Hi everyone, this issue of the “Xia” guest trip-series met with you again. In the last issue, we drove the Muyouxia to Laozhanggou and experienced the unique style of Laozhanggou. The Muyouxia 1.9T engine Cooperating with the 6-speed automatic manual gearbox, coupled with the rear axle differential lock, it can be regarded as smooth and stable in the frozen old palm ditch. I walked the frozen river in Laozhanggou and climbed the big slope full of cross axes. This time I will continue to drive this Muyouxia to the Death Valley in Ulan Butong to challenge the unknown snow field. Let us wait and see whether it will succeed in the end.
It was originally scheduled to start at 9:00 am, but I was woken up by a phone call early in the morning to solve various company matters, and it was delayed until 2:00 pm before I actually set off, heading all the way to Ulan Butong Scenic Area.
Because it is a weekday trip, the high-speed road is very clean, passing through Chongli, the host city of the Winter Olympics. If you want to see European towns in the future, you don’t need to go abroad. You can just come here directly. The ski resort in the distance may hold the Winter Olympics The meeting place.
Along the way, as the terrain rises, the grassland landforms become more and more obvious, because the altitude is higher and the temperature is lower, and the snow on the mountains has not yet melted. Looking at it from a distance, it really feels like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Along the way, I also thought about whether the destination we are going to has no snow because of the low snowfall this year. That would be too boring, but our worries before here may be unnecessary.
At nearly ten o’clock in the night, I finally arrived at the destination of this crossing, Ulan Butong Scenic Area, which is a typical tourist town. It is overcrowded in summer, but there are no tourists in winter, but it has also become a cross-country person playing in the snow in winter. holy place.
Arriving at the pre-booked hotel, we found out that there were only one table of guests in the entire hotel. We drove for a day and had a high-intensity crossing the next day. After eating, we checked the road book again, and all the equipment was fully charged. The electricity hastened to rest.
The sun was shining early in the morning, so I went downstairs to show my Ranger a set of beautiful photos with no dead ends before I had time for breakfast. In fact, it is mainly for warming up the car. After all, the water temperature of diesel cars rises slowly. By the way, I turned on the seat heating and went to the restaurant to eat breakfast slowly. When I was having dinner last night, my friend told me that a convoy tried to cross Death Valley two days ago, but was forced to withdraw because the snow was too thick to move forward. Let us think about it carefully. After all, bicycle crossing is still very dangerous in this season. big.
Arrived at the lower road point 54, since we have come, we still decided to go in and have a look. If we feel difficult, we will withdraw immediately, and we will never take any risks.
After driving for less than three kilometers, I encountered the first natural all-return point, a steep uphill, more than 30 cm thick snow, ice under the snow, no grip at all, and not enough run-up distance, the above According to my judgment, the ruts should be left by the crossing team a few days ago. This kind of terrain will be very troublesome if you fail to attack the slope once, so I directly switched to the low-speed four-wheel drive. The high torque of the diesel car played a vital role, although there were a few skids along the way. But still rushed to the top of the hill.
After coming up, the scenery is unique, but at the same time, there is a problem, there are no ruts to find at all, and the rest can only be done by myself.
Going forward, I was shocked when I first arrived at this big slope, because I was always going uphill before, and rarely went downhill at such a large angle. The visual impact is different and the feeling is also different. When encountering such a big slope, you must overcome psychological obstacles. Don’t step on the brakes, and come down with a little speed. If the front of the car is out of control, hold the steering wheel and gently apply the accelerator to restore control of the car.
I went down the big slope and continued along the track. I was very happy when I saw the rut, thinking that there was a convoy passing through from the opposite direction. Just when I was so happy, a big pit covered by snow was approaching quietly. I.
(to be continued)
