I am going to a cabin way out in the mountains, but I have to dirt-road it in. Well, at least in the summer they're dirt! Off road is no issue.
I grew up in the snow back in Buffalo, however, I never drove a truck, just a couple of rear wheel drive cars. 2001 I had a rough ride coming back as 80 had turned to ice, and with it's winding curves and steep inclines and slopes was slowed to 15 or 20 the whole way. On the trip, a grader that was plowing snow lost it in the right lane as we were decending a mountain, and slid into my lane(left). Still going 20, I couldn't even use the brakes as we were going to lose control not having any traction on a decent so I had to put it in the bank. Came out of the bank still rolling down the hill, and the grader was still sliding at me, so I buried it back into the snow bank and spun myself 360 degrees to stop. Avoided the grader but damn near got a heart-attack out of the deal as the other side of the bank was a 100-200' cliff! I just want to be sure I do EVERYTHING I can this time to ensure I have as much tracksion and control as I can!