on my GYs and the first thing I noticed was the noise level. You can barely hear the BFGs in the Jeep(which is impressive because you can hear anything in a jeep), however the GY's were droning and reverberating inside the cab like I was running my old super swamper TSLs, when they get old,they get hard and loud.

I have run them a few times on the trail but have not aired them down yet because they were mild trails and I was a bit lazy to get out in the snow. On the 35's I run about 3.5 ounces of weight to balance and they track straight and true on the street.
-When braking over waves in pavement I do not notice a pull.
-I haven't gotten them in deep sticky mud but it should not be long being in the PNW.
-I have gotten them in sand and they dug, again, I didn't have them deflated and it was a steep loose climb...I did make it to the top
-Snow, awesome. I have been playing in 1-1.5 feet of snow the last week and they pull right out and up on top. I really have to jump on the throttle and lock the rear axle to get a good the rear sliding. Overall,I love the tire and would recommend to anyone.
-Ice, holy crap, is there anything that works on ice other than studs and chains? Tire has some siping and is great on wet roads but ice scares me!

~Jason

 

[Willman]

Thanks!!^


Ice and muds don't mix....unless you are all chained up!

Great report!

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