Winter tires and the Sea to Sky Hwy. Can someone confirm that M&S (mud and snow) tires are sufficient to get through the road blocks sometimes set up Alice lake? According to this link (2008): http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?si...contentId=7418 M&S tires (or chains onboard) are sufficient but I've heard from many people that tires with the severe weather symbol (snowflake inside a mountain) are necessary. Anyone know? |
I've been turned away with M&S before. M&S = all weather tires... not winter tires. If you don't have a snowflake.. (or chains!) and conditions are bad enough, you *could* get turned away... but there isn't always a check on. Of course.. if you lose control of your vehicle.. you're going to be paying your collision deductible and higher insurance premiums as a result... so.. is it worth it? |
If you're not going to be making the trip enough to worry about a whole other set of snows, why not just pick up a set of chains to carry in the winter? Cambodian Tire has them for around $100. Might find them cheaper at somewhere like Princess Auto. |
the problem with chains is deciding when to stop and put them on. this likly happens midway through a 360 into a ditch "hmm should have put them on earlier" and finding somewhere to stop and safly do it. |
They also come in handy when the cop asks "Do you have chains with you? No? Okay, GTFO." |
Don't cheap out. Get proper tires. |
I'm not asking if I should get snow tires, or how well M&S tires perform. My question was whether M&S tires were sufficient (according to BC law) to drive the S2S. I live in Squamish and am more than prepared. I drive this Hwy all the time. I'm not wondering for my vehicle, but more so for friends who will come and visit. |
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i remember trying to get up to Elfin Lakes to do some backcountry touring. I read the night before that the road going up is completely covered with snow, and winter tires and chains are a MUST. I know I don't have either, so I decided to try to make it up to at least the chain-up area, drop my car off there, and just hike in. Turns out my car couldn't even make it to the chainup area. Luckily, a nice guy picks us up and gives us a ride to the trailhead. Halfway down the road (it honestly just looked like a ski trail), there was a truck parked, with a bunch of guys having some coffee. Right up the road was an F150 Harley Davidson Edition stuck and abandoned - with just regular all season tires. The idiot wasn't even polite enough enough to pull over, he just decided to block the road. Little did I know that 6 grown men can actually push a truck off the road, when there is snow on the ground, and we were on our merry way again! |
So is it chains for all 4 tires? or just chains for 2? |
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ithought of that right after i posted, but i have not owned a single fwd car so that doesn't apply to me. |
but other ppl own fwd cars, and this isnt your thread. |
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Some also say A/4WD + all season tire is enough too...without any M+S or chain. |
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It would be an awesome way (only way? :lol) to have fun in a fwd car! |
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