Jeep trip to Tillamook State Forest/Browns Camp

Hey everyone, it's Paul and I'm finally making a post for all of you Paul, Jenny, and Buckley fanboys out there. I'm sure most of you know about my jeep, but for those of you who don't or, might be interested in what I have, here's a link to some pictures and details of my 88 YJ on timbercrawler.com, a 4x4 forum here in the PNW.

Anyway, yesterday I met up with a Chris, Trevor, and Ray from timbercrawler in Glenwood, about 35 miles from downtown Portland. Glenwood is just inside the Tillamook State Forest (TSF) located in the coastal range. Just a few miles from Glenwood is Browns Camp and a trailhead for the TSF OHV area, which has over 100 miles of trails that range from dirt roads to ridiculously large boulders and intense hill climbs.

Entering TSF OHV Area:


Chris was in the white xj, and Trevor and Ray were in Trevor's zj. Both of them had lockers front and rear, so I was hoping I wouldn't have too much trouble keeping up, since I have stock axles with open diffs.


We made our way out to Archers Firebreak, which starts with some pretty cool rockcrawling:


This was a pretty intense section of trail, but I managed to make it must of the way down before high centering on a boulder in the center of the trail after my tire slipped off the side of it.


Here's the boulder I managed to get stuck on:

My jeep:
We continued down up Archer's until we came to the next major obstacle, which is Can Opener. Most of the trails in TSF are well marked with nice signs that include the trail name and it's difficulty level. This pic's for Chad:


Here's Chris coming up Can Opener:



This buggy came up soon after, it has an airbag suspension, front and rear steering Dana 60s, and a turbo'ed Buick V6, on 44" TSLs:


There were a lot more tough obstacles that we ran including some tight off-camber hill climbs. We ended up at this summit that has some pretty incredible views:



My dirty jeep at the summit, right before heading home:


TSF is pretty incredible and the pictures really don't do the experience of wheeling there justice. It's an awesome experience and I'm really excited that it's so close to Portland. I also noticed that there are severaly vineyards on the drive between Portland and Browns Camp. Maybe you'll see a rockcrawling/wine tasting post from us in the future, if I can get Jenny to come with me. I definitely plan to bring Buckley along too sometime.