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What the hell is that? ^
Cold weather prep?
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What the hell is that? ^
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NVM I figured it out.
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LOL. I'm serious though. That Sh*t ( high altitude pulmonary edema) almost took me out !
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I read about it. It seems that the Army did a test in Colorado somewhere with some 200 people and only 3 people were suspected of having HAPE. Apparently it is a pretty rare accurance. Thats like 1.5% of people are affected by HAPE. That being said me and my girlfriend have both been there previously and actually snowmobiled to around 14k feet, we were both unaffected. As for my best friend and his old lady I don't know. I know she has been that high, but I don't think he has. They are both paramedics though, so if anything does arrise we should be in the clear. Thanks for the concern, and glad it didn't "take you out".
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I have always carried chains and never used them, but it sounds like you might need em for the cabin access. Snow plowing up that high does not mean scraping down to bare dirt, it means removing snow till you reach the "base" of packed snow and ice. Temps will likely be 10 below to 30 below at night.
If highway conditions warrant chains you are probably best off waiting it out cause all it takes is 1 out of control monkey to ruin your day. For some off road fun rent snowmobiles. Make sure to go to Giampetros in Breck for the best Italian.
Ronny Gabrieloff
If highway conditions warrant chains you are probably best off waiting it out cause all it takes is 1 out of control monkey to ruin your day. For some off road fun rent snowmobiles. Make sure to go to Giampetros in Breck for the best Italian.
Ronny Gabrieloff
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Well, last time we went on a guided snowmobile tour. It was pretty fun. About 80 bucks for me and the g/f for 2-3 hours and went all the way to the continental divide, at like 14k feet. I wish we could rent them and take them back to our cabin. I don't know the laws governing riding a snowmobile on a county road, and what land is private and whatnot. I don't want to step on any toes or go somewhere I shouldn't. That and even if they DO rent them where you can like take it to your own place I don't have a hitch to pull a trailer.
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The 80 does extremely well in cold - even with mediocre tires. I parked a new 91 with A/T tires in a high desert winter in the middle of nowhere and left for a 4 day backpack trip up the highest peak in AZ. Came back an it was buried with 3-4 feet of snow all around and no hint of the trail. Not only did it startup immediately, but we were able to simply drive out of the snowdrift it created and amble around in 3 feet of snow lost for an hour before finally going cross country through arryos and drainages. Tons of comforting heat from both heaters, hardened underbody good when crashing into unseen stumps and rocks, and was an impressive show of mobility and design for rugged usages. This incident caused us to purchase 3 more 80 series....
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