First ski trip with CT4

[SpeedWagon]

Thanks to those who advised me on previous thread regarding ideal winter tire solution for Pacific Northwest area. I ended up getting snow tires fit on my existing rims and took the car to Stevens Pass. Wanted to share some pics.

Plus a random question: for slow driving on snowy unplowed surfaces such as parking lot, do you use gravel mode? I tried it and was fine but haven’t looked into it much.

 

[Marmolata]

great photographs, well done!

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

That looks like lot 4?

I used gravel mode last week on US2, before the thaw. Otherwise I don’t bother, even in the parking lot. I saved the location in smart lift, and that’s about the only thing I use.

I usually park in lot G; I’ll swing by 4 for a group shot opportunity.

 

[Torv]

How did the cold impact your range? What kind of range degradation did you experience?

 

[SpeedWagon]

How did the cold impact your range? What kind of range degradation did you experience?

Pretty solid:
On the way up: 87mi @ 1.7 mi/kwh; on the way back 101mi @ 3.0 mi/wkh (added a purposeful detour). I suspect the trip up was partly because I had a fast charge stopover planned into the route and it spent energy heating the battery from 55 degrees to about 85-90 deg, to be able to charge quickly. And of course all the ascent on the way to mountain, versus benefit of regeneration on way back down. One other view, mileage after the charging was 151mi @ 2.5 mi/kwh. To me, this is pretty solid and a bit better than I had guessed.

 

[SpeedWagon]

I usually park in lot G; I’ll swing by 4 for a group shot opportunity.

Ha I’ll keep an eye out for ya!

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

My winter range has dropped to ~210mi at 100%; summer range was 240. I'm usually using up 60% for a round trip, which is bang-on 210mi total range.

My last few trips to Stevens (most recent first):

duration	avg speed	distance	conso	direction
01:22 h	47 mph	63 mi	4.2 mi/kWh	down
01:17 h	50 mph	63 mi	1.9 mi/kWh	up
01:37 h	43 mph	68 mi	3.6 mi/kWh	down
01:35 h	44 mph	68 mi	1.8 mi/kWh	up
01:51 h	35 mph	63 mi	3.8 mi/kWh	down, cold
01:32 h	42 mph	63 mi	1.7 mi/kWh	up, cold
01:43 h	40 mph	68 mi	3.0 mi/kWh	down, very cold
02:51 h	35 mph	98 mi	2.0 mi/kWh	up, cold

Total elevation gain is ~4000ft; 'cold'/'very cold' was near 0*F/-18*C or below (road conditions were also different).

 

[Alex9001]

My kind of weather !

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