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Big Bear Sunday Dec 22,2013 Photos & Recap

Zach

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We had a good turn out for such short notice for this run. We had a total of 8 trucks. 3 H3's, 1 H3T, 2 JK's, 1 H2 and Chase12. After turning off of the main road to access the fireroad we hit snow. The trails that we ran were pretty much covered. Made for some fun. Not too much mud and no water holes. We cruised around several different roads. Off course, we had to head up to the Gate Keeper at John Bull to show the people that haven't seen it. It has changed a lot. The first rock garden was pretty much gone. We got a treat, Serge decided to try to take a shot at it

Didn't look like he was going to get past it. After several attempts



Serge made it to the top after this rock with little effort. I think everyone was impressed. From the we headed to Jacoby Canyon. At the top we stopped for lunch. Heading down wasn't an issue at all. We hit near the bottom and turned around to run back up it. This is where it got interesting. I had one spot where I was just spinning and then a backwards slide. Kept going until I hit a pretty steep climb with the ledge to my left. Tires broke loose again and yet another backward slide. This time sliding left towards the ledge. At this point had my daughter get out and go to the front of the truck. It was hard backing it down the hill, still slide to the left to where there were rocks. After pulling my seat cover out of my a@@, I decided to back everyone down and not continue. Didn't want to risk anyone in the group. We got off of the trail with no damage or carnage. All in all it was a great day. Hopefully we will get another snow run in within the next few months. Only two pics I have that are worthwhile. I know some of the others took a bunch. And there is also video. Just depends on how long it takes Serge to upload it&nbsp;<br>
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alrock

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Cool, looking forward to even more pics. Hope you didn't encounter any issues with the site when trying post this new thread :wink:
 

Zach

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Cool, looking forward to even more pics. Hope you didn't encounter any issues with the site when trying post this new thread :wink:

I contacted the complaint department due to the issue I had. Their response was FU! :whaa: Now that's customer service at it's finest.
 

cbetts

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Glad everyone got off the trail in one piece. I was having some flashbacks to a few extreme winters in Bishop. Ice is the great equalizer and is never forgiving. I have had enough close calls to not want to go play in the snow.
 

poncho1965

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I slid backward 50 ft or so when I lost forward momentum. Disconcerting to say the least when there is nothing you can do to stop. But it was fun playing in the snow !


Mike
 

Zach

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Not afraid of snow. Love running in snow. Problem was, temps in day 40's and night was 19. That part of the trail was in the sun most of the day. Every other time we have done snow runs it hasn't been that warm in the day prior to it. My tires probably played into it some. But jrwid was spinning with new tires. Poncho1965 also had a backward moment.
If we would have stuck to fire roads and then Gold Mountain reverse like we were planning, we would have been good. Granted I found the bypass to the rock garden. Lesson learned, think my kid was better off than me. I knew where we were going to end up. Lol. On the way home she was pissed. I made her get out. She asked what about the dogs? Uh, they are going with me
 
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poncho1965

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Mike
 

Mb30sdl

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And now THE VIDEO:
[video=youtube;KwA1HkUsp4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwA1HkUsp4U&amp;feature=youtu.be[/video]

I use some of other people videos. Thanks.
 
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06 H3

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awesome day! Serge, cant wait to meet chase 12! Its one badass rig.

I hope we get some more snow soon for another run.
 

Panzer07

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This was a pretty fun run...I think your guy's tires did play a major role on sliding I only slide about 2 times and was only for very short to none distance...overall a good run...hope there's another one before the snow goes away my wife sure had fun with the snow, she even made a small snowman and parents sure had fun for their first time me taking them out to the trails.
didnt took that many pics since my wife camera took a crap but here are some I took with the phone.

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