new to 4x4

[ontherun987]

Hello

 

 

I am looking for some light 4x4 trails near tacoma wa, like old dirt roads.

I have never been 4 wheeling, I would like to get in to it.

 

Any suggestions ?

[WASHroad]

Evans Creek, hit it up on Google and stay on the main roads. If you start up the ORV trail/roads you be stuck and broke down. But the main forest service roads still go for miles.

[El Presidente]

X2 on Evans Creek

 

Theres Tahuya too over by Belfair, but I've never been out there. Where ever you go, just don't go alone, make sure you have at least one other able body in your rig. Things can happen and having another person there can be a life saver.. literally. 10 essentials are a good idea too. There's offroad groups that meet all the time and do runs all over, I think theres a group of subaru guys that meet up in Mount Vernon once a month.

 

Also, since your new to the offroad community, please be respectful of land we use. Theres alot of people who want the ORV parks shut down and its hard to defend its use, when some people who use it, leave it full of garbage and vandalized. Running off the trail pisses off the salmon people and letting diffs drain on the ground/leaving parts on the trail pisses off the EPA. Long story short, our funding gets cut, or our offroad land sold. If we're all cool about the rules, we're all gonna have a place to go:grin:

 

IIRC You can maps from the DNR of forest service roads and I think they can tell you which ones are open too. I used to cruise the FS roads as a kid and found some cool stuff(cabins, logging equip., awesome views). They go on forever sometimes, so watch your fuel.

[ontherun987]

thanks for the tips and I will do my best to leave the environment better than I found it.