max patch!!!

[emsmanpretty]

did anyone else here besides the few i ran into go riding around in the snow? if you havent been to the patch ya gotta go when there callin for snow, its awsome fun up there. buddy rolled his rig last week down the mountain. damn near tore the winch off mine tryin to get him out. good times ill get some pics up asap.

 

[bh1075]

Where you talkin about and deff get some pics

 

[StrokedWJ]

Is this the same as Hurricane Creek @ mile marker 8?

 

[GubNi]

Yep, tell us where you are talking about. Some directions would be great. Is it public land? Legal?

 

[emsmanpretty]

yes it is. pics coming as sonn as i get the camera workin, dont know whats up with it

 

[emsmanpretty]

yea its all open to the public, some of it is off limits just gotta watch out for signs.

 

[Jeff B]

Got a contact name or an addy? Website?

 

[emsmanpretty]

http://maps.google.com/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=max patch nc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl lots of trail rides not really any huge obsticles. mud pits hill climbs and so on really fun in the snow.

 

[GubNi]

Ok, so it looks like you are referring to max patch rd off 107 near the TN - NC state line?

Is the road the trail?

 

[ROCKRAWL]

We hit Max patch all the time,the road up there get trecherous.

 

[Lorenzo816]

had a group of guys go up there from the isuzu board the first big snow we had. Pretty sure same spot you're talking about.

not sure about any private land tho... but its all dirt road and forrest roads up there right off 40 TN/NC line

they cleared a bunch of trees and had to turn around because of a massive flood on the creek: (weird to see all this because I have driven a honda prelude up there in the summer time just for the views)

video of the road being covered by water here

 

[GubNi]

Can anyone give us better directions?

Is this the road you are talking about? click me

 

[Lorenzo816]

^^ as far as I know.
but you can get to it from 40.
this links shows the route (as best I could create) my friends took because they were coming from SC.
map


hows that?

 

[96tacolx]

Seems like this is the road I found several years ago by accident.
Forrest service type road. I remember at one point coming upon a mountain that was "bald" didn't have any trees whatsoever on it. Saw a few people hiking up it. It was cold out and I wasn't really prepared for something like that.

 

[Lorenzo816]

yup there are a bunch of balds over where cold springs meets max patch. Its really nice in the summer.

 

[StrokedWJ]

You guys post up next time you're riding out there...I've been trying to find somebody to go with.

 

[flip2spin]

I was there saturday we had a blast

 

[WCURoverd90]

The trail system up there used to be a lot better until the Forest Service got involved. The made the trails pretty much like a dirt road. I heard one of the reasons was because you basically stopped on I-40 and turned onto the trail and it was actually pretty dangerous if you had a large group. I was up there last in 03 and the trails were pretty good. I was in a group of about 15 Land Rovers and we pretty much stopped traffic getting in to the trails.

 

[emsmanpretty]

yea ther is a few good trails and some good wheelin if you know were to go. think im gonna head out this weekend and check it out, if anyone wants to head out with drop me a pm