I used the default program for the first couple miles of the trail which were pretty standard road that and high clearance vehicle could have probably handled. After the first few miles the options started to open up including some of the much more intense assents/descents you see in the photos. Some were probably 35 degrees, very hard to get back to the car when we'd hop out to take pictures because our shoes would slide all over the hill.
For these grades I used rock crawl mode which worked wonderfully. I read through the owners manual before heading out so I was somewhat familiar with what modes would work best. What I failed to remember, and wish I had, was how to get additional lift once in extended mode, which I was in many times. In fact I think I got myself OUT of extended mode when I needed it most by quickly tapping the suspension lever up. According to the manual that will drop it back down to off road height.
The hairiest ascent I did, with large boulders near the top put me in extended mode and when I got to the plateau up at the top of that hill, the suspension was jacked WAY up, that must have been extended mode, I can't imagine how it'd look in super-extended mode!
HDC was great for some of the steep descents, including the one you showed. I had also failed to recall that pressing the + button on the steering wheel would have increased the speed in HDC. I would have used it at least twice as much had I known that as I found the 2.3mph or whatever the default is to be too slow on many less steep descents.
I do have the HD package BTW.
