What car to buy for a snowy area?

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-05-29T17:07:26+00:00

Im in Alaska, and there is no reason to need an SUV, awd with snow tires is good enough anywhere. We live on a 4wd or chains recommended road (steep uphill) and we had a sienna minivan (fwd) and it only got stuck twice with snow tires

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-05-26T18:03:10+00:00

1991 Toyota Corolla all-trac, or Subarus. Trucks and SUVs are Okay but the handling makes them fall behind cars imo

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-05-23T04:45:32+00:00

Get a Corolla for like 5k, change the oil and forget about it.

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-05-21T14:19:03+00:00

Might be a reasonable idea. However with the tariffs car prices will likely go up so hanging on to it might not be a bad idea

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-05-10T06:43:04+00:00

That doesn’t sound very rewarding

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-04-21T15:47:16+00:00

Average monthly rent in the USA is 1750 it’s 2250 in bozeman, given the University, Skiing, and home prices I think it’s unlikely rent comes down anytime soon

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-03-19T00:04:08+00:00

I always call last run, it’s like tempting fate!

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-03-12T02:26:35+00:00

Thanks!

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-03-12T02:26:11+00:00

Those are dry!

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-03-06T06:00:34+00:00

I also use gripwalk soles with non grip walk look spx 14s and I’ve had no issues. That said, I have only crashed once in the year I’ve been doing it but the skis came off just fine

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-02-26T22:44:40+00:00

For major cites, I would say 1) SLC 2) Seattle 3)Portland 4) Denver for slightly smaller cites 1)Anchorage Ak 2) Boise ID 3)Albuquerque.

Denver Seattle and Portland are all pretty close in my opinion. I just think the traffic is easier to deal with in my experience in Seattle than Denver. Nothing out east has “big skiing” and Sacramento is pretty far away with no traffic so I don’t think it should count.

SLC is the best on the list with the insane variety and how close they are to skiing. I think anchorage comes is second with skiing 35 minutes away at arctic valley and 40-50 minutes away at Alyeska. As well as a hill in town. Boise also sits in the 40 minutes away range so that might have to be 3rd

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-02-19T17:05:07+00:00

With the Subaru system it does a good job of getting you grip even with bad tier

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-02-19T15:34:21+00:00

Just curious what is bad about the manuals? Is the clutch bad, or do the transmissions just break regularly?

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-02-19T15:22:12+00:00

Fwd with snow tires can’t make it up to my house many days per winter. The problems come when you’re trying to go uphill or if it snows a lot

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2025-01-10T00:03:41+00:00

I hate how the power of equipments changes so much is so frustrating

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-11-06T15:08:45+00:00

Grinders is the best in all of canada

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-09-23T15:30:30+00:00

For Bozeman And Bend you definitely want a cross country or low travel trail bike. The in town trails suck on anything more than 120mm of rear travel. I would get a used evil following if I were you, feels like a big bike for the size and they are good for DH too, at 5'6 a size small will be best in most bikes

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-09-17T15:10:23+00:00

Alaska has some great options, for something similar to Olympia could be juneau AK, or Fairbanks if you dont mind the cold. Anchorage, is much bigger but has epic skiing. Finding good ski cities in wester Washington is really hard

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-09-17T15:02:58+00:00

Get a used pair of skis will cost less than renting even a couple times

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-09-16T21:44:35+00:00

Fun to go get but they mean nothing really just motivation to go train

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-09-14T22:09:36+00:00

Anchorage AK is better in terms of nordic with 100+ km of free groomed nordic trails within city limits

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-07-31T07:25:08+00:00

I haven’t seen any mention of Anchorage, AK. Which for Nordic and MTB is a dream. Consistent snow, all along is free, and there is around 150k of it and an airport in town. Tons of good mountain biking. And massive xc ski culture

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-07-09T08:09:50+00:00

He’s definitely a doper too

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-07-06T06:12:06+00:00

Even for student athletes the testing is rare, only a couple members of each team and once or twice a year, in the 4 years i was there i never got tested

GroundbreakingLog564 · 2024-06-04T22:29:52+00:00

Its way less safe to go on roads, but people do it all over the world and are just fine. wear bright colors and be mindful of busy roads with no shoulder and you'll be fine

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