Adventure might be an understatement for what we went through last night. We drove out into the moun
Adventure might be an understatement for what we went through last night. We drove out into the mountains yesterday to check out a place recommended to us by a friend. All was well, the snow wasn’t too bad, and we got about 9 miles in when we came across some ice on the road. It didn’t seem like an issue until my car broke through the ice and the front end sank, suspending both front wheels in the freezing water as the axle rested on ice. We tried everything to get it out and nothing was working. There was no one else around, no cars, no people, and no occupied houses. It was getting late and we had no cell signal so we debated whether we should sleep in the car and try again in the morning or try to walk back to the highway. We really had nothing to keep us warm through the night so we decided to walk 9 miles in the dark, in the below freezing temps, back to the highway. By luck, my friend in Leadville was able to pick us up when we got close to the highway. Then this morning I went to go get the car towed out. We met the guy and drove back to the spot where the car fell in. Seemed like a simple fix, except when we got there we realized the water refroze around the wheels and it was completely stuck. The tow truck tried to pull us out, but the steel towing cable snapped because the ice was so strong. The tow truck guy said it wasn’t uncommon to have to leave a car in the ice for the winter. This wasn’t gonna cut it so I asked if we could chip away the ice around the wheels and try again. We finally got the wheels free and were able to get pulled out. Thank God the guy had an extra cable. Colorado in winter is nothing to mess around with. (at Clear Creek Reservoir) -- source link