It all started a few days ago, the plan was that would meet in a little town up in the mountains at 8 for breakfast and we would go from there. Of course Carey could not remember the name of the restaurant. But Gold Bar is a little town, how tough was it going to be to spot a place with a bunch of Land Rovers parked outside.
Turned out to be pretty obvious, with us there were a dozen Land Rovers of various types. Series II, Series III, Defenders, selection of Discos and even a Series II Lightweight that still had the British Army number plates on it.
After breakfast, a little looking at each others cars and a quick briefing we drove towards Stevens Pass and up into the snow. Mine is an almost totally stock Discovery II, the only modification was putting the right tires on for the snow and that was it.
One thing I found today, it’s a very capable car. I grounded the chassis rails (hard) a couple or times going over fallen tree trunks, but it kept on going and never missed a beat.
On the trails the surface was hard packed snow, this was as wide as the tracks of the car in front. Off the track there was 3-4 feet of snow, a hard ice crust with powder under it, I sank up to my thighs a few times.
A new LR4 got really stuck, the Lightweight grounded and the single-track road got really slippery. This was a very fun way to spend a day, the scenery was beautiful, the laughs plentiful and new respect for what my car can do.
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Beautiful winter scenery. Great shots. Very capable vehicles in their environment…
It looks like a fun way to spend the day, great cars that are very capable. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a good time, we don’t get to do snow runs like that in England, even in the Lakes we don’t get snow like that. Best-four-by-four-by-far
Cool work. Keep it comin’. 🙂
Dave, looks like a fun day in the hills. While we never get snow like that in Devon, there are plenty of greenlanes to go playing on. Best 4X4Xfar!