Demo, that sounds like the last trip we had west of you boys for moose. I never thought a winch could get so much use but with a quarter of meat on each rack and the head on the back your average creek crossing became a survival situation. no room for goofing around. We had some serious hours in before getting back to camp some 30km away, frozen to the core.
And naturally I'd do it again.
I wonder if a heavy rod with a slide hammer type handle would work for those greasy hills. The handle could be use to both put the rod in the ground and take it back out.