I know there's a lot of local 'unknown' trails here, let's build a list (without location) of your favorite "nasty' trail, some details, (length, underconstruction, etc. ) and general location (ie. with in 15 miles of BFE)

A couple of mine are

Burning Man, 4-5 + , 2-4 miles, underconstruction/exploration, 5 miles of Golconda

Iron Will (aka parts-n-pieces), 5 + , 1-2 miles, underconstruction, 20 miles of Winnemucca

Dump run, 4-5 , 1/4 mile , testing facility :D , 5 miles of Winnemucca

Steve's Loop:flipoff2:

UPPER BRONCO
HACKETT
LION
GONI GULCH
SUPRISE
ELDERADO
ROCKPILE
MOONROCKS
AMERICAN
HO DOWN
HOBART
SWEETWATER
SCHOOLBUS
AND SEVERAL THAT i CANNOT DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME. :D

Twister

Billybobs

PJs BACKDOOR!!!:flipoff2:

PJs BACKDOOR!!!:flipoff2:

You like to go muddin there every chance you get sicko

You like to go muddin there every chance you get sicko
What??? I heard you two "BLAZED" that trail together!!!:fj:

Deadhorse ~10miles east of sparks

Dead End Canyon on Peavine

Heindle Rd, between N. Virginia and 395 :flipoff2:

Trail number 17, still unrun

Prison Hill

and a local canyon by near Jake's Hill south of the gardnerville Rancho's

**A few built rigs have gotten owned by this canyon**

Budwieser

UPPER BRONCO/PUNISHER FOR SURE,DEFINATELY HARDER THAN ANY TRAIL @ THE HAMMERS,TWISTER,BILLYBOBS,AND A NEWLY FOUND ONE WITH NO NAME AS OF YET!:flipoff2:

Prison Hill 5 roll overs,1 berfield, mini truck stearing Shit load of body damage

Decision Creek
3+
Granite Range, 15 miles NW Gerlach, NV.

fine camping in the aspens afterward and views of Mt. Lassen to the north.
mb

UPPER BRONCO/PUNISHER FOR SURE,DEFINATELY HARDER THAN ANY TRAIL @ THE HAMMERS,TWISTER,BILLYBOBS,AND A NEWLY FOUND ONE WITH NO NAME AS OF YET!:flipoff2:

ONe of the more challenging trails for sure!!!!!

Has anyone run Steam Shovel in the last few years? It's east of Sand Mountain on Hwy 50. I know they ran a Jeep Jamboree there in '98 or 99'. They turned over a few stock jeeps on that run. After that year they had a quick spring thaw that made the trail go from a class 2/3 to 'oh my god!!' It took my friends and me 10 hrs to make it up the first 2 miles taking the east to west route. We passed the president of the local 4 wheel drive club (running solo)on the way up and told him how bad the trail was. He gave us an unconcerned look and continued down. We saw his Jeep at the local shop and the mechanic said he ripped the exhaust out and trashed a driveshaft. They used to keep the trail pretty mild but that year it was awesome. That was the most fun I've had in a long time. I haven't been in the area in 5 years and was curious if the trail is still in use. I would like to run it again in the "OMG!" state.:smokin:

Area52... And if I told you anymore, I'd have ta kill ya :D


comming in '08

We still on for the 27th at A52?

Yes, Sean should be bringing it up at next weeks Total Karnage meeting.

Bolivia-1 cool climb about a 5 the rest of the 4 miles 3-4. Completely unmolested & scenic, maybe cause it's 70 miles straight south of me-and I'm in the middle of nowhere!:D

Bolivia-1 cool climb about a 5 the rest of the 4 miles 3-4. Completely unmolested & scenic, maybe cause it's 70 miles straight south of me-and I'm in the middle of nowhere!:D

Where's that Tim, Tobins ?

Bolivia is @ the Northeast corner of the Stillwater range, next to Fencemaker. It's best run east to west.

Wow someone else has been there, right on:D Brian maybe you should know because it's by the dixie valley powerplant:p

Did Steamshovel (East to West) in November 06, with 2 other rigs. Trail is now definately not for the stock or slightly modified rigs. Stream was running pretty good and there is two (small) waterfalls that are off-camber (the first has windshield and door glass from a couple of rigs that rolled) and two pretty deep mudholes that are un-avoidable due to narrow tall ledges. We went as far as the Fallon Turn-off sign (Snowing heavy) and ran it back from West to East to our trailers. Gonna do it again in the spring when the snow melts, and then maybe over to Bolivia.
Tried Cottonwood Canyon about 5 years ago from the power plant to bolivia but got hung up at a 12 foot granite rock sticking out of the wash and no-where to anchor (we didn't have the equipment at the time) with the winch to pull our rigs up. Gonna do that again next year in the Samurai also.

Did Steamshovel (East to West) in November 06, with 2 other rigs. Trail is now definately not for the stock or slightly modified rigs. Stream was running pretty good and there is two (small) waterfalls that are off-camber (the first has windshield and door glass from a couple of rigs that rolled) and two pretty deep mudholes that are un-avoidable due to narrow tall ledges. We went as far as the Fallon Turn-off sign (Snowing heavy) and ran it back from West to East to our trailers. Gonna do it again in the spring when the snow melts, and then maybe over to Bolivia.
Tried Cottonwood Canyon about 5 years ago from the power plant to bolivia but got hung up at a 12 foot granite rock sticking out of the wash and no-where to anchor (we didn't have the equipment at the time) with the winch to pull our rigs up. Gonna do that again next year in the Samurai also.

Hit me up......I would like to run this in my buggy!!!

So Who is going to take us out ad show us some of these HARD trail for Haulin or Crawlin 5 ??? Let us know cause we want to come and film the trails!!

So Who is going to take us out ad show us some of these HARD trail for Haulin or Crawlin 5 ??? Let us know cause we want to come and film the trails!!

I AM SURE WE COULD HOOK YOU UP PAT! GIVE JAKE OR TOE A CALL AND LETS SET A WEEKEND!!!!

I AM SURE WE COULD HOOK YOU UP PAT! GIVE JAKE OR TOE A CALL AND LETS SET A WEEKEND!!!!

WE???IS JAKE OR JOE LETTING YA PLAY CO-PILOT???:flipoff2:

Sounds great guys we are just trying to get our buggy together....lol

Sweet thread. I graduated from UNR in '98 and left and now I've returned to all new names of trails. sweet. look forward to hooking up.

New Mexico in some places sooo looks like Nevada . . .

Shawn you need to get that Jeep out on the Nevada trails. I'll be back next weekend if you want a tour guide.

Sweet thread. I graduated from UNR in '98 and left and now I've returned to all new names of trails. sweet. look forward to hooking up.

New Mexico in some places sooo looks like Nevada . . .

You're gonna wanna steer that clean Jeep as far out of the way from UBC as possible!! It will tackle alot of other trails without a problem though. Post up when you're in Reno.

I know there's a lot of local 'unknown' trails here, let's build a list (without location) of your favorite "nasty' trail, some details, (length, underconstruction, etc. ) and general location (ie. with in 15 miles of BFE)

why do we have to give "general location?" I can never seem to remember the "secret hand shake." Lets give GPS coordinates!

i'm getting tired of driving to the Hammers for some good fun. Rubicon & Fordyce are just too run down. Northern/Central Nevada must have some good wheelin'. the last time i went to Vegas down Hwy 95 the terrain looked similar to Johnson Valley area. The area south of Hawthorne looked promissing.

i'm getting tired of driving to the Hammers for some good fun.

There are heaps of canyons all over Nevada, but someone has to take the time and effort to spend their weekends out exploring and opening new trails in legal areas in order to have a place to play. There is a lot of talk but so far I haven't met anyone in the Reno area who wants to devote that sort of time to developing new trails.

There are heaps of canyons all over Nevada, but someone has to take the time and effort to spend their weekends out exploring and opening new trails in legal areas in order to have a place to play. There is a lot of talk but so far I haven't met anyone in the Reno area who wants to devote that sort of time to developing new trails.

So what exactly are the legal areas? The couple of times I've been to Nevada it looks like there is tons of great potential wheeling, but I don't know what is legal or illegal. Is there some sort of map that shows legal areas to explore or are there some guidelines to follow? I would love to see Nevada get some more trails going, and would donate some of my time to helping out. :cool2:

Over 80% of the land in Nevada is BLM land. Someone needs to cultivate a relationship with the BLM and determine where we are allowed to play. So far Phil Bender from the Hills Angels has done the best job at this, but he is more into historic trips and expedition travel than hardcore rockcrawling. Last I heard it is legal to travel up and down seasonal washes, which is basically the bottom of any canyon (exactly what we are looking for). The friends I have that open trails in other areas travel in their vehicles or on dirt bikes and then switch to foot when they find something that looks promising. GPS coordinates and Google Earth can also come in handy when you are trying to find (or re-find) new trails.

Over 80% of the land in Nevada is BLM land. Someone needs to cultivate a relationship with the BLM and determine where we are allowed to play. So far Phil Bender from the Hills Angels has done the best job at this, but he is more into historic trips and expedition travel than hardcore rockcrawling. Last I heard it is legal to travel up and down seasonal washes, which is basically the bottom of any canyon (exactly what we are looking for). The friends I have that open trails in other areas travel in their vehicles or on dirt bikes and then switch to foot when they find something that looks promising. GPS coordinates and Google Earth can also come in handy when you are trying to find (or re-find) new trails.

Ya I had heard Nevada was mostly BLM land. So as long as we stay in the seasonal canyons/washes/creekbeds and we tread lightly it should be ok to find new stuff? That is/would be sweet!:smokin: I think as long as this is done responsably it would be great, but I just don't want some fawktards going and fawking shit up because they think they can make a trail any where.

we were just talking about exploring nevada more this spring. i'm going to spend some time on my Garmin GPS Topo software and look for some target areas to go on quads/dirtbike, etc. on topo's if you look for "close" contour lines, that indicates steep sections like canyon walls. my topo software shows a lot of dirt roads, and seasonal washes, etc. i would like to target areas east of reno, to winnemuca, and south towards hawthorne. Maybe even north up towards black rock as well.

i think this kinda situation is going to go over much better in nevada with all the BLM land than in california with more Forestry Service land.

Shawn you need to get that Jeep out on the Nevada trails. I'll be back next weekend if you want a tour guide.

hey Harry -
Web Nazi's had limited my access until recently (counting blessings). Let's wheel anytime. I think I do want to hit that show, but would rather get out. I've been shaking loose bugs with the rig:

- like the fact that I finally have an alternator that works
- Clutch master cylinder is puking fluid in the cab (new one this weekend)
- body mount bolts falling off (went to nyloks)
- getting a heater and soft top

so it's coming along. There's a buncha cool people here too, so I'm happy to get hooked up!

We too have mild to wild ! !

Dump Run.
Joes Canyon.
Gas Tank Alley.
Broken Bones.
Brittle Bones.

Others that have been conquered and some that have not, all within 20 miles of Elko.

RW.

why do we have to give "general location?" I can never seem to remember the "secret hand shake." Lets give GPS coordinates!


I just said a general location because I know there are a lot of unknown trails out there, that people may or may not want to share. And they may not want to share the location because unfortunately we do have Bozo's in our sport/entertainment that can't respect the trails.

When I lived out in Winnemucca, our club/group was in touch with BLM and was working to GPS the trails we were working on. Also getting in touch with the Ranchers who leased the land to let them know what we were doing. Some of the Ranchers think they control the land they lease, and will run to BLM and complain. Other's are fine with it, as long as you leave section gates as you've found them (open if open, close if closed). Whether or not they realize it, they do have an interest in keeping Public land open too.

The BLM office in Winnemucca basically said as long as we stick to the dry washes, there was no problem. And there's a lot of unexplored potential out there. A lot of it very "hammer" like.

I hear ya on the ranchers who lease property... I've had a few run ins lately with this one particular rancher who is leasing some property. He's been a real asshole and keeps trying to post no tresspassing signs where he has no say in who enters. I have always been respectful around his cattle and have kept the gates as I found them. So to him he can :flipoff2:

There's a lot of places out of Hawthorne. On the back side of Walker Lake there's Gillis, Wildhorse and Ryan Canyons. To the south there's the Excelsior Range, Whiskey Flat, Garfield Flat & Huntoon Valley. On the west side toward Aurora there's countless canyons. These trails range from mild to insane. I enjoy the area not only for the wheeling but because the chances a good that I'll run across an old mine or camp that no one has seen for a hundred years.

Toe/Jake whats happening up by your place this weekend

well me bein new to the carson area id love to talk to some people about local trails. and ive been wheelin since i was akid so i know all about Tread Lightly. lol i got a Tread Lightly trail gide for my 12th b-day when my dad first let me drive around base camp lmmfao. also helped dad run drag on sierra Trek so yeah. ^_^
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a22/DeathSnails/Jeep%20Pics/PICT0093.jpg

check out the local boards

www.reno4x4.com
www.therockgods.com

There's a lot of places out of Hawthorne. On the back side of Walker Lake there's Gillis, Wildhorse and Ryan Canyons. To the south there's the Excelsior Range, Whiskey Flat, Garfield Flat & Huntoon Valley. On the west side toward Aurora there's countless canyons. These trails range from mild to insane. I enjoy the area not only for the wheeling but because the chances a good that I'll run across an old mine or camp that no one has seen for a hundred years.

Rockcrusher,

intersted in heading up a trail run to some of the "insane" trails in that area this coming spring? sound like you know the area.

I'M VERY INTERESTED

Rockcrusher,

intersted in heading up a trail run to some of the "insane" trails in that area this coming spring? sound like you know the area.

I'M VERY INTERESTED

Probably not in the spring. But we'll be making a couple of trips down there in the summer . . . July, August, September timeframe. Let's see what happens then.

PJs BACKDOOR!!!:flipoff2:
THAT WASNT A GAY COMMENT!!!

Over 80% of the land in Nevada is BLM land. Someone needs to cultivate a relationship with the BLM and determine where we are allowed to play. So far Phil Bender from the Hills Angels has done the best job at this, but he is more into historic trips and expedition travel than hardcore rockcrawling. Last I heard it is legal to travel up and down seasonal washes, which is basically the bottom of any canyon (exactly what we are looking for). The friends I have that open trails in other areas travel in their vehicles or on dirt bikes and then switch to foot when they find something that looks promising. GPS coordinates and Google Earth can also come in handy when you are trying to find (or re-find) new trails.
harry id be more than happy to spend time with someone outlining, finding, and marking canyons as rockcrawler area!!!

give me some more info!!

hehehe when did crawling become a seasonal sport ?

bumpin this back up I would like to see some new trails and all though the list has grown for the Carson/Reno/Dayton area I would like to know what else is in the Nevada area :D

Anyone interested in coming out to Eureka County for a weekend? I've found some decent canyons/ washes with potential. All of it is virgin for the most part, I only have a stock right right now so i havn't tried em.

pictures?

I forgot to grab the camera when I walked up one of them and I wasn't about to walk up it again. I'll grab some pics the next time I'm out that way though considering there was snow in spots and it just snowed today it'll probably be a week or 2

Hiked this one again last week Phil, some one needs to drive this. !! Hopefully ME !! next weekend :grinpimp: Nice to have this 1 mile from the house !! :grinpimp:

Hiked this one again last week Phil, some one needs to drive this. !! Hopefully ME !! next weekend :grinpimp: :grinpimp:

has a buggy found its way to you??? adam and I where trying to plan something for next weekend

The undriven falls in Smackitt Canyon. I was within inches of getting it. I just need it to dry out just a little bit.

This one is close by also.

YouTube - ‪Nevada Jungle wheeling‬‏ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUzH06RkRU)