Invest money into mountain towing companies!

[edyvw]

It is very predictable every year, but this one is really something.
They had off road tires, so I guess they thought that traversing one of the most dangerous mountain passes, IN WRONG DIRECTION, in the US, is than OK, with, pay attention, Chevrolet Blazer!

I wouldn’t do the Black Bear pass with Sequoia and it has 4LO and center locking differential.
Because:


So, owner of Blazer won’t just get hefty ticket, but towing might be above $5,000!

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

BLM here in southern Nevada has begun ticketing soft roaders who venture onto the OHV trails.

 

[mitsuman47]

BLM here in southern Nevada has begun ticketing soft roaders who venture onto the OHV trails.

Fined/billed the full amount of the recovery is A-ok with me. As long as my tax dollars aren’t going toward shielding them from their own negligence/stupidity.

 

[edyvw]

BLM here in southern Nevada has begun ticketing soft roaders who venture onto the OHV trails.

No other way. But man, common sense?

 

[andrew_j]

That would be traversed by a Corolla in a developing mountainous country.

We are just too soft here….

 

[relentless044]

a friend's co worker recently asked me what trails in the san juans his porsche macan could do, recommended a guided tour or a renta jeep.

I have been an off roader since I started to drive, I think the first time I did black bear I was 15 driving my dads cj7, the way things are now is kinda ridiculous and I blame social media

 

[edhackett]

C.W. McCall has this covered. Enjoy this one about Black Bear Road(Pass).

Ed

 

[chorty]

Weed out the idiots.

 

[zrxkawboy]

C.W. McCall has this covered. Enjoy this one about Black Bear Road(Pass).

You don't have to be crazy to drive this road, but it helps!

 

[Pew]

But how else would I get juicy off road recovery videos on YouTube?

 

[Oillover]

That would be traversed by a Corolla in a developing mountainous country.

We are just too soft here….

A rusted-out 1980's Corolla, held together with twine and a prayer.

 

[gfh77665]

Yeahhhh, the adventuresome spirt takes over sometimes, most all of us has driven where we should not have at one point or another. I went past a "closed road" in NM once, it turned out OK but got dicey at times....

 

[02SE]

I've done Black Bear a bunch of times. I'm only surprised it wasn't another clown in a Subaru, who thinks because it has some orange accents, it's somehow capable.

 

[edyvw]

I've done Black Bear a bunch of times. I'm only surprised it wasn't another clown in a Subaru, who thinks because it has some orange accents, it's somehow capable.

Absolutely. In the discipline "what were you thinking," Subaru is an absolute, unquestionable leader.

 

[andrew_j]

I've done Black Bear a bunch of times. I'm only surprised it wasn't another clown in a Subaru, who thinks because it has some orange accents, it's somehow capable.

Is that doable in stock 1992 Cherokee? My cousin took me on a trail like that in girlfriends Cherokee and it made it in that area. The windshield cracked when vehicle got torqued by terrain.

 

[Kira]

Serious questions here: Situations like this are likely unique, but.....
1) Do such rescue towmen try to extricate a vehicle with care, which takes more time and money, or do they just hook and yank a vehicle without regard to damage?

2) Do they have tow trucks with extra high ground clearance?

 

[andrew_j]

Serious questions here: Situations like this are likely unique, but.....
1) Do such rescue towmen try to extricate a vehicle with care, which takes more time and money, or do they just hook and yank a vehicle without regard to damage?

2) Do they have tow trucks with extra high ground clearance?

Watch Matt’s Off road recovery and maybe other channels. The pros minimize damage and have specific vehicles for this. They don’t use regular tow vehicles, something off-road capable.

 

[chorty]

HeavyDSparks would use 2 black hawks, his 6x6, 3 semis, 5 skid steers, 2 cranes, and 4 packs of protein drinks to rescue one jeep.

 

[goblin]

That would be traversed by a Corolla in a developing mountainous country.

We are just too soft here….

Here you go, Sir

 

[Cujet]

Everybody knows that only rental cars can complete Black Bear pass, and do it in record time.

On a serious note, I've been an off road dirt bike rider since age 7. I can't even count how many dummies I've come across stuck in the middle of nowhere. Almost always with the wrong tools for the job...