Where can you get to 7K on Tonga? From the maps it looks like 5K is as high as the trails go.
My gps said 6850 ft
Where can you get to 7K on Tonga? From the maps it looks like 5K is as high as the trails go.
Wasn't our group. Was that on the hill just before the coffee stand right before Index? I saw them on the way out but they had 3 or 4 cars/groups with them and were jacking on the trailer, no tow rig however. So I didn't stop. Besides, pretty sure my spare wouldn't have fit them anyway. Sucks that they had to leave the trailer/rig.I saw all of you leaving. :redneck: Who lost the trailer tire and had to leave their rig? :booo:
Where can you get to 7K on Tonga? From the maps it looks like 5K is as high as the trails go.
My gps said 6850 ft
Wasn't our group. Was that on the hill just before the coffee stand right before Index? I saw them on the way out but they had 3 or 4 cars/groups with them and were jacking on the trailer, no tow rig however. So I didn't stop. Besides, pretty sure my spare wouldn't have fit them anyway. Sucks that they had to leave the trailer/rig.
Take it easy bud, We all know and there is a simple explanation for it No need to splack-a-lack on this thread
Ya the weather was wacko up there. My GPS was bouncing all over the place as far as elevation. I figured the hi presure was throwing it off. Crap happens, makes for better camp fire storys. No foul here
Must of been below me.
Highest road I see on the map is due east of where we were and just NE of Mt Sawyer off of another spur road from the main 6830 that goes down the ridge from the left at the Y. Looks like about 4750 at the top. Probably have to do that earlier in the year when there is less snow, unless Marshall would bust through it for us with his big buggy. Ever been up that one?
It is all about the right snow conditions.
The worst thing I hate about old snow is you get 'stuck' in the old ruts. Usually not a problem unless there has been enough melt to allow the water to run in the ditches under the frozen snow. When you wheel in nice snow it will actually pack down and sometimes you can actually be over the ditch. When it turns to slush/frozen snow and you are in the old tracks you can find yourself pulled into the ditch real quick. And if the water has been running in there not only will the slick slush hang you up, but you will start digging down in the mud.
Not sure this will make much sense, but someone that has been in this situation will know exactly what I am talking about.
Please educate a newbie to off hiway snow runs. Especially, what are conditions to avoid? I get your point that when it softens up and then refreezes it is possible to drive on top. Is the only worry that it will warm up enough to sink into in the afternoon? I'd be worried about getting back in somewhere in the the morning when it is frozen/hard and then breaking through when it softens up in the afternoon. Anything else I need to know?
As a long time skier I know to watch out for transition zones near freezing. We sure hit that coming down on Sun. It was really slick for a while about half way down and everybody I talked to got a little squirrelly through there, but I was expecting that and a few skid corrections were just fun! What I don't know much about is the deep stuff on the road.