VA People, ever been to GWNF?

A buddy is thinking about goin down to wheel around the george washinton nat'l forest....anyone ever been? It's like 4 hours from me, and want to make sure it would be worth the drive,

 

what town is shoe creek near? the place he wants to go is near harrisonburg,,

 

I went there once with my buddy and a large group of jeeps. There was snow and mud which made things a little more gnarly, but overall they got nice trails. I'd go back for sure!
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Flag Pole is very easy, but it's a nice couple hours of off-pavement time spent, and a good view from the top.

Here's a cell phone video, coming down the mountain after dark a couple years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-rgD-C-A4&feature=channel_video_title

(that is not real-time video)

 

Flag Pole was pretty nice. In Feb with the snow on the ground (and stock RuggedTrails too) made it a bit more challenging. Had two spots that were a little rough, but were able to make it up without problems.

 

I went to Flagpole last weekend. The main trail is pretty easy. A few steepish rock sections but still tame. The trail was long enough that I wheeled from about 10-5 the first day and 3 hrs the following morning wihtout hitting the side trails. On my way Out (sat morning) I saw a lot of Jeeps meeting up at some trail heads. It looks like there are a lot of unnamed trails there. It looks like all or rt 33 west of Harrisonburg has a lot of trails.
I know Dry River was a well known harder trail. I think its closed now because too many people started wheeling in the river.
Kephart is another one.
I also heard the state line trail that follows the VA and WV border is pretty good. 20+ miles. each end is easier with the middle being tougher.

 

Dictum ridge/second mountain is another trail there, I guess Dictum ridge is pretty tough but I have no idea about the rest of the trail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6d08whyYc

 

That looks like fun!


Sidenote: By Spotsy (you're location) do you mean Spotsylvania?

 

More info on the state line/county line trail

http://4x4icon.com/offroad/state_line_081101/index.htm

 

West of Harrisonburg across rt 33 from Flagpole.

 

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Ehhh, its closer to Front Royal, like 2.5 hours from Shoe Creek North,

 

Maybe some time we should do a Flagpole, Dictum, Rocky Run, State Line trail, etc. weekend.

Do this fall when it cools off a little like October.

 

Used to go there all the time with TTORA VA and MD chapters. Lots of fun

 

Flagpole is alright, its stock friendly so anyone can go. There are a lot of side trails in the area so you can spend some time riding. I think the trails that were closed were the harder ones like dry river.
There a few other trails of from Rt 33 before you get to flagpole.
I saw a lot of jeeps at the trail heads.
Along the Va and WV border is the county line trail that is almost 20 mile long.