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North Georgia USA Off Road Suggestions (Fire Roads / Trails)

FlyBoyJohn

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Southeast Grenadier Friends, as I'm brand new to the brand and real off-road capability, I would like to get some suggestions for fire roads/trails in North Georgia that might allow me to explore the capabilities of my Trialmaster. Any suggestions?
 

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I've been wanting to hit up some trails around there:
  • Sarah's Creek
  • Earl's Ford
  • Beastly Knob OHV Area
  • Coopers Gap Rd
  • Winding Stair Gap
Some of these with a stock truck, and also dependent on weather conditions, might become challenging, so I was kind of waiting to go with at least another vehicle to help with potential recovery. It might be fun to start a thread on the forum and pick one weekend to head out there and meet up.

And also agree with @anand that Georgia Traverse is great starting point to researching places to drive in North Georgia. Some of the Traverse goes through the roads surrounding Cohutta Wilderness; it's mostly FSR and not really super technically but very beautiful and worth the trip!
 

FlyBoyJohn

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I've been wanting to hit up some trails around there:
  • Sarah's Creek
  • Earl's Ford
  • Beastly Knob OHV Area
  • Coopers Gap Rd
  • Winding Stair Gap
Some of these with a stock truck, and also dependent on weather conditions, might become challenging, so I was kind of waiting to go with at least another vehicle to help with potential recovery. It might be fun to start a thread on the forum and pick one weekend to head out there and meet up.

And also agree with @anand that Georgia Traverse is great starting point to researching places to drive in North Georgia. Some of the Traverse goes through the roads surrounding Cohutta Wilderness; it's mostly FSR and not really super technically but very beautiful and worth the trip!
Definitely interested in a meet up and drive.
 

FlyBoyJohn

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After pulling down the Trails Offroad app, I decided to go up Nimblewell Gap Road (which was really just a pretty well maintained dirt road) and then down Old Bucktown Road, which Trails Offroad ranks as a "moderate" difficulty trail. The Grenadier did well. Didn't have to lock any diffs and was able to stay in high range without any problems whatsoever. Total time to run ~4 miles of Nimblewell and ~2 miles of Bucktown was about 2 hours, up and back. Bucktown will really show you how nicely it handles in mud, over rocks and up some very rutty "road"
 

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After pulling down the Trails Offroad app, I decided to go up Nimblewell Gap Road (which was really just a pretty well maintained dirt road) and then down Old Bucktown Road, which Trails Offroad ranks as a "moderate" difficulty trail. The Grenadier did well. Didn't have to lock any diffs and was able to stay in high range without any problems whatsoever. Total time to run ~4 miles of Nimblewell and ~2 miles of Bucktown was about 2 hours, up and back. Bucktown will really show you how nicely it handles in mud, over rocks and up some very rutty "road"
Another QR!! :love:
She got dirty and scratched!! Peter's Mill Run outside of Woodstock VA going into George Washington National Forest / Shenandoah National Forest - a proper intro to her "purpose build" ability - this was the midway "resting" pond.
Cheers!
 

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