Trail Rides Index

This pages links to all our on-line pages with pictures and stories from our long history of exciting trail rides.

Over the years, we've gone from Georgia to Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and the other southeastern states, all the way to Utah, New Mexico, California, and Colorado.

Note that we usually have one club ride per month. However, we do not have pictures or reports from every ride. Such is life.

Enjoy the reports below!

    Trail Rides of the Renegade 4WD Club

(in chronological order, most recent first)

A group of club members went to Tellico for a day on December 13, 2008. Good trail riding and we saw a bit of snow.
We went riding at Morris Mountain ORV Park on June 30, 2007. Great pictures!
Some of our members went to River Rock Off Road Park on June 23, 2007 and had a blast.
Our club members rode with the Smoky Mountain Trail Riders near Tellico Plains, TN for a great day of trail riding on May 26, 2007.
Trail ride to Signal Mountain in Tennessee with the Scenic City 4WD Club on January 27, 2007.
We served as judges at the W.E.ROCK Eastern Championships at Carolina Crawlin rock crawling facility in Spartanburg, SC on June 9 - 11, 2006. The best drivers and spotters from around the country competed!
River Rock Off Road Park trail ride on March 17, 2006.
We attended the Carolina Crawlin rock crawling event in Spartanburg, SC on November 12 - 13, 2005. Several of our club members served as judges for the competition. Unbelievable action photos!
We visited Carolina Crawlin rock crawling event in Spartanburg, SC on August 13-14, 2005 and five of our club members served as judges for the competition. Lots of extreme photos!
We went to Paragon Adventure Park for hardcore trailing riding on October 20-24, 2004
It's in Pennsylvania, home of the NEUROC, and we saw why it's worthy of rock crawling competitions.
Monteagle trail ride on August 14, 2004
We tried out a trail we hadn't done in years.
Hummerland trail ride on July 24, 2004
Scenic City 4WD Club and Renegade 4WD Club rode on lots of rocks in Tennessee.
Gray Rock ORV Area trail ride on May 22, 2004
Members from several 4-wheel-drive clubs went to Gray Rock and had a blast!
Monteagle trail ride in April 2004
We rode on lots of rocks, rocks, and more rocks! And some rocky ledges.
Mt Aetna trail ride on November 15, 2003
Lots of hard obstacles.
Dixie Run at Tellico, on October 3 - 5, 2003. Our club had a great turnout for Southern Four Wheel Drive Association's event.
Ouray Colorado, on September 22 - 25, 2003. Three club members went to Ouray for a quick trip to enjoy the Rocky Mountains. The scenery was breath-taking and we have the pictures to prove it.
Gray Rock ORV Area trail ride on January 30, 2003 (sorry we're so late posting these pics)
This is a fun private area just north of Birmingham, Alabama.
Winchester, Tennessee trail ride on January 18, 2003. Saturday morning it was about 8 degrees and it never got above 30 all day, but we went out anyway.
Monteagle trail ride on October 19, 2002
Yes, another ride to Monteagle!
Moab, Utah in September 2002.
Almost half the club went to Moab. Lots of pictures available. Includes new videos for Hell's Revenge trail.
Monteagle trail ride on September 17, 2002
A trail ride through a dry creek bed with huge rocks.
Monteagle ride on August 17, 2002
Yet another great and tough trail ride to Monteagle.
Monteagle ride on May 18, 2002
Another great trail ride to Monteagle.
Tellico ride on Feb 22-23, 2002
We went to Upper Tellico OHV Area in the Nantahala National Forest near Murphy, NC. Great trail ride!
Rich Mtn New Year's Day 2002 ride
Our annual "snow" ride on New Year's Day. This year, it was ice, lots of ice, because it was very cold.
Monteagle ride on April 28, 2001
Members went to Monteagle, TN with the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners. Think rocks. Lots of rocks! And we have lots of pictures to prove it.
Tellico ride on December 2-3. 2000
Members went to Upper Tellico OHV Area in the Nantahala National Forest near Murphy, NC in the winter time. You know what that means? (hint: cold white stuff)
Monteagle, Tennessee ride on February 22, 1999.
We rode with members from the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners 4WD Club at Monteagle and once again had a great time. We tried out some new trails, both medium-hard and extremely hard.
Beasley Knob ORV Area ride on November 14, 1998.
A very wet and rainy club ride near Blairsville, GA.
Rich Mountain, Georgia ride on October 18, 1998.
One of our occassional "stock vehicle" trail rides. This trail is very easy, but a good challenge for unmodified vehicles.
Beasley Knob ORV Area ride on October 10, 1998.
A club ride near Blairsville, GA with the Carolina Trail Blazers 4WD Club.
Monteagle, Tennessee ride on July 25, 1998.
We rode with members from the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners 4WD Club in the dry river bed and the ride was awesome! Wait until you see the pictures.
Beasley Knob ORV Area ride on May 17, 1998.
A stock vehicle ride near Blairsville, GA.
Royal Blue Recreation Area, north of Knoxville, TN on March 7, 1998.
This was the First Quarter meeting of Southern 4WD Association.
Rich Mountain, GA ride on February 28, 1998.
One of our occassional trail rides suitable for "stock vehicle". This trail is easy, to avoid damaging our expensive everyday-drivers.
Amicalola Falls ride, north Georgia on February 21, 1998.
We explored this area for the first time and found many trails.
Rich Mountain, GA ride on January 1, 1998.
A snow and ice ride on New Year's Day.
Monteagle, Tennessee ride on November 15, 1997.
Members from the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners 4WD Club guided us and we had a great time!
Work Weekend on September 5-7, 1997
in the Upper Tellico OHV Area, organized by the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association.
Crossville, TN ride on August 16-17, 1997.
We didn't take any pictures on this ride, but members of the Carolina Trail Blazers did. We joined them on this ride and these are their pictures. None of us are in the pictures, but they give you a great idea of what the area is like.
Colorado pictures from July 1997.
This is part of the Moab July 1997 trip. These are pictures of Colorado scenery without any 4 wheeling.
 

Moab, Utah 4WD adventure in July 1997.

A second group of three members couldn't go to Moab in June when the first group went, so they went in July. These are the pictures of their trip:

Top of the World Trail and Kane Creek Trail
Moab Rim Trail
More of Moab Rim Trail
Lion's Back, Poison Spider Mesa Trail, Golden Spike Trail
Fins & Things, Golden Spike, Hell's Revenge, Poison Spider Mesa, and Porcupine Rim Trails
Pictures of several club members and friends on these trails.
Beasley Knob ORV Area (Blairsville, GA) ride on July 6, 1997.
 

Moab, Utah 4WD adventure in June 1997. The first group of three members made the trek.

Read the reports and see the pictures of their trip:

Read a detailed article about 4-wheeling in Moab from a southern perspective by Stefan Roth. It covers many of the 4-wheeling things that are different than here in the south.
Metal Masher Trail (includes Rock Chucker Hill and Widow Maker Hill)
Dump Bump (on Hell's Revenge Trail)
Lion's Back
The Moab Chamber of Commerce web site lists all accomodations and recreational opportunities.

 

Monteagle, Tennessee ride on March 22, 1997.
We attended the quarterly meeting and trail rides of the Southern 4WD Association, hosted by the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners at Monteagle, TN.
North Georgia ride on December 28, 1996.
Tiftonia, TN ride on December 16, 1996.
10th Annual Dixie Run on October 4-6, 1996.
This event was sponsored by the Southern Four Wheel Drive Association in the Upper Tellico OHV Area.
Rubicon Trail ride in September 1996.
One of our members drove the trail before moving to Atlanta.
Monteagle, Tennessee, April 27, 1996.
Joint ride of the Renegades and the Middle Tennessee Trail Runners.
Moab, Utah trail ride in June 1995.
Three members drove from Atlanta to Moab for our first ever Moab trip. What an adventure !!!
These pictures were recently recovered from an old server and are now available here.
Tiftonia, Tennessee on April 10, 1994.
Pictures of some of our current members on a ride before the club was formed.

 

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