Snow Flake Chase Sunday Jan 26th 2014

[ANDYD]

Snow Flake Chase - Sunday Jan 26th 2014

What - a fun day off road run into the Beautiful local mountains in the search for snow.
Where - in the Chehalis Lake / Hemlock Valley area - lunch will be at Maislay creek.
When - meeting at the Subway Restaurant on Highway 7, Mission (34963 Lougheed highway) at 9am, grab some breakfast and a take out lunch - There is a gas station (Co-Op) that does Petrol and Diesel next to the Subway. Fuel up first when arriving, departing at 9.30am sharp. Back on the highway around 4.30pm.
Why - Fresh mountain air, the adventure, beautiful scenery, to find snow & have fun!

Dress warm, bring a shovel, snow chains, (if you have them), Tug strap, boots, packed lunch, camera, family friendly.... come on out and join us on the first Rover-Landers run of the year!

Cheers, Andy

[Crs]

I'll be there. :D

[BOlson]

Sounds awesome......looking forward to Family fun! :D :D :D

[ANDYD]

Looks like the forecast of a sunny day will put the icing on the cake .....
See you all at the Subway at 9.15am,

Cheers,
Andy

[DBrands]

We had a great time!

There was just about everything you could expect or want from a Land Rover adventure. I won't be specific about which is which! :lol:


A "mechanical" issue
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/Siggy_Brand/DSCN1405_zpsee4498aa.jpg

Sunshine!
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/Siggy_Brand/DSCN1416_zpsf18bb798.jpg

Tight Squeezes
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/Siggy_Brand/DSCN1436_zps75d870c8.jpg

And waits...
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/Siggy_Brand/DSCN1448_zpscaf16540.jpg

And a few offs...
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/Siggy_Brand/DSCN1459_zpse880e02e.jpg

[ANDYD]

Nice ... it was like a Summers Day up in the mountains between Chehalis Lake and the Hemlock Ski Hill for our Annual Snow Flake Chase run. It was a great turn out, with 12 Land Rovers, some old, some new, all keen to get up there in the fresh air leaving the City Fog behind! We started off at the south end of Chehalis Lake which was like a mirror reflecting the mountains and trees, then we headed East following Maisley creek. After a few KM's we took a left onto tight trail that headed upwards, we were on the search for snow .... The trail was thin and windy, had some challenging spots that required a spotter and some concentration but it was finally at 2569ft that we caught sight of our first glimpse of snow on the trail. First it was patchy, then a few inches, then over a foot! We had successfully "chased the snowflake" and found it. Snow chains were quickly deployed on the Land Rovers that had them and on we went. Forward motion was much slower now, we had hoped to complete a loop but it want going to happen today as the days are so short. We found a large clearing in the sunshine and lined the convoy up side by side for lunch in the sunshine. Some choose to play in the snow, some explored, other relaxed in their fold out chairs and soaked up the sun.
After lunch, we headed back down and out and made the highway just before darkness started to fall on us ...
I really enjoyed the run and was glad to share it with a bunch of keen Rover-Landers that had big smiles most of the day,
See you on the next one ....
Cheers,
Andy
Photos are here;
http://roverlanders.bc.ca/gallery/view_ ... e=album474
If you have some photos to share, please send them into Bill or myself and we will post them up ... :D