Steven's Gulch Ford Ranger off the road

Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery has responded to Steven's Gulch a couple times in the last few days to pull vehicles out of the snow, or back onto the road after sliding off on the ice.
This particular operation took a couple of winches off redirects to trees in order to get back onto the road and on their way home.
We are in the middle of the swing season where day time temps get well above freezing and at night drop way below freezing still. This causes the runoff and roads to go into a freeze thaw cycle that can create very long ice patches catching vehicle drivers off guard.
If you have tire chains, chaining up will help keep you on the road and is that little extra insurance that you won't end up smashed against a tree!
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[@laytonb7]

Winchfest …. Winchfest 2021 coming soon! Nice vid!

[@truckerrickakamanowar]

Love watching these. Great work guys!

[@Scrambler85]

Definitely a thumbs up for the video 👍

[@adamdigiacomo]

Nice job team!

[@lincolnphillips7912]

that Nissan is a sweet rig..

[@hmlgtr]

Good job!!

[@TheLittlered1961]

Where is Justin? Love your vids but also miss Justin.

[@Colorado4x4RescueandRecovery]

i'm here lol! some of these are so far of a drive that i can't justify it. gotta let the closer team members handle it.

[@ranger5721]

good job all

[@co4x4]

Nice! Question please. How is it that the towing vehicle (the camera view vehicle) wasn't being dragged toward the pickup as it was pulling the trucks rear bumper sideways onto the trail?

[@billpotter35]

It was anchored from the rear bumper to a tree. But in this case the deep snow the passenger side was parked in was enough to hold it as the line from the bumper to the tree never got tight.