The amount of snow is unusual for this early in the season. We've never had any issues with getting our RV off the mountain and down the switchbacks before Thanksgiving. This year is different. The snows resulted in snow packed steep mountain switchbacks making travel with the RV very 'iffy'. The alternative is to have left the unit in place on the mountain and hope the weight of the snows did no damage to the roof of the RV.
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| Trailer and truck in the snow |
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| Pretty lighting as we prepared to leave |
We decided to take the risk of getting the trailer down the mountain using chains on the truck AND the trailer and go VERY slow.
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| Chains of the rear of the 2WD pickup |
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| Chains on the front axle of the RV |
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| The deer were very interested in our preparing to head down the mountain |
We took two hours to go 10 miles with stops several times to throw snow on the brakes to cool them down from the constant braking. We used the trailer brakes to lock up the wheels in the packed snow and let off periodically to let the truck brakes take over. It was a balancing act all the way down the switchbacks.
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| Letting the brakes cool |
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| We started near the top of the mountain in the background |
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| Julie was glad to be off the hill |
I'm glad we got the RV off the mountain, but don't expect to ever do that kind of adventure again.
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