what is the hardest trail in your area?

[missouriman]

here are a few pictures from South Dakota's Black Hills.

Fruity Pebbles.




Look for my little, buddy Todd off to the right of the picture.
JUST FOR REFERENCE here is Todd next to my 5'8" wife spotting me. Todd is a big guy!!




Todd's Family in the center of the picture.


looking down at my truck,,, shaking in fear!!!


this is a invitation only trail with personal pre inspection by the worlds best rock crawler.

the rock are HUGE, Sharp, and they move. I jumped on to one about the size of my truck and it rocked about a foot... SCARED the shait out of me. you can look down between the rocks. maybe 10 feet. It would be more with a flash light.
this trail is about 3 miles long.

[bigndn]

[missouriman]

here are more pictures of the hard trails.. and the beginner trails.

all are part of the Dakota Territory Challenge.

Bh4wheelers Photo Gallery - Home > Dakota Territory challenge > Dakota Territory Challenge 2007


anyone can apply..
here is the info.

Black Hills 4-Wheelers Main Page

surf the trails through the pictures. many of our trails are the hardest that you will find, and you are expected to be ready.. or we also have trails that are for the novelist, family friendly, we will be right there by your side, for your first time experience.
there is an inspection that determines what trails, (YOUR TRUCK CAN RUN). Most of this is based on an experienced driver. If you are new to wheeling you must let the inspector know that you are new to trails.

we also offer trails that are only open to permits from the forest service, that is, not always open to the general public. real fun!!!

[WristPin]

you mean its three miles of rocks? boy i hope not.

that trail is NASTY!

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Where the are you supposed to drive?

I'd love to take a ride with you on that stuff....

This thread will probably see more action in the Trails section.

[missouriman]

quote=WristPin;3268743]you mean its three miles of rocks? boy i hope not.

that trail is NASTY![/quote]

here are the nastys

http://www.bh4wheelers.com/coppermin...ls.php?album=6


here is where you drive on Fruity pebbles

Bh4wheelers Photo Gallery - Fruity Pebbles

[calstyl2]

Wrecking Balls
Outer Limits
Sledgehammer
Jackhammer

and few more a little harder............

[Skillet]

That shit is nuts. A little over the top for my 80.

[douglashuft]

Just a little curious, Is that river of sharp jaggy rock (fruity pebbles) a naturally occurring geographical feature? The remnants of a glacier, plate/ crust movement or are we talking about some sort of mining/dam operation left overs.

[missouriman]

it is a natural formation. from what I understand.
not sure how it was formed.

[Niner]

Originally Posted by douglashuft

Just a little curious, Is that river of sharp jaggy rock (fruity pebbles) a naturally occurring geographical feature? The remnants of a glacier, plate/ crust movement or are we talking about some sort of mining/dam operation left overs.

That has got to be Glacier droppings

[missouriman]

Originally Posted by calstyl2

Wrecking Balls
Outer Limits
Sledgehammer
Jackhammer

and few more a little harder............

searched you tube, google.. they look hard but in a different way.
but from what I have found, not harder.
you didn't post up any pictures so it is hard for me to say.

[weak-link]

Originally Posted by missouriman

searched you tube, google.. they look hard but in a different way.
but from what I have found, not harder.
you didn't post up any pictures so it is hard for me to say.

2008 Tin Bender/Marlin Crawler Jambo Pix - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

Tinbenders/Marlin Crawler Jamboree at the hammers april 26th


also "full of hate" and "chocolate star fish love"(something like that)

[weak-link]

Maybe you could post a picture of a rig wheeling that river of rock and not a rig in a stream bed.

[Grolar]

Originally Posted by weak-link

Maybe you could post a picture of a rig wheeling that river of rock and not a rig in a stream bed.

Yeah, I was about to call that BS but the gallery on their site speaks for itself. (I know, that's a Heep).

[weak-link]

looks like a long "mini rubicon"

[SleekFJ62]

Glacial material would be rounded. Sharp, angular stuff like that would likely be material that cleaved off of a wall/cliff somwhere above (likely via "frost wedging" or other type of physical weathering).

Crazy ass trail!

[Grolar]

Originally Posted by SleekFJ62

Glacial material would be rounded. Sharp, angular stuff like that would likely be material that cleaved off of a wall/cliff somwhere above (likely via "frost wedging" or other type of physical weathering).

Crazy ass trail!

x2. Looks to me a little bil like the Devil's Postpile national monument near Mammoth, CA. But I doubt that the rangers would let you wheel on those rocks

[reffug]

none of them look 80 friendly.....................

[calstyl2]

Originally Posted by reffug

none of them look 80 friendly.....................

mans gotta try

[rusty_tlc]

Fordyce is an hour drive away almost due west.
Rubicon is an hour away to the south west.
I'm very lucky.

The trail in the OP looks like our Bronco canyon on steroids. The differences are in the size of the rocks and the shape. Bronco is a creek bed, dry most of the year.
The rocks are round so they roll around under you making the trail much harder than it looks. Still nothing like the trail above.




I don't have any pictures from this year, the trail changes every year because of flooding. We were up there a couple of weeks ago and a lot of the smaller rocks, 1 -2 foot diameter size, have been washed down stream making things more interesting. The upper section is full on rock buggy territory, we don't go up there.

[esh]

The Crusher trail in Tillamook State Forest OHV area is a natural boulder flow at the top of a mountain, similar to the trails above. Has a good obstacle, a few routes, and is a trail adopted and maintained by a local 4x4 club and supported by the State of Oregon-

[missouriman]

Originally Posted by weak-link

Maybe you could post a picture of a rig wheeling that river of rock and not a rig in a stream bed.

the rig in the stream bed is mine. my wife is spotting me. I posted it up to show my buddy Todd. so there could be a comparison in the size of those rocks.. and those rocks do move.
and they are SHARP as heck.
please look at what I have posted before you call me out... ok?

My truck,,, well I just don't think I could do that trail even with a driver like our local professional rock crawlers..

twisted customs...

[missouriman]

Originally Posted by esh

The Crusher trail in Tillamook State Forest OHV area is a natural boulder flow at the top of a mountain, similar to the trails above. Has a good obstacle, a few routes, and is a trail adopted and maintained by a local 4x4 club and supported by the State of Oregon-

now that is more my style.. fruity pebbles will find any hole in your skid plates and make a ugly hole in oil pans, transmissions..
It is pretty much a buggy trail..
Jason Paule and Brian erra do the inspections for this trail. not only the trucks, but the driver ability as well as attitude.


check out some of the other trails as well, captain crunch is a real challenge also. Got Milk is alot like the picture above. large smooth rolling rocks.

[LC_Hamma]

I actually signed up for Fruity Pebbles the 1st day of BHCC '07, but no one else did, so I decided to run w/ the group on Fullsize & Kong. This is a boulder field close to my house in Ga. I haven't run it yet due to it's either on elec. company land or right beside a power sub station & I'm not sure if I'd be allowed to