carljwnc
06-28-2009, 04:27 PM
Looking for some good rock crawling/technical terrain?...Forget it. :tongueout: Wanna' easy outing where you can be comfortable going by yourself and entertain two 9 year old boys in your stock rig? Then you've found the right place. :thumbup:
Brown Mountain OHV Park (http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/brown_mountain_orv.pdf) will do the trick. Between Morganton and Lenoir NC just off of Hwy. 181, nice place to spend a day in the woods. Trail 1 and Trail 8 are open to 4WD vehicles, Tr. 1 is 5.5mi and Tr. 8 is .6mi. Trail 8 is a bit more challenging and without another vehicle along I stayed off of it this time, next time I go though I think I will find that it's not enough to worry about, but for this trip with the young'uns and no recovery vehicle along, I decided to play it safe (and got stuck anyway :roll:).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/11.jpg
Hayden (my boy on the left) and his best buddy Conrad, ready to roll.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/12.jpg
Small milestone on the way. (barely broken in, right?)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/19.jpg
Parking lot rescue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/23.jpg
Stuffin' it on a trail break with a little attitude.
Brown Mountain OHV Park (http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/brown_mountain_orv.pdf) will do the trick. Between Morganton and Lenoir NC just off of Hwy. 181, nice place to spend a day in the woods. Trail 1 and Trail 8 are open to 4WD vehicles, Tr. 1 is 5.5mi and Tr. 8 is .6mi. Trail 8 is a bit more challenging and without another vehicle along I stayed off of it this time, next time I go though I think I will find that it's not enough to worry about, but for this trip with the young'uns and no recovery vehicle along, I decided to play it safe (and got stuck anyway :roll:).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/11.jpg
Hayden (my boy on the left) and his best buddy Conrad, ready to roll.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/12.jpg
Small milestone on the way. (barely broken in, right?)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/19.jpg
Parking lot rescue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/terrapondus/DORK%20III/23.jpg
Stuffin' it on a trail break with a little attitude.