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i went up there with the family and a couple of friends for the day. what a day it was.
the snow really came down for quite a while.
there is quite a bit of snow on the trails, though the main trails seemed to be maintained. (3n-14)
what a gorgeous place to be.
the snow came down like a blizzard!
the roads on the way out were a real bitch.
the tourists were wiping out all over the place, and causing a terrible traffic condition.
going down the front, there was an accident of some sort that had the 18 closed off for hours.
i heard that it was a "sledder" and i also heard that a vehicle went over the side.
not sure what irt really was.
i turned on the cb, and was in communication with someone on a base station who was getting me updates on the road conditions, and offering suggestions on how to get down the hill.
we turned around and went for the 38 to go to the 10. right before we got there, they closed that one down.
our last resort was to take the 18 down to lucern...
heading down this road in the nearly blizzard like conditions was pretty sweet having a jeep capable of staying on the road.
watching these dumb asses in their unchained bimmers sliding into the mountain was something to behold.
half way down, the traffic stopped.
on the sharpest curve on the road, there was a semi tractor trailer on his way up the hill who couldn't make the turn.
CRAP! so... we sit, 10 cars from having made it around this mess.
some impatient yahoos seeing us sitting still thought "hey.. lets pass them" so they did.
now on the uphill side of the semi (the direction he was going) these assholes had the whole road blocked on both sides so there was no where for him to go, no any way to get emergency vehicles in to him.
people are generally stupid.
we finally made it down the hill into the pouring rain.
over all it was a great time, and a fun experience.
this was not a jeeping run, though i brought my jeep.
my friend decided to go up that morning in his accord, and i wanted to have a look as well.
we all had a great time out there.
the snow really came down for quite a while.
there is quite a bit of snow on the trails, though the main trails seemed to be maintained. (3n-14)
what a gorgeous place to be.
the snow came down like a blizzard!
the roads on the way out were a real bitch.
the tourists were wiping out all over the place, and causing a terrible traffic condition.
going down the front, there was an accident of some sort that had the 18 closed off for hours.
i heard that it was a "sledder" and i also heard that a vehicle went over the side.
not sure what irt really was.
i turned on the cb, and was in communication with someone on a base station who was getting me updates on the road conditions, and offering suggestions on how to get down the hill.
we turned around and went for the 38 to go to the 10. right before we got there, they closed that one down.
our last resort was to take the 18 down to lucern...
heading down this road in the nearly blizzard like conditions was pretty sweet having a jeep capable of staying on the road.
watching these dumb asses in their unchained bimmers sliding into the mountain was something to behold.
half way down, the traffic stopped.
on the sharpest curve on the road, there was a semi tractor trailer on his way up the hill who couldn't make the turn.
CRAP! so... we sit, 10 cars from having made it around this mess.
some impatient yahoos seeing us sitting still thought "hey.. lets pass them" so they did.
now on the uphill side of the semi (the direction he was going) these assholes had the whole road blocked on both sides so there was no where for him to go, no any way to get emergency vehicles in to him.
people are generally stupid.
we finally made it down the hill into the pouring rain.
over all it was a great time, and a fun experience.
this was not a jeeping run, though i brought my jeep.
my friend decided to go up that morning in his accord, and i wanted to have a look as well.
we all had a great time out there.
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