2009/2010 Winter Stories of VX Awesome-ness

[deermagnet]

Seriously, I feel for you guys in the cold north.

We love the winter up here and the more snow the better.
Give me a few feet of snow and I grab the snowshoes and crampons and head to the Catskills. There's no such thing as too much snow or too cold. My ever dependable VX always gets me there.

On this day I headed out at 6 degrees below zero solo up an unfamiliar mountain without trails and had a blast!






I love it when I can break a trail solo after a big snow.


All the Catskill fire towers have absolutely fantastic views.


This is a color photo. I made it up there thru about 3.5' of snow. The wind up on the tower was about 40-50 mph. I could only stand it for a few minutes at a time taking a few fast photos.






I can't live without the mountains and streams and waterfalls and snowy winters!

Mark Griffin

[pbkid]

We love the winter up here and the more snow the better.
Give me a few feet of snow and I grab the snowshoes and crampons and head to the Catskills. There's no such thing as too much snow or too cold. My ever dependable VX always gets me there.


I can't live without the mountains and streams and waterfalls and snowy winters!

Mark Griffin

x2!!!!!!!!

i LOVE the snow... wouldnt trade it for anything.

[Triathlete]

I love it too, when I can drive 1.5 hours, play in it all day long, then drive back to 70 degrees and sunshine.

That pic of the waterfall is awesome!

[Polie]

old, but......

only -40




and dont ask my G.I. Joe impression at -110*F in the buff

[ZEUS]

Last night Moab hit -3ºF! They received a foot of snow and more is coming! The La Sals even have avalanche warnings in place! I would love to see the contrast of red rock under that much white. I wonder if icicles will start to form under some of the arches. Throw in a VX or 2 and you would have some spectacular images! Sorry for the partial T.J., just thought some would find it interesting...

[Triathlete]

Last night Moab hit -3ºF! They received a foot of snow and more is coming! The La Sals even have avalanche warnings in place! I would love to see the contrast of red rock under that much white. I wonder if icicles will start to form under some of the arches. Throw in a VX or 2 and you would have some spectacular images! Sorry for the partial T.J., just thought some would find it interesting...

Sounds like you need to make a road trip!

hmm not seen winter yet, its just wet! Only had to wear a coat 3 times so far. Whos said global warming is a bad thing

Isn't it always wet/rainy in London?

[MSHardeman]

Back to stories of VX awesomeness...

We just got 18" of snow dumped on us up here in the Colorado mountains. The storm took everyone by surprise, including me. I have been in the process of trying to find some winter tires for the VX to replace my VERY worn Terra Grapplers. I was really worried that the Grapplers wouldn't have any life left on them and that I would be sliding around on the road like an excited Jack Russel on a freshly waxed wood floor. That has NOT been the case though.

I'm not proud of the fact that I'm rolling around on worn out tires, but the VX has been absolutely stable. I make sure to give myself plenty of room to stop, but haven't really skidded once. Taking off from a dead stop is no problem either as the TOD kicks power forward when it's needed.

This little car just continues to amaze me even after five years.

[ZEUS]

Sounds like you need to make a road trip!

Yeah I know... and I am... this weekend even... to the north tho.

I'm going to spend Saturday wheeling with knivx in Idaho. Expect stories and pics of VX-awesome-ness afterward!

See how I did that? Yeah, that's right, full circle, punks!

[Scott Harness]

I love it too, when I can drive 1.5 hours, play in it all day long, then drive back to 70 degrees and sunshine.

That pic of the waterfall is awesome!

That's what I say! My kind of winter.