Recent content by dougie117

I'm so confused on Brown Mountain and what it actually is. I was in the area with a buddy and we both drove to check it out - Pulled in to the parking lot area right off the road and read the info sign and it seemed like there was only one trail (gravel road) that was accessible to vehicles. All...

A little north of Asheville is Hurricane Creek which can have some pretty tough areas - if you don't have any recovery gear and are travelling alone go ahead and skip it unless you want to wait for someone that might be able to help. Depending on the weather a couple days before it could get...

A few FS roads in Pisgah close to Brevard - 1206 or Yellow Gap Rd, 5000 or Wash Creek Rd, 476 or Wolf Ford Rd. Unfortunately I'll be at the beach the weekend of the 7th and then as of now if the next meetup in October 5th I should be available.

Hurricane Creek is a good trail to run. Maybe 50 mins to Asheville. Maybe an hour. But it's a good trail to hit from I-40 entrance and then take it North. It'll spit you out a few hundred yards from Max Patch which is a bald on the AT. Wide open (free) camping there where you could potentially...

I'm debating going here or Beasley's Knob in GA for a 4-day Labor day weekend. Never been to either so doing my research at the moment. A little early for fall colors though isn't it?

I'd love to have some space and a workshop to tinker around in. One day... I feel like it'd be pretty handy to have wherever I go on top of being a space saver vs having to remember to pack a table that undoubtedly take up more room. As for model/plan I would say what is in the link below. I...

I did it two weeks ago for the third time and used 4lo once (JK 2.5" lift 33"AT) running it from max patch towards 40 (so I did it backwards this time?) The one part was tricky because it was pretty slick and had some deep ruts. Really had to find a line and hold to it otherwise you would be...

I watched the video. On my list to do - Might get around to it in two - three weeks.

Does anyone in the Charlotte-metro area have any connections with a simple metal fabricator or have the tools at their house/shop to bend metal? I'm wanting to build a fold down tailgate table for my JK. I know I can buy one but the price is way too high for two thin pieces of aluminum, two...

Start a meet-up thread and post the link to it here to get a separate and designated thread going. I'd be interested - I've only done the western half.

Hot Springs is a cool little town to check out. Lots of hikes of all difficulties. Lots of neat cabins to stay in. The AT runs through town so there are some good outdoor/gear shops that people use to restock supplies. I think there are two white water companies based there that also offer...

Report back and let us know if it's rutted out big time or not - I'll actually be there next weekend. Staying Firday-Sunday in Hot Springs but me and another will most likely run it. I've done it twice before but he hasn't.

Interested

As for the west half I wouldn't sweat anything with a stock SUV/Truck. Fire roads abound. I saw a Chrysler 300 drive past me at one point early on in. I do hear the east has more terrain to deal with but can't speak on the difficulty. I did about half in 2.5 days starting west and working east...

Definitely bummed I'll be missing this. I've been registered to run the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston that weekend. I'll be looking for this to happen again as I've never done Brown Mtn nor have I ever participated in a meet up. This would have been perfect but alas! Familiar with Pisgah...