First trip to Hungry Valley SVRA, CA in my new (to me) 1996 4X4 4Runner LTD (open diffs). Although I have owned several 4X4 Toyota's, I never did much more than a few dirt roads. My buddy (05 Tacoma Xtra cab 4X4, rear locker) & I decided to see what they could do. Needless to say we were suitably impressed!!!
Can't wait to try San Gabriel SVRA, but we hear it's under 25-75 feet of water!! Maybe we can get a submarine...



My 4Runner



Another shot (These were steeper than they appear in pics)



This was very steep & slippery...



You can see my new IPF Driving lights



Steep & slippery




We did the man made stair steps in the practice area...




Pucker time...


Steep drop off on both sides, slick-rock descent with dirt & gravel. Slippery!!




What's on the other side???




D**n!!! Here we go!!!

 

Looks like a blast!

 

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Look like you guys have some clear skies down there. Nice to see the blue skies, I haven't seen blue skies in about a week now.

 

Blue skys are nice, i must agree.

Been a bit longer than a week here though

 

Yeah, we saw a lot of blue sky on some of the ascents!!! Sometimes more blue sky than road! A lot of fun, can't wait to go to Anza Borego.

Paul

 

Looks like a fun warm up session! Anza Borrego is pretty darn fun, just gotta wait till November when everything opens back up again, and the temp gets out of the 100's.

 

I've done some dirt roads, but I am pretty conservative when alone & 20-50 miles from help. It was great to see how capable these trucks really are. We went places I never would have tried alone. We figured since we had 2 trucks, and we were at the SVRA we wouldn't be too far if we needed help. Fun stuff!!!!

Paul

 

looks like a blast! I've never been to one of those places. Is there an entrance fee?

 

Hungry Valley is $5.00 for a day pass. They have nice dry (no water) campgrounds.

Hungry Valley:
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=405
http://www.godunes.com/maps/hungryvalley.htm

CA SVRA:
http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1140

San Gabriel: (currently closed because it is underwater)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recr...ngabriel.shtml
http://www.godunes.com/maps/azusacanyon.htm


Cleghorn:
http://www.godunes.com/maps/cleghorn.htm

If you google these, you can find links to a lot more locations.

Paul

 

I want to go there....dirve by it all the time too

 

Good ol' California wheelin.

 

Looks like a fun place! Thanks for sharing