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Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:59 pm

I left Saturday morning, to beat the storm. I did. It started snowing while driving the quad to the Kiosk. Scott and Desmond got there a couple hours later. By then...it was nasty. The next morning though, was spectacular.

http://www.atvobsession.com/pictures/ru ... index.html

Trying to grab gear.
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Goodbye Quad.
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Snow!
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It was ugly.
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He awakes from the nuclear winter...and he's pissed!
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Even the bathroom looks pretty in the snow.
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The spillway.
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Going through Gatekeeper.
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The bowl.
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:32 pm

Here's a video we made in the powder, if you didn't catch it on our Facebook page

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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby EigerMike » Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:02 pm

very cool adventure! where did you stay? the chalet? anyways nice pics and cool video,that snow looked like lots of fun ! :D
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Mr. Green » Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:48 pm

very nice ken looks deep =D> or deeper then the last video thats for sure.

Is that the Godzilla on that one guys hood?
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Kodiak » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:54 am

loved the vids Ken,
so how did your friend get out of the bowl?
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:27 pm

Here's the LONG video.....but it's cool. Lots of great scenery.




We ended up staying in the Kiosk....it was blowing so hard...setting up a tent would have been entertaining....


Desmond made it up most of the bowl ( I didn't film it...it was boring!!!!) LOL. Desmond's rig has a 426 to 1 ratio.....so when he goes into crawl mode...the word crawl is too fast. So the steep drop and the S turn, he used this thing called a Snow anchor?? It look like a long rod with a plowing blade...it goes in, and the winching pressure, drives it in deeper. But it pulls right now. The rest of it....HE SUPER CRAWLED. His tires I think he said were 44" and 22" wide on 16" wide rims...on 14 bolt axles. He's made for snow wheeling..that's for sure.
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:28 pm

Mr. Green wrote:Is that the Godzilla on that one guys hood?
Scott Johnston is the president of the RTF. Scott's nickname is Cruzilla...and he has a Godzilla on his hood all the time. :)
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby hemingray » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:31 pm

I liked the sidehill crawling - that machine just looks flat competent at going through snow.
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:19 pm

hemingray wrote:I liked the sidehill crawling - that machine just looks flat competent at going through snow.
Yeah...wasn't that bad ass.


She's definitely a snow machine with those tires. 16" wide rims....that's beefy.
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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby GusinCA » Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:11 pm

Ohhh I love snow. That looks like there's no way a Rhino could get in there without massive snow tracks.

Maybe I need to start saving for them. Just not enough snow down here to justify the cost, but after seeing that video, hmmmm... :)

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Re: Rubicon - Snow Storm weekend

Postby Ken » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:54 am

GusinCA wrote:Ohhh I love snow. That looks like there's no way a Rhino could get in there without massive snow tracks.

Maybe I need to start saving for them. Just not enough snow down here to justify the cost, but after seeing that video, hmmmm... :)
I found mine on Craigslist...in 2009. Got 'em for 2K. Just keep your eye open.
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