Archive for the ‘4×4’ Category
The Rice Peak Trail
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
The Rice Peak trail is relatively easy with no major obstacles along it as it is a forest service road. However, the difficulty comes in the fact that the last part of the trail is extremely steep with only a small turn around at the top. A stock 4×4 can make it with a little […]
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Charleau Gap 1/8/2011
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Here are some images of a 4×4 trip me and some friends did in January 2011. We ran the Charleau Gap Trail.
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Magmatic Copper Mine
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Visited this site in June of 2012. The mine is located just outside of Superior, Arizona and is one of many abandoned copper mines in the area. Its a very easy trek in as there is a dirt road passable by car about 1/2 mile away. There is a road off the main road leading […]
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The Chivo Falls Trail
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Chivo falls is a moderate trail system with obstacles and routes ranging from easy/moderate to moderate/challenging. There are fun spots for both experienced and inexperienced drivers. The trail is located off of Reddington Rd which begins at the east end of Tanque Verde Rd.The falls are a very rewarding site and a nice place to […]
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The Chimney Rock Trail
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Description: The trail to chimney rock is easy and can be traversed by 2wd vehicles. The rocks themselves are much more challenging than the trail in and has many obstacles that require 4wd. There are spots for everyone to enjoy there and most of the area can be accessed by easier routes. If you want […]
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The Charouleau Gap Trail
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Description: A moderately rough 4WD road that climbs about 1500 vertical feet to “The Gap”, a pass in San Maniego Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The road was recently “leveled” by the forest service to allow for better access to maintenance equipment. Many of the challenging obstacles have been jackhammered out. The trail continues […]
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CUCV Carnage Report
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Continually updated list of what I have broken on my CUCV while off-roading.
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Charleau Gap 6/19/2010
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Night run to Charleau Gap.
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Charleau Gap 2/11/2010
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Run to look at the work the USFS did leveling the road and jackhammering kiss rock as part of “road maintenance” Pictures:
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Chimney Rock 12/20/2009
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Tucson Off Road run to chimney rock.
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WE Rock 5/1/2010
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Here are some images and video from the May 1st, 2010 World Extreme Rock Crawling Competition held at the Pima Motorsports complex’s course.
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Burnt Rubble Recovery Run 11/1/09
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
TOR and Rocking AZ teamed together to recover a burnt grand cherokee on the alamo springs trail. The vehicle had been there a number of years and was not being removed by the Forest Service due to the remoteness of the area. After a few hours of work the enitre wreck was recovered and much […]
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Chimney Rock 9/6/09
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
The trail to chimney rock is easy and can be traversed by 2wd vehicles. The rocks themselves are much more challenging than the trail in and has many obstacles that require 4wd.
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Chivo Falls Run 4/18/09
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Chivo falls is a moderate trail system with obstacles and routes ranging from easy/moderate to moderate/challenging.
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Artillary range part 2
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
With Miles guidance (Article),I went to the range and found some more stuff. I have 2 20mm rounds, 3 .50 cal casings, a hundred plus .50 cal bullets and at least that many links. The icing on the cake is a 80mm mortar point detonating nose cone. I will go back as I have found […]
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Sahuarita Bombing & Gunnery Range
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
While out shooting my friend led me to an abandoned Word War Two artillery range. While out there we spend a few hours scouring the ground for pieces left from the range. Together my friend and I found about 130 .50 Caliber tracer and AP (Armor Piercing) rounds. We also found numerous .30 Caliber rounds, […]
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