After my disastrous winter offroading trip, I've been doing lots of thinking, scheming, and online searching for what I could've done different.
The question/theory I've come up with is whether I could have use Maxtrax or similar recovery tracks to get past an ice patch on a slope.
In this situation, the driver side tires had some traction on the edge of the snow pack, indicated by the red arrow. Since I don't have a locker, my passenger side was spinning.
Could I have simply put down recovery tracks on the passenger side, and used either tent stakes directly on the tracks, or tethered by straps? Without securing them, I'd probably kiss them goodbye.
I've searched both generally and on YouTube, and while there's no shortage of examples of using tracks in snow, I haven't found anything specifically on ice, or where the tracks are secured to the ground.
Is this a case where the simple solution is the right one? What's your experience getting past ice on the trail?
The question/theory I've come up with is whether I could have use Maxtrax or similar recovery tracks to get past an ice patch on a slope.
In this situation, the driver side tires had some traction on the edge of the snow pack, indicated by the red arrow. Since I don't have a locker, my passenger side was spinning.
Could I have simply put down recovery tracks on the passenger side, and used either tent stakes directly on the tracks, or tethered by straps? Without securing them, I'd probably kiss them goodbye.
I've searched both generally and on YouTube, and while there's no shortage of examples of using tracks in snow, I haven't found anything specifically on ice, or where the tracks are secured to the ground.
Is this a case where the simple solution is the right one? What's your experience getting past ice on the trail?