off roading locations in orange county

[P K r i p p r e]

hey everybody, i'm pretty new to this off roading stuff. and i'm in search of places to go off roading during my spare time. so far i've got responses from people about a place in azusa canyon, some place by oneil park, and laguna (on undeveloped land). if anybody to suggest some fun places to go off roading i'd appreciate it. thanks

[Good Times]

- Azusa is good. never been there but heard it's a big mud pit.

- Stoddard Valley out towards Barstow (if you want to drive abit)

- Big Bear. You really can't go wrong here.

- Calico

- Glamis

- Gorman ( Hungry Valley Alamo Mountain)

- Jacumba (Smugglers Cave & Table Top Mountain)

- Lake Arrowhead (Cleghorn Ridge Trail, Dishpan Springs Trail, Green Valley, Willow Creek, Lk Arrowhead)

- Sieera Nevada Mountains

- Ortega Hwy just west of Lake Elsinore.

Now out of all of these, I've only done the Jacumba Trails and the Ortega Hwy one. Both are different, one is rocky, the other is rutted.

If you're interested in going, let me know as I wouldn't mind going too!

Lance

[P K r i p p r e]

hey, thanks for the reply, i appreciate it a lot, wish me luck.

[Good Times]

Try not to wander off alone. If you do, make sure the trail is relatively easy so you don't have to worry about getting stuck.

Try to take someone with you (i.e. another vehicle)

[P K r i p p r e]

yeah,i was thinking that would be a good idea too...
do you know if a stock tundra would be able to handle the terrain in some of those areas, i mean, i doubt that it could go where some of the other hardcore lifted trucks go, but generally speaking..

[P K r i p p r e]

oh, i didn't read all of your post..oops. yeah, i'm defineatly down to go do some off roading with you or anybody in fact. where are you coming from though. i'm in fountain valley

[Good Times]

I'm still stock and my 4runner sits ALOT lower than your tundra.

If you look go to socal's ttora site (http://www.ttora-socal.com) you'll find some local trail maps.

I've done the Jacumba trail (both the smugglers run and the north side of 8). Some sections are considered "most difficult" and I was able to go thru those part ofcrouse with alot of difficult.

I think you should be able to go thru, it'll just be "very difficult". I'd say if you plan on hittin any trails that has "difficult" then I'd suggest taking another vehicle up just in case and have some recovery gear with you.

Lance

[Good Times]

some of the san diego friends I wheel with are thinking about going to big bear soon. Maybe we can all try and go together.

I know the trip will be soon but no set date yet. I'll talk it over with the other friends and see when they want to set this up.

When everything gets finalized, i'll post up all the details here on this board too .

I try to wheel once a month w/ the san diego friends. so since i just went this past weekend, most likely the next one will be 3 wks from now.

Lance

ps: hacienda heights... like what my profile says <-- check the left side!

[P K r i p p r e]

haha, i knew that, right....

anyways, yeah. 3 weeks or so sounds good to me, thanks for the link to the trail map. and another question that you might be able to help me with. i know the pressure in my front tire is a little lower than the rear tires, but they look a little flat to me, the pressure is where it's supposed to be too. i don't want this to mess up my great gas mileage. thanks

[Good Times]

the front might look abit deflated probably because the front is heavier than the rear...

engine weight etc etc... vs emtpy back...

not sure what your psi's should be but if it's okay then you should be fine

if you start feeling mushy when you drive then you know your tires need to be inflated more.

[P K r i p p r e]

cool cool. thanks for the additional info. i think i'm gonna check out the ortega highway thing, or the santiago canyon trail this weekend just to get settled in.

[JK2FlyHigh]

Check out what I said in the Socal 2wd trails post. I talked about tboth the Santiago and Saddleback-Ortega runs. Good luck, and maybe I'll see you up there in a week or so. L8

[thecarguy]

azusa is a bust right now. half of it is closed because of all the rain. Its basically flooded. Prolly wont be good again for a month or so.

[P K r i p p r e]

oh, i didn't know it gets THAT flooded...thanks for the warning dude. is there still a lot of road to cover though? if so, i wanted to check it out next weekend or santiago canyon..

[thecarguy]

I assume you know where the big bridge is. Its only open about 2-300 feet past there. And there is some kind of fish thats endangered so the only places to cross the river are right at the bridge. I wont be going for a while. I didnt drive but all of my friends trucks got stuck. The only people having a good time are the older chevys with the 44" boggers and stuff. Its not even worth it if you have anything smaller than 38" and a good 2 feet of clearence under the differentials.