My friend Zack (monsterubi) suggested we go up to Big Bear on Saturday. He said he likes to go up there when it snows, because he likes to pull all the wrecked cars out of the ditch on the way up. So off we went not know what to expect. Our snow day started out with the 2 of us driving up the 38 towards Big Bear Lake.
The snow police had there snow chain checkpoint set up just past Angelus Oaks. There were dozens of vehicles pulled to the side in various stages of rigging chains. After getting the nod to proceed by the snow police we put the rigs in 4 wheel high and went on through. Less than 2 miles down the road, we came across a guy walking downhill by himself. Just around the next curve we found his vehicle, our first (and only) catch of the day. His Volvo was good and stuck, off the side of the road in the ditch. His passenger had stayed with the vehicle while he went for help. While Zack prepared to pull him out I went back down the road to pickup the driver.
Zack’s rig had no trouble pulling him out of his predicament, but it seems it was all for naught. Something in his cars rear end was broken. His rear driver’s side wheel would not turn. We left him to call a tow truck and continued up the mountain.
The snow vanished not far up the road. It seemed as if it dumped mostly on the other side. We didn’t see much more until we got into Big Bear. After stopping to fuel up on pancakes at I-Hop, we drove out to 3n16 for some off road play. I stopped to air down, and take a few poser shots of our rigs.
The snow was about 6” deep, so it was easy going. We crossed several mud holes.
We stopped again in Holcomb Valley to take some pics.
Then we decided to drive over to the south side of the lake and run the trails over there. When we got there we were disappointed by a locked gate. It seems they close the trails that run along the top of the ski resorts. I guess in an attempt to keep folks from sneaking on to the runs from the top.
So while I aired up I snapped a few more worthless pics of our mud covered rigs.
Then we drove back down stopping at the bottom to take even more boring pics of our filthy rigs.
The snow police had there snow chain checkpoint set up just past Angelus Oaks. There were dozens of vehicles pulled to the side in various stages of rigging chains. After getting the nod to proceed by the snow police we put the rigs in 4 wheel high and went on through. Less than 2 miles down the road, we came across a guy walking downhill by himself. Just around the next curve we found his vehicle, our first (and only) catch of the day. His Volvo was good and stuck, off the side of the road in the ditch. His passenger had stayed with the vehicle while he went for help. While Zack prepared to pull him out I went back down the road to pickup the driver.
Zack’s rig had no trouble pulling him out of his predicament, but it seems it was all for naught. Something in his cars rear end was broken. His rear driver’s side wheel would not turn. We left him to call a tow truck and continued up the mountain.
The snow vanished not far up the road. It seemed as if it dumped mostly on the other side. We didn’t see much more until we got into Big Bear. After stopping to fuel up on pancakes at I-Hop, we drove out to 3n16 for some off road play. I stopped to air down, and take a few poser shots of our rigs.
The snow was about 6” deep, so it was easy going. We crossed several mud holes.
We stopped again in Holcomb Valley to take some pics.
Then we decided to drive over to the south side of the lake and run the trails over there. When we got there we were disappointed by a locked gate. It seems they close the trails that run along the top of the ski resorts. I guess in an attempt to keep folks from sneaking on to the runs from the top.
So while I aired up I snapped a few more worthless pics of our mud covered rigs.
Then we drove back down stopping at the bottom to take even more boring pics of our filthy rigs.
