G. Washington National Forest

[offrdon2]

Im planning on going up to GWNF tomorrow, i've read about Taskers Gap over by Edinburg and also numerous non-official off-shoots off Rt. 33 west of Harrisonburg. Does anybody have any intel on what would be a good trail to hit? I've never gone up there before and I'll be driving my stock 40. My name is Edwin and my cell is 757.359.8811 if you want to call or text.

I'm posting this on all three VA clubhouse pages.

 

[DavidAW]

Sounds fun.
Ive been to taskers gap and peters mill. Need a 5$ day pass. Right off Endinburg road, 675, i think. One left and one right. Taskers cuts thru a bunch of ATV trails which you are not supposed to drive on.

Big levels is kinda cool. About 10 miles over the mtns from Blue Ridge PWY to near stuarts draft.

Further South is Show Creek which is nice. Can do Shoe Creek and Big Levels in 1 day.

I went to trailhead of Dictum/2nd Mountain but have not done the trails. My freind did Dictum and found that you cant get back out on 33. You have to backtrack.
Trailhead took an hour to get to out of Harrisonburg.

---------------------SOme info I collected------------
VA FR 826 (for those that have a Delorme Virginia Map)
Shoe Creek Trail, starting from the South Trailhead.
South Trailhead GPS Coordinates: N37 47.263 W79 06.173 (most accurate location)
South Trailhead Street Address: 1009 Perkins Mill Rd., Roseland, VA 22967 (least accurate; approximately 0.5 miles East of actual location)



Big Meadows GPS info

VA- Big Levels / Stony Creek Jeep Trail (FS 162) - NAXJA Forums -::- North American XJ Association

This is an approximately nine-mile trail signposted as FS 162 in the George Washington National Forest near Stuart's Draft.

 

[tromz]

Darn had I have seen your post I woulda gone!!

 

[DavidAW]

Did you make it up there?
Where did you end up going?

Dave

 

[offrdon2]

Took me five hours to get there but I made it there and back without breaking anything.
I decided to do Taskers Gap first and after driving down the main trail I started looking for every off-shoot trail marked with a V for vehicles. I think I hit most of them and had no problems, only had to go to 4low on a few of the steeper inclines.
After making my way back to the main parking area I headed back down the street to the Peters Mill entrance. Peters Mill was a long and bouncy ride but not very challenging even with my stock set up. It was dry when I ran it but I think with a little rain it would make it more interesting.
Overall, Taskers Gap was more fun even though the more difficult portions are very short... Or maybe because it was my first experience off road with the 40. I'll probably go back up there sometime this month or next. The scenery on the way to Edinburg itself is worth noting.

 

[Mad Matt]

It was great wheeling with you today, next time you plan on heading out PM me.

 

[offrdon2]

Definitely. It was a good time out there today, next time it'll have to be a little warmer though.

p.s. for some reason I want an 80 series for my next truck...

 

[supermotocruiser]

I'm 20 min. from Harrisonburg, 40 min from Charlottesville (via cruiser a little longer) let me know when your up this way again, I know of another Mud member that will go any given weekend, and 3-4 others that have Cruisers that may or may not be interested. All within about 30 min from where I'm at (Verona,24482)

 

[offrdon2]

I'll be sure to post something next time I head that way, I'm trying to trade the 40 but one last trip with it would be cool