Portland Area Trails
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JK Enthusiast
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Portland Area Trails
I just moved out here from Virginia and looking for some good places to go wheeling. What are the best places to go and what do they offer? I'm willing to travel a couple hours if needed.
Thanks in advance......
Thanks in advance......
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From: Springfield, Oregon
Sent '07JK fan a PM he wheels out there and can tell you all about it. He lives up there as well as Rugbyduck and a couple more. I've been to Browns camp but that was a long time ago. Welcome to Oregon by the way.
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Here is a link to a very large (1.3M) jpg of the Tillamook State Forest Off-Highway Vehicle Trail Map
http://159.121.125.11/tsf/ohvmap.htm
and here is a link to a (2.2M) pdf file
http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/TSF/docs/ohv_map_04.pdf
also some more info of offroad areas in Oregon
http://search.oregon.gov/query.html?...=allore&qt=ohv
http://159.121.125.11/tsf/ohvmap.htm
and here is a link to a (2.2M) pdf file
http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/TSF/docs/ohv_map_04.pdf
also some more info of offroad areas in Oregon
http://search.oregon.gov/query.html?...=allore&qt=ohv
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I lived in Portland for 10 years so just to give you some more info, OR requires you to have an OHV (off highway vehicle) sticker for your rig and it used to cost like $13, not sure what it cost these days. The nice thing about this fee is that it is actually used to maintain the Jeep/ATV trails so it is money well spent and if you are caught with out one it was $100 fine.
There are quite a few clubs in Oregon you will just have to get on Google and do some searching, but I will give you some info on the ones that I know about in the Portland area.
Oregon Bushhackers - This is more of an informal club that has members that drive every kind of rig made. They do have a web site but I don't think it has been updated in years because most of the stuff is done on the Yahoo groups (basically an email list) You should be able to find the web site and Yahoo group with a simple search. Nice thing about this group is there are no fees, meetings, mandatory trail runs, or any of the other crap that goes along with most clubs. However, 98% of the post/emails are just crap and not a lot to do with wheeling but at least it is a good place to meet people.
Oregon Brush-Busters - Don't know too much about this group but I think they are more formal with meetings and stuff. Most of the people in this group tend to have more modified rigs and most of the ones I have met on the trails tend to be arrogant pricks with that "your rig is not worthy, don't talk to me" attitude, but hey maybe they have changed or you might have better luck with them.
Hope this helps and have fun on the trails. I will leave you with a picture of my XJ out at TSF (I kind of miss that place)
There are quite a few clubs in Oregon you will just have to get on Google and do some searching, but I will give you some info on the ones that I know about in the Portland area.
Oregon Bushhackers - This is more of an informal club that has members that drive every kind of rig made. They do have a web site but I don't think it has been updated in years because most of the stuff is done on the Yahoo groups (basically an email list) You should be able to find the web site and Yahoo group with a simple search. Nice thing about this group is there are no fees, meetings, mandatory trail runs, or any of the other crap that goes along with most clubs. However, 98% of the post/emails are just crap and not a lot to do with wheeling but at least it is a good place to meet people.
Oregon Brush-Busters - Don't know too much about this group but I think they are more formal with meetings and stuff. Most of the people in this group tend to have more modified rigs and most of the ones I have met on the trails tend to be arrogant pricks with that "your rig is not worthy, don't talk to me" attitude, but hey maybe they have changed or you might have better luck with them.
Hope this helps and have fun on the trails. I will leave you with a picture of my XJ out at TSF (I kind of miss that place)
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I lived in Portland for 10 years so just to give you some more info, OR requires you to have an OHV (off highway vehicle) sticker for your rig and it used to cost like $13, not sure what it cost these days. The nice thing about this fee is that it is actually used to maintain the Jeep/ATV trails so it is money well spent and if you are caught with out one it was $100 fine.
There are quite a few clubs in Oregon you will just have to get on Google and do some searching, but I will give you some info on the ones that I know about in the Portland area.
Oregon Bushhackers - This is more of an informal club that has members that drive every kind of rig made. They do have a web site but I don't think it has been updated in years because most of the stuff is done on the Yahoo groups (basically an email list) You should be able to find the web site and Yahoo group with a simple search. Nice thing about this group is there are no fees, meetings, mandatory trail runs, or any of the other crap that goes along with most clubs. However, 98% of the post/emails are just crap and not a lot to do with wheeling but at least it is a good place to meet people.
Oregon Brush-Busters - Don't know too much about this group but I think they are more formal with meetings and stuff. Most of the people in this group tend to have more modified rigs and most of the ones I have met on the trails tend to be arrogant pricks with that "your rig is not worthy, don't talk to me" attitude, but hey maybe they have changed or you might have better luck with them.
Hope this helps and have fun on the trails. I will leave you with a picture of my XJ out at TSF (I kind of miss that place)
There are quite a few clubs in Oregon you will just have to get on Google and do some searching, but I will give you some info on the ones that I know about in the Portland area.
Oregon Bushhackers - This is more of an informal club that has members that drive every kind of rig made. They do have a web site but I don't think it has been updated in years because most of the stuff is done on the Yahoo groups (basically an email list) You should be able to find the web site and Yahoo group with a simple search. Nice thing about this group is there are no fees, meetings, mandatory trail runs, or any of the other crap that goes along with most clubs. However, 98% of the post/emails are just crap and not a lot to do with wheeling but at least it is a good place to meet people.
Oregon Brush-Busters - Don't know too much about this group but I think they are more formal with meetings and stuff. Most of the people in this group tend to have more modified rigs and most of the ones I have met on the trails tend to be arrogant pricks with that "your rig is not worthy, don't talk to me" attitude, but hey maybe they have changed or you might have better luck with them.
Hope this helps and have fun on the trails. I will leave you with a picture of my XJ out at TSF (I kind of miss that place)
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From: Tigard, OR
Hey! Welcome to Oregon!
I'd love to have you tag along for some trail rides! The pics don't do the trails justice. When wet, the double black diamond runs are off limits...in my mind. When dry, my JK has been able to do all but one!
PM me your address/phone and we can get together!
I'd love to have you tag along for some trail rides! The pics don't do the trails justice. When wet, the double black diamond runs are off limits...in my mind. When dry, my JK has been able to do all but one! PM me your address/phone and we can get together!
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Heres a video of Tillamook when the snow is still on the ground. I'm the idiot behind the camera and apparently the same person with his tongue hanging out. http://youtube.com/watch?v=h7eYq3_dbIA
Most of the guys in the video run Tillamook several times a month. I normally drive up from WA to hang out with them.
Most of the guys in the video run Tillamook several times a month. I normally drive up from WA to hang out with them.