Tires just won't do on your Sierra 2500HD? Try tank treads

Nov. 28, 2017
GMC debuts snow-treaded concept truck that's part pickup, part snowmobile

If you like your snowmobiles with 910 lbs.-ft. of torque, premium leather interior and seating for up to five, GMC has just the pickup for you. Enter the All Mountain, a 2018 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali Crew Cab 4WD fitted with four treaded tracks like a tank's or snowmobile's where wheels normally would be.

GMC is debuting the concept truck not long after the company announced an exclusive partnership with Vail Resorts, a mountain resort operator. The All Mountain is part of that and is meant to showcase GMC products and their capabilities.

"The Sierra All Mountain concept is perfectly suited for the outdoor activities offered at Vail properties," said Rich Latek, director of marketing at GMC. "This unique concept truck is a fun way to attract attention to GMC and highlight our partnership with Vail Resorts." 

This concept pickup is "a one-of-a-kind snow-climbing machine," the automaker said, and it will remain on display at Vail Ski Resort in Vail, CO all winter. Collaborating with the Vail Valley Foundation and the Town of Vail, GMC has planned a large presence throughout the town with vehicle displays, courtesy vehicles, signage and special events.

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Aaron Marsh

Before computerization had fully taken hold and automotive work took someone who speaks engine, Aaron grew up in Upstate New York taking cars apart and fixing and rewiring them, keeping more than a few great jalopies (classics) on the road that probably didn't deserve to be. He spent a decade inside the Beltway covering Congress and the intricacies of the health care system before a stint in local New England news, picking up awards for both pen and camera.

He's written about you-name-it, from transportation and law and the courts to events of all kinds and telecommunications, and landed in trucking when he joined Fleet Owner in July 2015. Long an editorial leader, he's a keeper of knowledge at Fleet Owner ready to dive in on the technical and the topical inside and all around trucking—and still turns a wrench or two. Or three. 

And he's never without a camera, or so rumor has it.

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