desertrunner
Active Member
So I got my first crack at the black hills this weekend. We went out and explored the bogus jim area which from my research looked to have 3 named trails all rated a 6/10. Got milk, Jake, and Fruity Pebbles.
We started out by trying to find got milk which according my my maps and research I found the area but by no means of sanity would anyone rate that a 6/10. It's an easy 9+ or at least the 1mile section I hiked was a 9+. It was marked as a vehicle trail tagged extreme difficulty and honestly Ive hiked Carnage canyon in CO and it's pretty dang close. Photos to come. Finding other youtube videos of got milk I either wasn't in the right spot or the videos were not actually on that trail. Idk.
The second area we checked out was fruity pebbles and honestly there was still enough snow around that I'm not too sure we really found a trail as much as just a little bit rougher road.
Jake was the last trail we went looking for and finally found some really good wheeling. The main road paralles basically a creek bed that is the trail. The 6/10 rating makes sense on that one and it gave my little 2 dr a run for it's money. Or at least as far as I was willing to push it with my wife spotting and being solo on the trail. The snow an mud made it a bit more of a challenge and I ended up having to pull cable to winch up one climb I just couldn't get traction.
Overall I was impressed that we found some legit wheeling this early in the season. And I'm sold it's 100% true South Dakota has some awesome wheeling and even in just the small area I tried has stuff that's easy to cruise and stuff that will give buggies on 40s a hard time.
Pics to follow when I can gather them all up
We started out by trying to find got milk which according my my maps and research I found the area but by no means of sanity would anyone rate that a 6/10. It's an easy 9+ or at least the 1mile section I hiked was a 9+. It was marked as a vehicle trail tagged extreme difficulty and honestly Ive hiked Carnage canyon in CO and it's pretty dang close. Photos to come. Finding other youtube videos of got milk I either wasn't in the right spot or the videos were not actually on that trail. Idk.
The second area we checked out was fruity pebbles and honestly there was still enough snow around that I'm not too sure we really found a trail as much as just a little bit rougher road.
Jake was the last trail we went looking for and finally found some really good wheeling. The main road paralles basically a creek bed that is the trail. The 6/10 rating makes sense on that one and it gave my little 2 dr a run for it's money. Or at least as far as I was willing to push it with my wife spotting and being solo on the trail. The snow an mud made it a bit more of a challenge and I ended up having to pull cable to winch up one climb I just couldn't get traction.
Overall I was impressed that we found some legit wheeling this early in the season. And I'm sold it's 100% true South Dakota has some awesome wheeling and even in just the small area I tried has stuff that's easy to cruise and stuff that will give buggies on 40s a hard time.
Pics to follow when I can gather them all up
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