I went skiing at Abasin on Friday, and a storm blew in during my last lift ride up. I got onto Loveland pass as fast as I could, and we had to stop for a minute near the top when it was literally white-out. They had the "road closed" gate halfway down when we got to the bottom of the other side, and cotrip.org said they actually closed the pass minutes before I got on.
Anyway on the way down, it took me a while to realize that the weird stumbling noise I was hearing was my own car, during engine breaking. I could also hear it a little under load back on I-70, and didn't hear it when I was off the gas in gear. Anyone ever get this? It did take a few extra cranks to start, which happened before at a 14'er trailhead, maybe because of the thin air making the engine act like it was flooded. And a storm blowing in usually means low pressure? The car's acting normal again at 5280 feet.
Anyway on the way down, it took me a while to realize that the weird stumbling noise I was hearing was my own car, during engine breaking. I could also hear it a little under load back on I-70, and didn't hear it when I was off the gas in gear. Anyone ever get this? It did take a few extra cranks to start, which happened before at a 14'er trailhead, maybe because of the thin air making the engine act like it was flooded. And a storm blowing in usually means low pressure? The car's acting normal again at 5280 feet.