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Originally Posted by JSH
A hatchback is a huge priority. This vehicle has to carry 4 adults (5’9” – 6’3”) with a week of backpacking gear in the summer and ski gear in the winter
This is a picture from last weekend. This is a typical forest service road here in Oregon. I stopped to check if I was going to make it over that 6-7” flat rock I’m straddling. Even if the road is graded smooth they still have water bars which are 12 inch deep trenches at an angle across the road for water runoff.
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I'd go on that logging road with my Prius. I don't follow the ruts, but instead run the tires over the tallest points, meaning I drive off to one side or the other, switching as necessary to avoid objects. It's a lot slower than simply powering ahead though with plenty of ground clearance to not worry.
I took my Prius up to Ed's Trailhead near Silver Star Mountain and all the reviews said you needed a truck or other high clearance 4x4 to make it.
