Hey guys will be taking a quick trip to my parents mountain house in little switzerland ( close to spruce pine ) next week. Since I'll be taking the lx I wanted to wheel some place for a day. Where would you guys recommend for a stock lx on 33's and someone who doesn't have heaps of off road driving under his belt ? Thanks for any suggestions
wheelin noob taking a trip to NC , where should i wheel?
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Really only one place to wheel in the state. Uwharrie..... post up a date and i'm sure some people will meet you out there .
Where are you coming from - you might pass a spot somewhere, but Al is pretty correct about URE largely being it for NC.
I don't think you're gonna find much beyond gravel or dirt roads unless you want to drive 3+ hours. There are some pretty long dirt roads around the Lake James area (if my memory is correct), but they're just roads.
My wife and I love Little Switzerland and the area around it. The Alpine Inn is a great little cheap place, and 2 of the rooms are right on the side of the mountain cliff. It's pure awesome to open the windows and let the clouds come right into the room then walk onto the balcony and lose all sense of location.
FYI - There's a section of Blue Ridge Parkway closed for some major repairs. The road is actually opening up and separating. I'm not sure where that is, the AVL newspaper left that little tidbit out of the article. It also didn't say how long the detour was.
--john
I don't think you're gonna find much beyond gravel or dirt roads unless you want to drive 3+ hours. There are some pretty long dirt roads around the Lake James area (if my memory is correct), but they're just roads.
My wife and I love Little Switzerland and the area around it. The Alpine Inn is a great little cheap place, and 2 of the rooms are right on the side of the mountain cliff. It's pure awesome to open the windows and let the clouds come right into the room then walk onto the balcony and lose all sense of location.
FYI - There's a section of Blue Ridge Parkway closed for some major repairs. The road is actually opening up and separating. I'm not sure where that is, the AVL newspaper left that little tidbit out of the article. It also didn't say how long the detour was.
--john
We have two OHV parks.
1. is Brown Mt. but that is mostly for dirt bikes and quads. The one truck trail there is long and has great scenery and views from the top but only 1 or 2 places where you would actually need 4wd.
2. is Uwharrie. with your mods and level of driving you'd be fine on all the trails except Daniel
There is also beach driving on the coast.
Black Balsam and places like Hurricane creek have some off the beaten path places that are nice and scenic but nothing too technical.
We used to have more places to wheel but sadly they have been systematically shut down in the last 5 years
1. is Brown Mt. but that is mostly for dirt bikes and quads. The one truck trail there is long and has great scenery and views from the top but only 1 or 2 places where you would actually need 4wd.
2. is Uwharrie. with your mods and level of driving you'd be fine on all the trails except Daniel
There is also beach driving on the coast.
Black Balsam and places like Hurricane creek have some off the beaten path places that are nice and scenic but nothing too technical.
We used to have more places to wheel but sadly they have been systematically shut down in the last 5 years
Brock did Daniel in his LX with 33s and sliders only. So it can be done too. 
but yes, not for a noob.
but yes, not for a noob.
And a locker 
i think he was just Atrac at the time. . . wouldent swear to it though.
hmm.. URE the 15-16th might be doable....anyone else?
could be... I have no clue, your new fangled fancy trucks are all alien to me
;p only in the cruiser world is a 13 year old truck new fangled
Brock did Daniel in his LX with 33s and sliders only. So it can be done too.
but yes, not for a noob.
When though? That first ledge has been so different every time I've seen it the last couple years, I never know what to expect... nasty or I40.
i think it was about 2 years ago or so.
Did some of the Daniel traversing to another trail on my horse a couple months ago. Never locked her in once but did have to kick the stirrups a little here and there. She did have new shoes on though 
Uwharrie is good but it has had some pretty good rain wash this year.
Uwharrie is good but it has had some pretty good rain wash this year.
I was there. It was impressive!
I've done it in a open-open 40, with no sliders... just saying... But that was a long time ago...
But that was a long time ago...
I've done it in a open-open 40, with no sliders... just saying...
Yeah it's a little different now
Heck. Back in the early 90's i took a S-10 with 36 inch tires on all trails with locker in the rear and open front. Never one issue and never thought about body damage on it up there. Now not so much.
so.... are you gonna make it to URE? when?