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1:winter camp
2: :mad:
3: top of walker hill
4: top of walker hill
5: spider lake
6: donuts on the lake! :eek:
7: :eek:
8: walker hill
9: walker hill:eek:

Guess I was a little too slow, huh? :emb: :flipoff2:

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! looks kinda cold (from a texas point o' view) great pic's, sure is a pretty place to be able to wheel...bet them east coast guy are getting jealous:flipoff2:

that looks like a good time in the snow- was that a 5-297x joint there? it looks like it- go to the 5-760 x it will not break like that- Jess

Hey.. Nice pics.. looks like a lot of fun....:D Good going

Originally posted by Lance
Guess I was a little too slow, huh? :emb: :flipoff2:

I just needed a reason to get photo editor here at work!:D
Yep it was a 297- the 332's are on the way- get em thursday...

Brian- Great pics! Looks like a fun trip:)

Originally posted by Aggro


I just needed a reason to get photo editor here at work!:D
Yep it was a 297- the 332's are on the way- get em thursday...

what's a 332 ? that's a new one on me ....

- jack

1480 series, dana 60 front universal joint.:D

ahhhh ... outside the 'small' scope of my 44 limited brain :(

- jack

I had the same affliction, but I'm seeing things clearer now!

So with all that snow, is it easier or harder than when its dry? I've never really been snow wheeling before and never on the 'con so I am curious.

Originally posted by Pavemen
So with all that snow, is it easier or harder than when its dry? I've never really been snow wheeling before and never on the 'con so I am curious.

It's a little harder in the snow. ;)

Originally posted by Lance


It's a little harder in the snow. ;)

Wasn't sure, looked like all the obstacles were buried and the rigs were just floating on top of the snow. Maybe someone needs to post pics of the hard parts in the snow :flipoff2:

I think the snow makes the easy stuff hard and the hard stuff easy. For example what used to be an easy hill climb ( walker hill ) turns into a mountain of ice that you allmost always have to winch up. On the other hand when we went on this trip the box looked as flat as HWY 50, as long as you stay on top of the snow you could have cruised through it at 20 MPH.

looks fun as hell- wow- those are the kind of pictures that make me want to visit california!



- jake

Originally posted by Weezer
I think the snow makes the easy stuff hard and the hard stuff easy. For example what used to be an easy hill climb ( walker hill ) turns into a mountain of ice that you allmost always have to winch up. On the other hand when we went on this trip the box looked as flat as HWY 50, as long as you stay on top of the snow you could have cruised through it at 20 MPH.

I wouldn't dream of doing "the box" at 20 mph in the summer, but I giggle at the thought in the winter

Which way do you guys go into the 'con for these snow runs? I would imagine that the granite bowl is pretty darn tough to climb if it is covered with ice and snow. Do you go the north route up post pile or maybe around bugle lake?

-john

Actually in good snow conditions you can drive the bowl like sand dunes, hi range, 3rd gear HAULINASS!

Geees. I see ya up at IMR, snowing like hell-----no top.
Rubicon, bright at Fat Bastard's ass-----top.

That looks like a bunch-o-fun.

I cant wait for spring thaw... cool pics

Mike-

right-on Brian; but what is left of old yellow, and what size tires you running?

Hey brian do you still have your flatty? or is that gone and you are running a cruzer now?

cruser is his new junk fully gets it in the snow the tires are 38 for now:)

I went through uncle toms cabin and went through ice house road to loon and there was a 6 foot wall of snow, that the snow plows and put. Is that were you guys go in or what.

AHHHH, sweet pictures... Almost as sweet as a PA Amish girl I know!:D :D :eek: :rasta: :evil: :evil:

Are you driving on Spider Lake in those pics, that would be awsome and would totally freak me out :eek: Seems like it would be kind of hard getting there with the climb up and then the stair steps down.

Originally posted by CJBoxer
Are you driving on Spider Lake in those pics, that would be awsome and would totally freak me out :eek: Seems like it would be kind of hard getting there with the climb up and then the stair steps down.

climb up? throttle up!! I drove right up icer- er- walker hill, with a few tries. stair steps down?? remember there's a minimum of 6 feet of snow, and it doesn't conform to the "summertime" obsticals much. If you want to drive somewhere, with a set-up rig, point and shoot! The other guys I go with may beg to differ!!.:D As for driving on sierra lakes, I don't recommend it at all. Repeat NOT at all. I know the area like the back of my hand and feel I "kind of" can tell when it's do-able. There's always a HUGE risk involved-like death... What you don't see in the pic is the two other vehicles on shore with their winches ready IF something bad happened. NEVER drive on lakes used by smud or pg&e for power generation, as the lake level fluctuates, freezes, and refreezes in different levels the snow and ice is extremely unstable. You will die. (most of the lakes and reservoirs in that area are used for power generation.) Spider is not, Buck kind of is but doesn't suffer from the fluctuations.

bbj: 5 minutes with as shovel changes everything.

Keith: I put the top on so I could take my wife on a snow trip, too lazy to take it back off! She likes to be warm.

Jimmy & JIM: "old yella" is resting on a friends property. Just a few yards from a killer rock garden, It's not moving soon! 38's for now, I plan to mount my 42's in the spring.

Nice pics...for some reason that runner looks real familiar....

Looks like that trip was a balst. must be nice to have the Rubicon in your backyard!!!!:skull: