I took my girls out for a an afternoon trip up near Snoqualmie Pass. We headed up FS4828 along the west side of Kachess Lake. There was a little snow at first but nothing to worry about. Then about a mile in, the snow got deep very quickly. I have a Grand Cherokee. Not much clearance stock like mine. I high centered a couple hundred yards into the snow. There were some UTV's on the trail that offered to send a friend back with a Jeep. Then I started self recovery with my high lift jack in winching setup. I had made the jack go up and down before but not setup the chains for winching. Luckily there was a good tree in line that was barely in reach with my chain (30'). I also used my snatch strap to get to the tree. I started winching and filled the snatch strap with tension. I had my the Jeep in reverse, traction control off and gave it a push. Then reset the winch and pulled again. After 3 or 4 times, I was out of the holes and able to back out. Lessons learned - 1 Don't go out alone (I break this often) 2 be prepared. This is the first time I have used the high lift jack. 3 Be thankful for other trail users and their support. Even though they provided moral support (because I blocked the trail), that kept me calm through the event.


Paul,
Glad that you and your girls made it out safely. I think more people are taking heed of the "take a buddy rule", but in the 15 years with this overlanding group, typically once a year we usually have a person that meant well, but it didn't end well and we had to rally a recovery team.
All that said, I am glad you reached out to me and we had a couple folks standing by, including myself to enact a recovery. That's what our system is designed to do; help other members in good and bad times.
Stoked this ended well.
Dan
Glad you made it out okay. I've been there. Good lessons are always learned from things like this.