{"id":2450667,"date":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/uncategorized\/fastest-way-add-winter-traction\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:22:43","slug":"fastest-way-add-winter-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/snow-sports\/fastest-way-add-winter-traction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Way to Add Winter Traction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Historically, installing chains on your car to get over a mountain pass has been an awful task. Nearly always it involves crawling around under your car, usually in the middle of a storm or in deep and cold snow drifts, freezing your hands off. It's typically wet, cold, miserable, and dirty\u2014and unavoidable. Chains are required on many Western passes and ski area access roads. No chains, and you head home or wait until the road is plowed and clear, and others get first tracks.<\/p>\n

No more. Thule<\/a> just introduced Easy Fit Snow Chains<\/a>, which literally snap on with a lever and self tighten as you drive.<\/p>\n

There are three easy ways to put the chains on, all of which you can do without taking off your gloves: 1. Extend the rigid arch,
\nwhich means popping the chain open; 2. Lay the chain on the tire starting from
\nthe top; 3. Open up the pedal and push down with your foot to tension the chain.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s just as easy to get them off.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Rb8zFQVl2H8<\/p>\n

Still don't believe how fast these are? A month ago, Thule snagged a Guinness Book World Record for most snow chains put in one minute. It took the Thule team about nine seconds to install each chain.<\/p>\n