Stuck in the snow overnight | Power Wagon

On a beautiful Saturday morning set out for another weekend camping trip, But after all day driving looking for the spot I could get in due to deep snow everywhere I went I ended up stuck in the middle of the road deep in the backcountry. So I have my morning coffee and try to get myself out of the snow.

[@lylemacdonald6672]

This episode is proof the #1 recovery tool is a shovel. And I agree that wet Southern Coastal BC snow right at 0°C is as slippery as hell. Kind regards from Vancouver Island.

[@Vic-dog]

Good to see you again

[@weekendoutdooradventures]

Thanks

[@trevorthomas5552]

That’s got to be some rough snow. It takes quite a bit to bog my PW in the white stuff. Good job taking it slow and working through the situation instead of just trying to throttle out of the problem.

[@weekendoutdooradventures]

Thanks. Snow in South West BC generally is wet and heavy, somewhat frozen, also deep, those FSRs are never ploughed unless active logging is going on. We can have up to 5 feet of snow on top of the road here. I turned back earlier that day from other place with 4 feet of snow covering the road.

[@gungadin70]

20 PSI seems to be a good pressure to start with on any off road trail. Who makes the rear bumper? And I see you got rid of the duratracs and went with some coopers , I've ran the stt pros for 40,000 kms now, great tire .

[@weekendoutdooradventures]

Bumper is from Addictive Desert Designs. I like my Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLTs although I have to admit that I feel like Duratracs did a bit better in snow.

[@richardjones990]

Would a Maxtrax style Vehicle Recovery Board work in deep snow like you experienced?

[@weekendoutdooradventures]

They work for lighter vehicles. I have seen more than few being broken by half ton trucks so never bothered to waste the money for single use pieces of plastic. PW is an HD truck and weighs almost double of average Jeep, so in cold temperatures those plastic pieces would shatter like a glass under the weight of PW. But that is just my opinion from what I have seen. Have never actually tested and probably never will, just do not want to spend money on pieces of plastic that could break on first use.

[@1dumpedviper]

Time for some 40's!

[@bigseff23]

Why not use the winch?

[@weekendoutdooradventures]

Winch mounted in front does not pull backwards. It does not make sense to pull yourself deeper into snow.

[@DEACONR6155]

37's;)