an 80 Rescue Story - led by one of your Moderators

[Romer]

Yes there is technical at the end

One of my favorite trails in Colorado is Red Cone. It's a trail that takes you up 13,000 feet and where you can see for what seems like infinity in any direction. Awesome place to smoek a cigar and reflect. I took woody there when he came to colorado in 2006.

Earlier this year before the snow came, a person not associated with our local club was up there when it started snowing and came close to the edge. Not thinking he can make it up with the snow and being close to a several thousand feet drop, he parked it and hiked to a point a friend could come get him.

It then started to snow and snow and snow. Later in the middle of winter, he and a friend took snowmobiles in to check on the condition. A window was open a crack and the truck was filled with snow. Here is a youtube video of this trip back in early April

‪Bringing it back (Day 1)‬‏ - YouTube

Red Cone finally opened last week after the snow melted enough to get in there. Our local club with Nuclearlemon along went up to rescue the truck.

They put a new battery in and it started right up. There was a leaky hose, with Nuclearlemon replaced and they drove the truck home.

It's amazing how durable these vehicles are.

I would have thought a winter, near the top of a 13,000 ft peak covered in snow for months would have done damage. Only the battery didn't make it (tech!)

Good job to the Rising Sun Club and Nuclearlemon

 

[94SRUNNER]

Great recovery story Ken! Thanks for sharing. This is truly a testament to the durability of these trucks!

 

[TRIDETOY]

Glad it survived!There was a f150 that the tranny went out on ophir pass.It sat all winter also.When they were plowing in spring all of sudden bulldozer suddenly droped 2 ft.They were on top of truck and crushed cab .No more f150.

 

[robertaleon]

Awesome! Great job guys.

 

[jvazquez53]

Yes there is technical at the end

One of my favorite trails in Colorado is Red Cone. It's a trail that takes you up 13,000 feet and where you can see for what seems like infinity in any direction. Awesome place to smoek a cigar and reflect. I took woody there when he came to colorado in 2006.

Earlier this year before the snow came, a person not associated with our local club was up there when it started snowing and came close to the edge. Not thinking he can make it up with the snow and being close to a several thousand feet drop, he parked it and hiked to a point a friend could come get him.

It then started to snow and snow and snow. Later in the middle of winter, he and a friend took snowmobiles in to check on the condition. A window was open a crack and the truck was filled with snow. Here is a youtube video of this trip back in early April

‪Bringing it back (Day 1)‬‏ - YouTube

Red Cone finally opened last week after the snow melted enough to get in there. Our local club with Nuclearlemon along went up to rescue the truck.

They put a new battery in and it started right up. There was a leaky hose, with Nuclearlemon replaced and they drove the truck home.

It's amazing how durable these vehicles are.

I would have thought a winter, near the top of a 13,000 ft peak covered in snow for months would have done damage. Only the battery didn't make it (tech!)

Good job to the Rising Sun Club and Nuclearlemon

Try that on a Jeep....

 

[Taildragon]

What did the interior smell like after being filled up with snow all winter?

 

[ERG80]

Great story, Romer.

 

[Tools R Us]

Great job!

 

[Kernal]

Great story that it started right up. Looks like a nice place to visit.

 

[rain76king]

Nice story and sweet spot. When I'm out that way Ken I gotta check that out. Maybe when there's no snowstorms in the forecast!

 

[Stormin Norman]

Man and I thought I had water issues...that snow melt in the cabin must have been annoying.

Great story

 

[Dimiscus]

Cool story and beautiful place. Ive been up there before and it is true, you can see to pretty much infinity.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Great story, with a happy ending!

 

[e9999]

amazing, great story. Man, livin' it up in Colorado...!

 

[nuclearlemon]

What did the interior smell like after being filled up with snow all winter?

no smell at all. the snowmobilers left a half a dozen open baking soda boxes in the rig.

here's the video when rocky turned the key
‪nuclearlemon's Channel‬‏ - YouTube

gotta throw a thanks out to mountain goat for letting me winch off of him when i got into this predicament

 

[taccruiser97]

How did the guy get that far off the trail? Did he intentionally leave it that far to the side of the trail?

 

[timer00]

Neat story thanks!

 

[greentruck]

How did the guy get that far off the trail? Did he intentionally leave it that far to the side of the trail?

I'll bet it was close to whiteout when it happened and got disoriented. Definitely off-trail, so doubt that was unintentional up there under the conditions.

I was in Silverton in late September one year and planned on leaving via Engineer Pass. Rained all night, got up in the morning and headed out. Turned to wet snow by the time we got to Eureka and was starting to snow pretty good by the time we got to Animas Forks. I was hoping it'd quit, but it just got thicker. We turned around not too far past that.

It was a good decision. Besides, I didn't want to walk and my brother and SIL were even less enthusiastic than I was about doing that. Yet, it's the smart thing to do if you know where you're at and feel you can walk down without too much further risk. Most of the time in survival situations, staying with your vehicle is a good rule of thumb because it makes you easier to spot and can provide shelter, but at 13,000 feet and snowing hard, not so much, unless you plan on staying the winter.

 

[Tapage]

impressive when you open the hood all snow pack in there !!!

 

[Bomar]

awesome story...