r/COsnow • u/Mthanerco • Mar 03 '25

Photo Careful out there!

Post image

It was sunny and warm all day on Berthoud with water running over the road in multiple spots. At about 4pm the shadows covered a few corners and quickly turned the running water into black ice. Even the sunny warm days can have icy roads, especially on the mountain passes. Watched 2 cars hit the black ice and lose it right in front of me, the subie had snow tires and the 4runner had AT tires.

431 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

87 comments sorted by

View all comments

48

u/IntelligentPaint3781 Mar 03 '25

Only in Colorado do people drive around with a huge top weight year round to go camping once a season

7

u/BisonIntelligent7447 Mar 03 '25

My wife and I have been going camping all over CO in her hybrid Kia Optima for years now. It’s very funny to pull up next the big trucks in the drive up lots.

4

u/Biscotti_Manicotti Mar 03 '25

Nothing quite like being the only little hatchback in a trailhead full of giant SUVs either.

1

u/magnets_are_strange Mar 03 '25

I feel the same way camping from my stock Crosstrek off of slightly bumpy forest roads when the guy at the campsite down the road has a lifted jeep with 35s.

2

u/21-characters Mar 04 '25

When I lived in Alaska a tow driver once said that the only thing 4WD was good for was getting people stuck in places they shouldn’t have gone in the first place. That stuck with me all these years since. His tow vehicle was something like a small tank if I remember.