This is as far as I could go up in reverse:
Made it up a different way though
video later when a friend gets it to me
Found it:
Other puddle of him going through
Don't forget you can click for larger pics!
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This is as far as I could go up in reverse:
Made it up a different way though
video later when a friend gets it to me
Found it:
Other puddle of him going through
Don't forget you can click for larger pics!
Nice! Those rocks look sharp, it would make me nervous on stock tires, much like anytime I drive off road around here. Great photos!
More PICS!
More of the lower area:
Nice rock face to climb. A friend ate it climbing down, it's safer to traverse on 4 tires...hee hee.
Friend recovering from the fall
Going up
Part way down the trail we started joking that it would turn into an ATV trail and then have a cliff at the end...Just had to jinx it
Forgot the focus but it's an ATV trail:
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More from this last weekend on the cliffs:
panorama:
wrong focus but still nice looking:
More of the lower area:
Nice rock face to climb. A friend ate it climbing down, it's safer to traverse on 4 tires...hee hee.
Friend recovering from the fall
Going up
Part way down the trail we started joking that it would turn into an ATV trail and then have a cliff at the end...Just had to jinx it
Forgot the focus but it's an ATV trail:
More from this last weekend on the cliffs:
panorama:
wrong focus but still nice looking:
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These are some Winter pics of the same trail and overlook. We snowshoed in 1.4 miles.
Boulder near beginning
Overlook
Can see the Jeep in the distance
Looking down the road
Looks tempting as a slide
Trail pics going from the top down
Huge washout on this turn but looks flat from the snow
Top of the steep rocky hill
Middle
Bottom
*caption this*
The other side of the rock
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How did an suv ever fit through here?
The turn before the pond/stream
This is the big pond/stream from the video on my other adventure thread
Did all this from my phone so hopefully it works.
These are some Winter pics of the same trail and overlook. We snowshoed in 1.4 miles.
Boulder near beginning
Overlook
Can see the Jeep in the distance
Looking down the road
Looks tempting as a slide
Trail pics going from the top down
Huge washout on this turn but looks flat from the snow
Top of the steep rocky hill
Middle
Bottom
*caption this*
The other side of the rock
How did an suv ever fit through here?
The turn before the pond/stream
This is the big pond/stream from the video on my other adventure thread
Did all this from my phone so hopefully it works.
Winter Jeepin
These snow drifts are huge.
Lots of snow drifts over the road. Impassable without 4wd/awd.
These snow drifts are huge.
Lots of snow drifts over the road. Impassable without 4wd/awd.
Here are a couple pics of one of the smaller snow drifts after the road is cleared.
This is the "Breakers"
This is the "Breakers"
In Keweenaw county which is about 30 mins away:
2013-2014 Snowfall - 333.5" with 28" on the ground through 4/23/14
Here in Houghton:
Total through March we had 186.25" but we've had 3 snowstorms in April 2 of them >15" and one about 10" last week.
All asphalt surfaces have melted but on the yards there is anywhere between 0-24" of snow still. Plus we've had numerous days over 50 degrees.
P.S. we might get another 8 inches by Friday...although they aren't sure if it'll be rain or snow.
And to actually give the right answer to your question I think our average is 187"
2013-2014 Snowfall - 333.5" with 28" on the ground through 4/23/14
Here in Houghton:
Total through March we had 186.25" but we've had 3 snowstorms in April 2 of them >15" and one about 10" last week.
All asphalt surfaces have melted but on the yards there is anywhere between 0-24" of snow still. Plus we've had numerous days over 50 degrees.
P.S. we might get another 8 inches by Friday...although they aren't sure if it'll be rain or snow.
And to actually give the right answer to your question I think our average is 187"
And if anyone is curious this is the best vehicle I have ever driven in snow.
My family vehicle history:
I grew up driving tahoes, expeditions and Ford 500's(they had a CVT too), in H.S. I drove a '06 diesel F-250 crew cab(first 3 years), '09 toyota tacoma short bed single cab stick(senior car, never should have let my dad sell it for the honda, 2nd favorite vehicle) and a '11? honda element(post senior summer), and when I was taking community college classes a 2011 F-150 cab and a half, 2012 F150 crew cab, '13 Silverado Z71 with locking rear diff(last summers vehicle).
BTW my dad traveled a lot so he'd put a lot of miles on and then trade in for a newer years model for like ~$.10 a mile plus his trade in...I have no idea how he talked people into it but that's how I got my Patriot as a wedding present(he did put like 10000 miles on it before he retired)
My family vehicle history:
I grew up driving tahoes, expeditions and Ford 500's(they had a CVT too), in H.S. I drove a '06 diesel F-250 crew cab(first 3 years), '09 toyota tacoma short bed single cab stick(senior car, never should have let my dad sell it for the honda, 2nd favorite vehicle) and a '11? honda element(post senior summer), and when I was taking community college classes a 2011 F-150 cab and a half, 2012 F150 crew cab, '13 Silverado Z71 with locking rear diff(last summers vehicle).
BTW my dad traveled a lot so he'd put a lot of miles on and then trade in for a newer years model for like ~$.10 a mile plus his trade in...I have no idea how he talked people into it but that's how I got my Patriot as a wedding present(he did put like 10000 miles on it before he retired)
From the Cliff area as well
Word of advice...if you've already been down a trail with no problems don't always assume it's fine...especially when it rained for the last 3 days...(and are on virtually bald all seasons...)
Made it home though:
So here's the illustrated story(unfortunately you'll have to imagine the tracks are all green and grass covered as I didn't take any pics on the way in, only after getting out.)
Here's kinda what the general area looks like:
So I'm driving in talking with the passengers:
trail kinda looks familiar(last visited in fall):
Then I remember, "Hey there's a swamp up there guys, guess we'll have to turn around if it's too sticky. Maybe if I had my lift and mud tires I'd go for it."
Mind you this is an after pic. Everything was green, solid and undisturbed when first driving on it.
We get to the edge and I park to check out how sticky it really was(already knew I wasn't going to try it). Definitely was squishy and I was [momentarily] glad I had stopped a little bit further back than I had in the past. Then I put it in reverse and drove away...not. Tires spun a bit so I went back forward a bit and engaged 4wd and turned esp all the way off. Reverse. Sink...Ahh guys? Try a bit more...yup definitely need assistance of some sort.
This is after using the come-a-long once:
Oh boy...
quite the hole:
so made it out and did a 7 point turn around.
BUT WAIT!!!! THERE'S MORE!
What are those holes/tracks near my feet you may ask?
Another place to almost get stuck!
After trying a few times one of my passengers says, "Hey! Would it help if we got out?":doh: I'm a genius...
They hop out and I floor it up over and out 50 feet up the trail where it actually becomes solid.
Word of advice...if you've already been down a trail with no problems don't always assume it's fine...especially when it rained for the last 3 days...(and are on virtually bald all seasons...)
Made it home though:
So here's the illustrated story(unfortunately you'll have to imagine the tracks are all green and grass covered as I didn't take any pics on the way in, only after getting out.)
Here's kinda what the general area looks like:
So I'm driving in talking with the passengers:
trail kinda looks familiar(last visited in fall):
Then I remember, "Hey there's a swamp up there guys, guess we'll have to turn around if it's too sticky. Maybe if I had my lift and mud tires I'd go for it."
Mind you this is an after pic. Everything was green, solid and undisturbed when first driving on it.
We get to the edge and I park to check out how sticky it really was(already knew I wasn't going to try it). Definitely was squishy and I was [momentarily] glad I had stopped a little bit further back than I had in the past. Then I put it in reverse and drove away...not. Tires spun a bit so I went back forward a bit and engaged 4wd and turned esp all the way off. Reverse. Sink...Ahh guys? Try a bit more...yup definitely need assistance of some sort.
This is after using the come-a-long once:
Oh boy...
quite the hole:
so made it out and did a 7 point turn around.
BUT WAIT!!!! THERE'S MORE!
What are those holes/tracks near my feet you may ask?
Another place to almost get stuck!
After trying a few times one of my passengers says, "Hey! Would it help if we got out?":doh: I'm a genius...
They hop out and I floor it up over and out 50 feet up the trail where it actually becomes solid.
Maxtrax is your best friend in any sticky situation where you can't get any traction.
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From Sunday, did some more exploring off Cliff Drive
Cool trail up to a beautiful outlook:
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Cleaning the undercarriage after some unexpected mud.
I'm a boat, look at my wake...lol
more to come...
Cool trail up to a beautiful outlook:
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Cleaning the undercarriage after some unexpected mud.
more to come...
Here's a photo album of last Sunday: https://plus.google.com/photos/1026.../photos/102639421360001209258/albums/6038504888191328913?authkey=CK6sz4e_ppG9eQ
There are so many good pictures to share and I don't feel like copying, editing pasting and organizing all the links so this is the whole album. Any picts I should use for patriot of the month?
There are so many good pictures to share and I don't feel like copying, editing pasting and organizing all the links so this is the whole album. Any picts I should use for patriot of the month?
Did some 'splorin'. Was heading to a certain road taking the shortest path possible and got most of the way there and ran into this wall...couldn't get over it as the trees were in the most perfect spots but I did try and got high centered. Stacked some rocks and backed out.
Just posin'
Using the skidplate more and more frequently...lol
Look what I found! Can I have it?
Quite the stack of logs.
The illuminated cup holders make my Mt Dew look radioactive
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Just posin'
Using the skidplate more and more frequently...lol
Look what I found! Can I have it?
Quite the stack of logs.
The illuminated cup holders make my Mt Dew look radioactive
Not enough torque to make it out of the hole. Should have tried pulling the abs fuse.
New paint job... Hehe
Yup... That's a hole...
Friend came and gave a tug. The back left tire was off the ground and front was buried up to the radiator. The BLDs actually locked up I couldn't spin any tire no matter what I did. After a was out I was unable to move hardly, even though I was on flat ground. One of the brakes was seized but after I managed to get moving a little a I heard a clunk and it let go.
New paint job... Hehe
Yup... That's a hole...
Friend came and gave a tug. The back left tire was off the ground and front was buried up to the radiator. The BLDs actually locked up I couldn't spin any tire no matter what I did. After a was out I was unable to move hardly, even though I was on flat ground. One of the brakes was seized but after I managed to get moving a little a I heard a clunk and it let go.
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