We have a trail out here called Red Cone. The highlight is a fairly long, very steep, very low traction descent with a few uneven sections down a narrow ridge. On the way down, you are almost able to stand with full weight on the brake pedal as you fall forward in your seat. It is easy to go into a slide and if you slip too far one way or the other, it's about 2000 feet to the bottom with nothing to stop you.
There are three very strong recommendations that will keep you alive on this section. Idle down the hill in a low gear to keep the speed down. Turn off both lockers to prevent unnecessary loss of traction. And if the Jeep starts to slide, give it a little bit throttle so that you can recover some traction and steer again.
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I've been down this about a dozen times and I have had to drive out of a slide more than a couple times. Really it isn't any different than driving a downhill on an icy road. Go slow, control the speed, and do everything you can to maintain traction. Lockers are very rarely a part of that equation.
I have this on my "must see" list when I visit Colorado. Hopefully I will survive driving down that thing Great unaltered photos, btw