Sierras Trip: Night 01 + Day 02

April 27, 2020

Sierras Trip: Night 01 + Day 02

Arrived in Alabama Hills at night. But luckily our friend Nathalie was in the area and snagged a good spot considering that the area is quite busy that weekend. So we set up shop and had a chill night next to a Biolite Firepit. Which by the way is pretty awesome! But I don’t recommend it to keep you warm.

The next day we headed for the snow!

Heading north on 395 is one of the best things about this whole trip! It’s such a beautiful drive, just cant beat it! So headed into Mammoth and got some coffee and meet up with friends for a quick hangs. Now for the snow…

But with snow we found some trouble. My Montero didn’t love the idea of going up this untouched hill. The truck started sliding down the hill sideways and finally caught a rut / tree to stay in place on the hill. So we had to straighten out the truck to reverse back down the hill. So the ADD Winch Plate + Warn VR10 came into play and some traction boards! Pretty simple recovery and got the truck into place. The photos are after since we were so nervous we didn’t think of it after the fact, but hey! That winch just paid for itself.

Camp under a rock spire in Alabama Hills, the truck lit red and the tent open

Two rigs parked among the boulders at night, red light across the ground

The Montero lit up at night with the tent open and the ladder down

Four people round a fire pit between the rocks, a camper parked alongside

The whole camp at night below the spires, a light strip running out across the sand

The moon over the boulders with first light hitting the Sierra behind

The dog walking up the sand toward a loaded truck in the morning

Two rigs on the dirt road through the boulders, the Sierra wall behind them

The Montero throwing dust along the road with snow peaks beyond

Coming up the road from above, dust trailing out behind the truck

A Tacoma with a wedge camper parked side on, mountains filling the background

The dog hanging out of a rear window under the loaded roof rack

Two rigs parked outside Mahogany Smoked Meats on the way north

Two dogs running flat out through the snow between the pines

The Montero stopped on a snowy forest road with the second truck behind

Both rigs parked in the trees with snow on the ground around them

The dog running back through long shadows across the snow

The dog in a tan coat coming through the snow at the camera

The Tacoma pushing through slush on a forest road into the sun

The Montero throwing snow off the front wheels through a turn

Both trucks stopped in the trees where the snow gets deeper

The Tacoma a long way down a snowy track between tall pines

The Montero coming up out of a snow-covered meadow, wheel tracks behind it

The Montero on a recovery strap with a traction board under the front wheel

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