The Toyota Fall Colors Ride will be held at George Washington National Forest just west of Harrisonburg, VA on October 20-22. The trails are very stock & mild lift friendly. I will be arriving Friday morning (Oct 20) to set up camp and relax. We will be running trails all day Saturday (09:30 - 17:00) and half day Sunday (09:30 - 12:30).

We will be joined be the FJ Cruiser Trail Team at this event, so I'm sure we can go for a test drive if we wanted.

The National Forest is located about 20 minutes west of Harrisonburg, VA on Route 33. The campsite will be at the meadow by Skidmore Lake off Rt 33. This is a "primitive" campsite. There will be no porta potties or potable water, so make sure you pack accordingly.

Follow Route 33 west out of Harrisonburg. You will start going up the mountain and hit all the "switchbacks". Going up the switchbacks there will be a left turn (It is the ONLY left turn with a turning lane). From the intersection of I-81 and Rt 33, it is approximately 21.3 miles to the turn. Take that left and follow the gravel road down the mountain approximately 2.3 miles. At the bottom of the mountain there will be a concrete bridge. Turn left immediately after the bridge and you will enter a small meadow. To the right you will see a trail that leads to a large meadow where we will be camping.

Sorry about the vague directions. I will be making a scouting trip out there next month and I'll post better directions with mileage.

Intersection of I-81/Rt. 33 West to the Shell station is 2.6 miles
Shell station to left turn onto gravel road is 18.7 miles
follow gravel road for 2.3 miles to meadow.

I will be going into town and meeting people Friday afternoon at 17:00 at the Shell station.

I will also be going back into town to meet people at the Shell station Saturday morning. I will be there 07:45-08:15. We have to leave the Shell station no later than 08:15 to give people time to set up camp before the groups head out.

This is not going to be a "hardcore" wheeling trip, as there are no hardcore trails at GWNF. The Fall Colors Ride is more of a casual "meet and greet" and scenic trailride. All 4wd Toyota's are welcome. So come join the fun, see old buddies and meet all the guys you've been "web wheeling" with.

Here's the list so far:

From Fredericksburg:

Ace & Amy - 3rd gen Runner & 1st gen Taco
Littletoy (Steve) - SWB Taco
Tate - SWB mini
Shorty V6 (Alan) - SWB taco
Chrissy - 3rd gen Runner
Gary & Tina - Jeep
Redrubi - Rubicon

TTORA and Yota Tech

BeaterToyota (Jason & Jen)
BSMI16490 (Barry) - DC Taco
TED - long travel taco or mini
1lows10 (Nick) - Rover
ebutler - ex-cab taco
mtnyota - taco
KnuckleHead - 3rd Gen Runner
larc86 - taco or runner
splitz -mini
Localmotion - 3rd gen Runner
Jaybo
ChrisJVA - Raider
locknload - 1st gen Runner
cbabywolf02 - 1st gen Runner
hecull - 1st gen DC Taco
snapnski - 1st gen Taco
ChrisJVA - Raider
kturner - 1st gen Taco
Backwoodsboy - 1st gen Taco
05TuRDTACO - 2nd gen Taco
JMUTaco
tufftaco2k4
pbo2274
Dropzone

FJ Cruiser Trail Team

FJCruiserForum:

yoda (Todd)
icenut (Bill)
Blue Cruise (Aaron)
Sparky
cville
VooDooMudder
yotachick
SmileNLaugh
proinv
FJme
chrsmall
matt07FJ
FoJoMoJo
Chase-Dog
MikeA82
Craigfireman
Akoda
cqq99
Silverdusk
boardnblue
CGChief
NECruiser
man in a bottle
TheSwede

 

If the truck is running I'll be in.

 

Darn, I already committed to a different run in NC that weekend.

 

I should be in!

 

I'll be there if i'm in country.

 

you gotta be man!!!

 

Is this a yota only ride? I have an old dodge raider on 30s should be on 32s by then. Been down there a few times. Like to see some new trails in the area.

 

come on out man. There are a couple of heeps in the mix...LOL

where in va are you from?

 

Springfield. I'm throwing a 2 inch body lift on this winter and hopefully an arb rear locker my buddy has set up for me i just have to pay him for it and get some help installing it.

 

UPDATED AGAIN!!! I'm most definitely OUT. I'm going to Afghanistan on October 6th! Sorry guys.

 

Come join the fun. It'll be 95% Toyotas but you're welcome to come on out and join the festivities.

 

Not 100% yet. May have to work. Heading to Uwharrie the 4-7th we will see. I'm heading down there this weekend for camping wheeling trip. I'll try to make it down for on of the days yall are riding.

 

Ace,

I'm planning to be there, should arrive Friday night and will wheel on Saturday. Looking forward to it.

 

Should be there. Planning a camping trip that weekend. Try to meet up with yall at on 33 somewhere. Buddy of mine in a chevy pickup gonna be there that ok?

 

:pat: I don't have a full 32 inch spare can I still ride with you guys?

 

First post updated with more detailed directions.
I'm gonna be pretty busy until the run, so I might not be able to check yotatech before the run.
Here's the other post:

www.fjcruiserforums.com
under "get togethers"

 

Here is a map to the fall colors ride.

www.gamron.com/~tacoma/GWNFMAP.pdf

There are three waypoint of interest for camping.

TURN 38 34.734 N 79 8.214 W
MEDOW 38 33.46 N 79 9.118 W
RD-T 38 30.717 N 79 10.517W

TURN is were you turn off rt-33
MEDOW is the main camping spot, know as the Meadow.
RD-T is intersection at the top of the ridge.

If we have a large turn out, the meadow may get crowed. There is more camping along the road past the meadow. If you would like to camp on top of the ridge to find some solitude away from the noise of the base camp, head up the road to RD-T. If you turn left you will find a big clearing on the left about a mile or two from the intersection. If you turn right, you will find flag pole knob. Flag Pole knob can be hard to find in the dark for people who have never been to the top of the ridge.

 

Just be sure to at least have some type of spare, and make sure it has air in it.

 

Heading out here today about 5ish. Probally see yall on the trail Saturday. Not sure if I wanna make the run back into town I will keep it in mind. Got a few trucks in our group coming out.