Where can I go mudding near San Diego? March 6 2020

Hey all - new to San Diego and had my truck for a year now. Only been to the desert a hand full of time and tomorrow I want to go off-roading somewhere, just have no idea where to go? Would love to go somewhere muddy (but I know thats prob not going to happen)

Can anyone give me some cool spots to check out? or if there's a Taco meet up tomorrow that would be awesome.

Thanks

 

Checkout Corral Canyon, I’m just not sure if it’s open though. It was closed a few months back during the heavier rains.

If you exit buckman springs road and go left off the exit, that will dead end on a dirt road that’s a pretty fun climb if Corral Canyon isn’t open (same exit for both options) - https://maps.apple.com/?ll=32.76127...x/mNWySMfXcA5bIjo9wBiQEBBJv5IxHQeXcBQBA==&t=h

 

I found a little , Very little out at Anza-Borrego State Park But found some very cool photo op's

 

I've seen that road get closed as well after some heavier storms. OP, if you want somewhere muddy to go a few options would be to hit the desert around Anza-Borrego or Ocotillo Wells right after it rains there. You could also head out to Ranchita (just west of Borrego Springs and before the Montezuma Grade) after the next heavy storm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJS2rQQ-Vig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPVbZaYm5Gs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nb8JuHrzUg

Take a look at this map and this map.

 

Truck looks sick - are those 35s?

 

thanks man

 

thanks
yes they are

 

Interested to hear where you end up. I’m hitting México this weekend and have found some really good mud there before.

 

Never even thought of mexico - how deep you going?

 

I usually don’t go further south than Ensenada. I spend a lot of time in Valle de Guadalupe which is about 1.5 hr drive.

 

Wait until next weekend after the rain. There will tons of mud in the area past the South Bay Rod and Gun shooting range.

 

Pine Valley is a pretty fun little trail and after it rains there are some nice mud puddles...

 

People actually want to find mud? I've had fun offroading in mud but usually it's because mud finds me, not the other way around.

 

I've willingly done mudding once just to say I did. Then I spent the next 3 weeks cleaning mud off my truck. I won't willingly do that again.

 

yeah same here, that's how I learned that I hate mud too, lol. Did a wheeling trip in the rain with some TW buddies a few years back, was a ton of fun but we were pretty much 4 wheeling through muddy trails all day long. Aside from the sheer mess it makes, I had issues with my clutch slipping for awhile afterward because mud worked it's way in there. Eventually resolved itself. Not to mention the havoc it wreaks on bearings, pulleys, belts, etc.