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Stampede pass before it closes for seasonal SnoPark.
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Stampede pass before it closes for seasonal SnoPark.
Man looks awesome!
Excellent! I got up and over Stampede starting in Greenwater on Oct 16th. Barely any snow that day.
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The valley is bare but anything over 4k feet had a lot of snow.
LCMoneyPit
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Epic sledding for the kiddos up there also!
When does it close? If you happen to do another snow run post up. I want to go haha
Might be down for a snow run too, if timings work out. I have 33 inch tires, rock sliders, no lift or winch. Looking into getting snow chains
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Early December it becomes a snopark. I don't know but likely in next couple of weeks. From USFS:
"Grooming has concluded for the 2020-21 season and will resume December 2021 when snow accumulation allows."
Tires, chains, and self recovery are the only thing needed!
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I think the road usually closes in mid November.
Count me in please. Totally stock LX570, but I have a winch I can hang on my rear receiver plus all my recovery gear from my last truck - Maxtrax, shovel, Hi-Lift, lots of recovery straps, etc.
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Nice! I'd love to join next time.
My old ZR2 group is going up to Stampede Pass this weekend, tried to tag along but they are unsure of the LX570's capabilities and don't want to have to pull me out. Looks like it is dumping up there this week.
LOL.
You’ll be pulling them out.
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Definitely not wrong. The picture doesn’t show the slope in which his truck was sliding. Pulling him straight forward was just going to keep him sliding sideways and possibly into other trees.
It was pretty entertaining to watch him attempting to get himself out. Twin factory lockers weren’t helping, just making him slide and get more stuck. LX didn’t move and inch even with pulling the front of his truck sideways.
Well maybe we should organize a 200 series snow run to Stampede Pass so that we can rescue the ZR2 group going up there tomorrow? LOL.... (Just joking)
From my experience (and I am still a new-be) with my ZR2 (and BTW that picture gives me PTSD flashbacks to being hopelessly high centered in some spring snow) - lockers and snow don't really work that well - they were pretty much useless if you get stuck - in other words they did not really provide the truck additional capability in the snow over not using the lockers. Having a winch (or a lot of shovels) was the only thing that overcame the snow - especially spring snow.
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Yeah, in snow its going great, then ever gets stuck together. I doubt really that vehicle type matters too much. You have clearance and or traction, then you don’t.
If you're in the Seattle area and have a takeoff under rig spare tire cross member/ tire winch for sale/trade let me know!
