IF HELL FREEZES OVER…

You’re going to want to pick from the ‘Off-road Legends’ list Wrangler, G-Wagen, Defender. And unlike the weather, you’re going to like the transformation that’s happened over the years

- SIMRAN RASTOGI

Climate change isn’t real. And that statement is a bald-faced lie. I mean, it doesn’t take Holmes-level deductions to see and feel, that it’s getting hot in here. Typically, January in the mountains in this part of the country would have you reaching for your snow boots. This is exactly what I packed when we planned this story — three offroad icons, two of the bastions of old-school mechanicals, one snow-filled adventure. Simple enough. Except, the weather didn’t quite want to play along. It was snowing when it shouldn’t have and was clear as glass when we needed it to be powdery. We’ve had the warmest January in over a decade, with some places in the country seeing highs that are double what they were ten years back.