March 7, 2016 Bee Canyon - San Jacinto, CA 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Daystar 1.5" Spacer Lift Kit 15" Crager Soft 8 5x4.5, 4" back spacing, 0 offset 235/75/R15 Kenda Klever Mud tires 1" Wheel Spacers Adapter 5x110 to 5x4.5 or 5x114 K&N Intake System GoPro Hero 3 Weather: It's been raining on and off the 2 days before. It was raining pretty good when the sun was coming up. Then it stopped raining completely. By the time I go to the bottom of the trail / the start of the trail, everything dried up but the ground was still damp. There was no puddles and all the runoff streams were dried. So I didn't expect to run into much trouble this day. But there was still a lot of clouds covering the top of the mountain. About the half way point is where everything started getting fun as you will see in the video. By the look of the tire tracks, there was 1 other car that got out on the trail before I did, but he just missed the snow I ran into. The Renegade did get squirly 1 in the slushy trail and twice in the fresh snow. Traction control warning light came on here and there, but the tires never felt like they were spinning, nor did I ever get stopped. There was one time in the beginning, I had to back up once because I wanted to see if I could do the whole trail in FWD Auto Mode. I purposely put in on a bad line to see what it could do and ended up having to back up and change the line a bit. As I ran into the unexpected slushy road, I also engaged 4WD for the rest of the climb. I really didn't expect it to be snowing at the top part of this trail. I was kind of expecting rain, but not snow. I was going to head up higher on the mountain to another trail to see some snow, but I got my fill here. I forgot my glasses, so I was relying on the wiper to see. Or else I would've keep the wiper at a slower setting so the GoPro could get better shots. I didn't do too much fooling around and exterior filming because I was by myself. My brother's we're able to come out with me this time. As I got to the top of the trail... I thought of how uneasy I would've felt with the stock tires. But I was very confident with the mud tires. As I kept getting closer to the end, I realized how dangerous it was going to be coming down the mountain. The mud tires are great on dirt roads covered in snow, but not so good on pavement with ice/snow. I put the Renegade on Snow Mode and 4WD as soon as I hit pavement. I was thinking about heading down another trail down a bit further or even turning around and heading the way I came up, but both would've taken a lot longer than stay on the highway. Ultimately I chose to stay on the highway and did an average of 30 mph down the mountain. I'll post another video of me doing this and you will see why I was concerned. Camera: The GoPro Hero 3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWwg68PkaU

I've failed climbing this hill in Auto Mode before and had to use Rock Mode with 4Low. After coaching my brother's on the climb, I also showed them how I would do it. I took the easy path and with some speed I made it up in Auto Mode and 4WD Lock on. No need for Rock Mode this time. When My brother attempt to climb this after me, we turned Rock Mode on and 4Low. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B-BMRa7NhM