Hell’s gate. What’s there to say? Well I gave a hard NO on the idea of running it from the beginning. I know everybody in charge didn’t want to deal with either of us going up it and having a problem mid way. So we parked the rigs to enjoy the show of those that took it on. My son Robbie scrambled down to get a different vantage point to take shots from.
This solid axle swapped Yukon made short work of the climb without drama.
One of the tube buggies on the way up. From down below you can get an idea of the scale and steepness of the climb.
This shows how you get out of the climb if the truck can’t do it on it’s own. The vehicle is a Opel Wagon body transplanted onto an early pathfinder chassis. It was built for the Gambler 500 and is actually a decent wheeler. The climb proved to be too much without lockers
The ORD K30 with the kid still driving.
The texan Suburban has some serious flex for a big truck.
Dean’s K5 making it easy.
More showing how to do it:
Onward to the famous hot tub.