Drew and I went up to Marys Peak last night to see how much snow there is on the road. We found several feet up near the summit. The 80’s Toyota HiLux that Drew mobs around in did an amazing job. The photo above is from my camera phone. Note that this truck is RWD, has an open differential, and we didn’t have any extra weight in the bed.
A retouched photo from Drew’s camera makes it look like daylight. I can assure you that it was night.
The lights of Corvallis behind Drew’s truck. Yes, we really did go to the summit in well below freezing temperatures with tube doors.
Another photo of Drew’s truck. The fog was swirling around below the mountain top.
This is a short video of our drive to the summit. We encountered several big 4x4s at the top. One had become hopelessly stuck in the snow. They couldn’t believe that we had made it in our little RWD pickup.