FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Snow Day !

I'm thinking of trekking up to Bear Valley this Sunday for a little snow fun - mostly because my wife has never seen any - yea i know... bad husband!!

I have new 285/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs which have the snow emblem rating, but is there a chance I will also need chains? If I do, any suggestions on which kind/type/brand I should pick up?

And if anyone else wants to drive on up with us, well by all means!!

Thanks!

:-)

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Permalink Reply by downy_ball on March 14, 2012 at 5:39pm

Never been to Dodge Ridge before - whats it like ??

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Permalink Reply by Colin FJ13 on March 14, 2012 at 5:58pm

It's similar to bear valley. In my opinion it's a little bigger, but they're both pretty nice

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Permalink Reply by Back in Black (FJ4 Tahoe) on March 19, 2012 at 10:23am

No no, Didge Ridge is a tiny hill! Bear Valley is a real ski resort. they are not even close to the same category...

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Permalink Reply by downy_ball on March 18, 2012 at 9:02pm

Well ... it was awesome and my wife had the time of her life!

It snowed pretty much the whole time (the one thing she absolutely had to see), Bear Valley Ski Resort was closed because of a power outage (too much snow!) but was giving away free coffee and hot chocolate, we sleded and tubed until we couldn't breathe anymore, and pigged out on pizza and IPA's!!

On a technical note - the Wrangler Duratracs are an amazing sno-tire. We plowed through some really deep stuff on a few occasions, and the rig just kept a goin` and goin` and goin`....

The best snow day ever! (wish you guys were there...)