I ended up taking the truck on a few small offroading trips with some friends this past winter. One of the good ones we did was a day trip up West Harrison FSR in December. Overall a really easy area to get up to and through. My main concern was obviously not taking the truck anywhere I was going to end up with pinstriping from branches or body damage. So we found some good open trails and just went for a good drive along the lake and then up into the mountains.
We ended up heading quite a ways up a mountain and got into some pretty deep snow. Wasn't much of an issue for me or my buddy in the Jeep (that you'll see below). But one guy had a fully stock 4Runner and the other had a fully stock GMC Sierra so they were struggling a bit. The 4Runner ended up getting stuck in a ditch and we had to winch it out so that's when we decided it was time to turn around and head back down. And don't worry, since then we've lifted and put wheels/tires on the 4Runner and lifted the Sierra
From there we just found a nice spot with a view overlooking the lake, had a BBQ lunch, and did some ***** and target shooting with a couple of my buddies guns and then started heading back home.
Here's a few pictures and videos from the trip.
A ways up the hill we ran into a bit of a ditch that became a problem for the Sierra because of how low it was. He managed to just make it through with my help guiding him up. Then the 4Runner had no issues with ground clearance; just a bit of tire spin. And again, me and the Jeep had no issues crawling up it at all.
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Eventually we made it up to a bit of a clearing area where we could park for a few more pictures.
Not long after that the 4Runner got stuck in the ditch. We quickly winched him out with the Jeep and then started heading back down the hill.
On the way back we found a bit of a puddle on the main road so we grabbed a quick video of us running through it. Why not make a little splash right?
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Then a little further up the road we hit more snow again so we had a little 2wd fun getting sideways in the trucks.
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