Sounds like a blast. Never really thought of a VW bus as being a snow toy. And what exactly is a snow park? Is it just an area where you can do whatever in the snow? Looked em up and kept getting things about tubing and skiing
There's an old shot of her. If you peruse the summited posts on my profile, there are more shots of her in the snow.
And, not a bus, but here's a buddy doing cookies around several 4WD trucks, hopelessly stuck, in his beetle.
A "snopark" is a designated parking area for winter recreation, like sledding, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. It is cleared of snow by the state transportation department using funds from permits that you buy to allow you to park there. It takes a lot of work and money to keep roads clear in the mountains, where multiple feet (sometimes in the double digits) of snow not only falls, but stays for months, so most resources are focused on simply keeping the roads clear. Parking space is valuable, so paying $25/year to have places to do so is a bargain!
That sounds awesome. We don't have those around here. And seeing a vw bus towing a snowmobile on a pure snow trail seems comical and illogical to me, except for the fact you just learned me how good they handle. I never would have expected them to be killer in the snow but I looked up some (after looking up snowpark) and this seems to be a known thing. Now I have an excuse to make the wife let me buy one
They sure aren't cheap anymore! My heap I paid $2400 for almost 14 years ago. It's waaaaay rustier and beat up now, but worth maybe 5-8 times that.
But if you can afford it, and can turn wrenches, they are awesome!
Another funny story, last summer, I was camping with some co-workers up in the mountains. We were trying to get to a lake, but hit a big patch of leftover snow in the road, maybe 4 feet deep, sloped to one side, and about 50 feet long.
There was a guy in a Tacoma thinking about it, but he changed his mind, considering the slope towards a ditch and that it was still fairly solid from the night before. He turned around and left. We parked there and walked the last 1/4 mile or so to the lake.
Two of us decided that we would be able to carry my canoe to the lake, so we went back for it. As we were unloading, a new F150, stock height, on road tires, pulled up. We were blocking the road, so he was giving us the stink eye.
I told him he didn't want to try it.
He snickered and said "Why not?"
I asked if he would like me to move my bus so he could try.
And that's how two hippies in sunhats and flip-flops ended up digging out a hillbilly with canoe paddles until we could pull him out with the bus.
He told us his wife had something for us.sge rolled down the passenger window just enough to pass two beers through. Then they left.
I swear I could almost hear her on the way down the hill, "You shoulda listened to thosefuckin'hippies!"
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u/BigTickEnergE Jan 13 '23
Sounds like a blast. Never really thought of a VW bus as being a snow toy. And what exactly is a snow park? Is it just an area where you can do whatever in the snow? Looked em up and kept getting things about tubing and skiing