What a fun day.
The drive up for me seemed to go by farily quick. No traffic, and very few cars on the road. I made it to the Burnett Chevron in a little over 2 hours. Picked up my NW Forest Pass, and topped off my tank. From there I really had no clue where to go, so I walked up to some Jeeps parked at the Chevron to ask for directions. They had one more rig coming shortly and said I could follow them up to Evans.
I got face full of Rainier while heading through Bonney Lake, but I started to get excited as we got closer.
I got to the staging area around 9:30ish and was first from our group. Shortly after I got there Mike, Mark, Tim, and eventually Michael arrived. Tim (Cherokeefever) offered to lead the group for the day. I really didn't pay too much attention to trail numbers but I think our first trail was known as the "Switchback " trail.
Here's Mark getting through a slick dug out spot.
Michael's turn.
After the Switchback trail I believe we hit the 197(?) which featured a rock face at the beginning. Tim was first to attack it.
I also happened to get it on video.
It was pretty slick, and took a good bump to get up.
We hit snow further on up the trail, and one hill offered literally zero traction after a few rigs passed. I stopped to let give Mark some room to get going, but couldn't get going after that. Even with all four tires going forward I was going backwards. Things got worse when I was about a foot from Michael's bumper and he was pinned as well. I ended up winching up the entire hill, never really getting a bite. Thanks to Michael, Mark, and Tim for the rigging help.
Lots of
tight turns, off camber areas, and hill climbs.
