Big Bear
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 2
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From: Tustin, CA
Hey guys, I have been up and back about 4 times since the big storm - actually left to come down the hill in the middle of the first wave once I saw how bad it was getting. It wasn't fun up there when I went back up. I was actually able to get up towing about a 3000lb trailer each time if you can believe it - chains when required (required to get up our side road - basically sledding the trailer behind) - I've spent about two days running our snow blower to clear our steep hillside driveway. As tempting as it looked to just run it in the jeep without clearing it, the visual of the rubicon and the trailer jackknifed into the side of the garage made me think otherwise 
- Anyways, I just came back down again last night, the roads are mostly fine now, the only concern is there is a lot of water moving across the roads in the daytime which is freezing at night and will probably continue to cause sporadic closures. For those of you who went up and had a bad time, all I can say is it was a really bad time to be there, almost everyone who works there was snowed in, people were running out of food and calling 911, electrical outages - basically people were largely in survival mode for a few days. I haven't had a chance to wheel any trails since the storm, but I would imagine they are beautiful if you can pass through them, I would guess snow hight would be between 2' and even 5'+ depending on where you are. If you go, take a buddy, bring the right recovery gear and food/water and stay safe - I have done a lot of snow wheeling and can tell you that while it is some of my favorite 4wheeling, but it is also the kind that can turn into a disaster and make for a looong afternoon really quickly.
- Anyways, I just came back down again last night, the roads are mostly fine now, the only concern is there is a lot of water moving across the roads in the daytime which is freezing at night and will probably continue to cause sporadic closures. For those of you who went up and had a bad time, all I can say is it was a really bad time to be there, almost everyone who works there was snowed in, people were running out of food and calling 911, electrical outages - basically people were largely in survival mode for a few days. I haven't had a chance to wheel any trails since the storm, but I would imagine they are beautiful if you can pass through them, I would guess snow hight would be between 2' and even 5'+ depending on where you are. If you go, take a buddy, bring the right recovery gear and food/water and stay safe - I have done a lot of snow wheeling and can tell you that while it is some of my favorite 4wheeling, but it is also the kind that can turn into a disaster and make for a looong afternoon really quickly.
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 115
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From: Ontario, CA
Hey guys, I have been up and back about 4 times since the big storm - actually left to come down the hill in the middle of the first wave once I saw how bad it was getting. It wasn't fun up there when I went back up. I was actually able to get up towing about a 3000lb trailer each time if you can believe it - chains when required (required to get up our side road - basically sledding the trailer behind) - I've spent about two days running our snow blower to clear our steep hillside driveway. As tempting as it looked to just run it in the jeep without clearing it, the visual of the rubicon and the trailer jackknifed into the side of the garage made me think otherwise - Anyways, I just came back down again last night, the roads are mostly fine now, the only concern is there is a lot of water moving across the roads in the daytime which is freezing at night and will probably continue to cause sporadic closures. For those of you who went up and had a bad time, all I can say is it was a really bad time to be there, almost everyone who works there was snowed in, people were running out of food and calling 911, electrical outages - basically people were largely in survival mode for a few days. I haven't had a chance to wheel any trails since the storm, but I would imagine they are beautiful if you can pass through them, I would guess snow hight would be between 2' and even 5'+ depending on where you are. If you go, take a buddy, bring the right recovery gear and food/water and stay safe - I have done a lot of snow wheeling and can tell you that while it is some of my favorite 4wheeling, but it is also the kind that can turn into a disaster and make for a looong afternoon really quickly.
- Anyways, I just came back down again last night, the roads are mostly fine now, the only concern is there is a lot of water moving across the roads in the daytime which is freezing at night and will probably continue to cause sporadic closures. For those of you who went up and had a bad time, all I can say is it was a really bad time to be there, almost everyone who works there was snowed in, people were running out of food and calling 911, electrical outages - basically people were largely in survival mode for a few days. I haven't had a chance to wheel any trails since the storm, but I would imagine they are beautiful if you can pass through them, I would guess snow hight would be between 2' and even 5'+ depending on where you are. If you go, take a buddy, bring the right recovery gear and food/water and stay safe - I have done a lot of snow wheeling and can tell you that while it is some of my favorite 4wheeling, but it is also the kind that can turn into a disaster and make for a looong afternoon really quickly. Big Bear has so much snow that unless you have all the right gear, tires, snow chains and lockers your problably not going to get too far on the trails.