A 4Runner Record????

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CannondaleMan

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So, there I was on vacation in Yellowstone National Park (Absolutely GORGEOUS if you need a real vacation) and we were on our way home (Total of 6300 VERY cushy and comfortable miles in the Runnah) friving through the Beartooth Pass......

Lo and behold it gets downright frigid, to about 24 degrees, clouds rolled in, ice, snow, sleet sticking to the road......and we keep going UP further and further into the soup. Grand total of how high (according to the little ol' GPS?????)

Yip...................10,976 feet. We got a pic of it that I am trying to attach - but it never seems to work out for me.

With the truck and GY Silent Armors on it and about 3 inches of crud on the roads and the drive down about 6,000 feet in elevation I felt secure.

Even came across a young kid in a jeep that rolled it about 10,000 feet or so. Should have had a 4Runner. LOL.


Sorry- I couldn't get the picture to upload - it is too big and I have to resize it. I will try to get it to work in a bit.
 
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Wow that quite a trip , lot's of miles .

Glad you were safe through that.

Sounds like the GY performed great.
 
sounds like a good trip, and nice to hear the snow is starting to fall in some places. im excited for it to start falling here. another month or two.
 
oh i guess i didn't get what the 'record' was on this thread. ive had my car over loveland pass a bunch of times, up grays road 11,400' , Guanella Pass Road 11,600' and just this last weekend i was up at Quandary Peak at 11,700'

hey colorado its snowin up in dem hills.
 
Loveland Pass..... been there!
 

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Sorry to burst your bubble man! We have PAVED roads here that go over 14,000 feet!!! (Mount Evans) :awais:

Many of the passes on the 4x4 roads here top out over 12,000 feet, and there are some over 13,000 feet. :biggrin2:
 
CO_FlyFisher said:
Sorry to burst your bubble man! We have PAVED roads here that go over 14,000 feet!!! (Mount Evans) :awais:

Many of the passes on the 4x4 roads here top out over 12,000 feet, and there are some over 13,000 feet. :biggrin2:
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gotta love Colorado.
 
Try the Pikes Peak at colorado springs we went there 3 yrs ago i drove my 2005 honda odyssey to the peak (14,400 ft)
 
leftyguns21 said:
gotta love Colorado.
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No probs, I am used to the "mountains" of New England where Mt. Washington gets to the amazing height of 6,288 feet. Yipty freaking do.


I was not impressed all that much with Colorado. No offense, just different strokes ya know. Loved Montana, Wyoming, and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Just gorgeous country.

I was quite impressed that the 4Runner ran as well as it did at such high altitudes with thinner air. Good mileage and no problems with the engine. Just hated putting on 6,300 miles in 2 weeks. But I suppose I can't complain too much since I hope to move out there in a year or two.
 
CannondaleMan said:
No probs, I am used to the "mountains" of New England where Mt. Washington gets to the amazing height of 6,288 feet. Yipty freaking do.
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I drove up there a couple of years ago. Nice drive.
Thats a hell of a trip you took.
 
SonRunner said:
You like Wyoming but not Colorado... hmmmmm.
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Like I said, different strokes for different folks. Just have not been impressed with Colorado.

Besides, there are less people in both Montana and Wyoming than in Colorado, and I want as few people around me as possible.

Look at it this way, 2 less people to go to Colorado and ruin your paradise. Right?

And it is certain parts of Wyoming - basically the Northern 1/4 and Northwest Corners of the state. I just find that area to be incredibly rugged and beautiful in its own way.
 
gaslight said:
I drove up there a couple of years ago. Nice drive.
Thats a hell of a trip you took.
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Yeah, even before the trip I could never see what people in New England made such a big deal about Mt. Washington for. Or even the Kankamangus Highway. Nice scenery, but not in comparison to out West, Alaska, or the Canadian Rockies.

Although they do get some *****in' winds up in that observatory. World record of 231 mph wind. Makes Katrina and Ike seem like a Spring breeze (no disrespect intended, since it is the floods that cause more damage and deaths than wind.)

http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind.php
 
Our family went to Yellowstone in June of 2005. I had just bought a camper with air conditioning and was looking forward to having the air. When we got to the Yellowsonte entrance, which is at the lower elevations, it was SNOWING.

I didn't know it when I bought the camper, but it had heat. which we used all the time instead of the air.:confused:

We did have some good snow ball fights, some what of a rarity in GA.
 
I wanna try Pikes peak again with my 4Runner, maybe nextyear or so.

The only problem is i cant breath up there the air is so thin.
 
peter78 said:
Our family went to Yellowstone in June of 2005. I had just bought a camper with air conditioning and was looking forward to having the air. When we got to the Yellowsonte entrance, which is at the lower elevations, it was SNOWING.

I didn't know it when I bought the camper, but it had heat. which we used all the time instead of the air.:confused:

We did have some good snow ball fights, some what of a rarity in GA.
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I have to agree, we were in the Bighorn Mountains/Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming and were above 8,000 feet at the end of August and we were shocked to see 6 inches of snow in the mountains. Even being from Massachusetts, to see snow in August is rather bizarre.

Gotta say that those Rostra seat heaters came in quite handy. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 
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