After necessary repairs, it was time to
start exploring. Trails up here evolve. A severe rain
storm can change a 4x4 trail in a very short time period as has
happened with some of the trails in recent off road outing up
here. Some of the commonly traveled trails are now serious
trenches and with the icing the mountain had received in the past
couple of days, these trails were detoured. They hit some of
the commonly visited spots along the ridge like a fun 4x4 spot we
call The Pit and another place to pause at a clearing along an old
logging trail we call The Tree Stand which amounts to a plateau
that branches off to several other trails including a good 4x4
trails for Offroad vehicles including the Quads that run these
trails.
Jeeps and Toyotas Playing in
The Pit
After a pause at the Tree Stand, the guys
headed down into the valley. Down a long steep
trail and a hard left along the creek that runs the
length of the valley floor. With recent heavy
rains up and down the east coast, the creek was high and
running heavy. Some of the tributaries were almost
as high as what the creek was normally. The trail
they followed runs along the creek and as we found out
before, it gets saturated with creek overflow and can
make for some soft ground. A few holes have been
known to open up on a trail that would otherwise be
thought of as solid ground. One hole along this
trail has swallowed a few 4x4s and blow an engine in
recent years.
