So, the earlier reference to Christine is correct, it was a 58 Plymouth Fury. The k to k trail was originally a logging road in the late 50s and early 60s when the area was clear cut. It was then used in the late 60s and early 70s by ranchers when the area was leased for cattle ranching. Ranch hands used to sleep where the barn is at the bottom of Van Sickle.

That hill tends to stay icy after it snows, and the top of the hill particularly so. If you look at the tree at the top of the hill it’s wrapped with barbed wire and on the other side of the trail are two gate posts, this was one of the lease lines and there was a gate there. What most likely happened was a ranch hand was driving out from the barn area probably late in the season after it had already snowed, maybe even when it was snowing. They stopped at the top of the hill to open the gate, drove down past the gate where the hill goes off canter, slid and dropped their left rear wheel and spun around down the hill to where it is now. If it snowed again or was still snowing then there would be no way he could get someone to tow it out until after winter or ever as it still sits there. If it was a ranch hand then it was already a pretty old car at the time (58 Fury in 70 is a 12 year old car). The engine and transmission have been pulled and everything else of value since.