A few friends and I decided to take a weekend trip up to Lake Arrowhead, CA. Since my Runner is 2wd, we decided to do an "easy" trail, Willow Creek Road. Sorry about the lack of pics, it was rainy/cold/foggy and we were a bit hung over from the previous night's festivities....


Yup, gray, foggy and cold


looks easy enough


Following the trail leader


A little mud pit...


Downhill section


Water Crossing


More technical downhill (where I wish I had 4WD!!!)

 

 

All in all, it was nice to FINALLY get my Runner onto a trail, albeit, an easy one. I would have to say that the BFG AT KO's were the one saving grace, they had plenty of traction, even though they got a little caked on certain sections. I had a lot of fun though, and I came to realize that:


I NEED A FREAKING 4WD!!!!!!!!!!!



Let me know if any of the videos don't work....

 

Oh, and if anyone can explain how this happened w/o him going into reverse at any point...let me know....

 

my license plate is all messed up from doing that all the time but its when i back down steep climbs i have no idea how he pulled that off without going in reverse

 

nice one!

i think i did that trail back in december with my mom and uncle. wanted something easy and not scary. only one point got scary, where i had to make a 15 point turn to turn around.

 

Did he go through some deep water or water in general? If you hit a decent size puddle or stream at a decent speed, the water will splash with enough force to bend the plate up.

James

 

looks like you did good for a 2WD. now i gotta head out to big bear sometime this century. but 1st i gotta fix my leaky diff.

 

Yeah, I was quite surprised how well my 4runner did! Looking forward to more fire roads/easy trails.

 

Alright!!! Another 2WD... I feel you man!! I'm trying to save up for a 4WD. lol. Us 2WD guys gotta stick together!!