I got snowed in at my parents' house yesterday by half an inch of snow. It started snowing just as I was arriving, but the weather drones were only calling for "a dusting" of snow. Even though my parents live down in "the holler" (about 300 ft rise in elevation in the 0.25 mile from their house to the paved road + another 150 ft rise in elevation over the one mile from there to the main road) I figured such a paltry sum of snow would not be a problem. Not knowing snow was being called for before I left, my chains were safely stowed in the garage.

Well, by the time I had decided to leave for home (around 3:00pm) the snow had compacted and turned to ice. I had a hell of a time making it up to the paved road and was doing great on my 4th attempt until I had to stop for a retard that was blocking the intersection for no apparent reason (they moved on shortly after they saw me coming, but I had slowed to a stop by then). At that point, my attempts to either advance or slowly back down the hill resulted in me starting to slide sideways - so I attached the tow-eye to the front and called in the cavalry.

It's not clear that had I made it onto the paved road I would have had any luck getting home, since my brother reported that he nearly did not make it up the final hill in his 4-wheel drive vehicle. Anyway, I've yet to see any evidence for the oft repeated assertion that VWs are great in the snow.