Buck will know this for sure. I do know however that there are some similar differences between walker and Browns Camp. Such as some tight trails, rocks but not as many as BC. A bit of a drive IMO for just a wheeling trip unless you stay a night or two.

 

New to forum, and I'm up for a Walker run. Leo talked me into joining this one, been a mbr of naxja since 05.

Brian, I seen your son's lift, it is a little more than 3".

 

Jim, Welocme to CF. Glad Leo pointed you this way. yeah, the boy is working now and we put the RC 6.5" lift and 33" Bighorns on it...Man, wonder where he saw Bighorns at...LOL. With the thing all painted primer black and that big, it is evil looking. Oh, and the important thing to him is that it's bigger than dad's...LOL. It's almost prettier than mine now, too. I dented mine up pretty good down at Evans creek last weekend. That place ROCKS!!!! Can't wait to go back this summer.

NW-XJ-Scott, If you are driving clear from Portland, Walker Valley is definitely WAAAAAAAAAAY more worth your drive than Tahuya State Forest.
However, I just made my first run at Evans Creek last Weekend. Evans Creek is bigger and has more trails than Walker and Tahuya combined. Evans creek is closer to you guys coming from down south, too. It is in the foothills of the west side of Mt. Ranier, near Bonney Lake. Evans Creek even has it's own camp ground because you really need to come and stay a weekend if you want to run all of the trails. There is also another large Off Road area near Sulton, Washington, off of HWY. 2. It is Known as "Reiter".
Anytime you guys want to come up and run Walker valley, you just let me know and I will meet you there

 

See, i hear of all these places, "evans creek" "tahuya" and "reiter" very familier with the names, Sounds like WA has more to offer when it comes to trails!

When i stated "TSF" i meant Tillamook state forest. Aka Browns camp.
TSF is the biggest place in oregon for this recreation. you said evans creek has its own campground? TSF has 5 named campgrounds and many many more unnamed. TSF is large, very large.

we also have smaller places that arnt Nearly the size of TSF, Like Wildcat mountain, and goat mountain etc, but these places are so small your only there for a few hours before the shows over.

But im really curious if anyone has been to TSF, and places like Evans creek or Reiter? do they compare? if they do. its worth the drive for a full day or two's worth of wheelin

 

Not sure about evans cause I missed the run (like beating a dead horse I know but still choked) but Reiter is fun for a day even 2 because of the trail diversity, and then night wheelin up there is good. there are quite a few trails ranging from open diff to locked up rock crawling. If and when my motor comes back I'll be good for either a walker or reiter run (and I mean the day it comes back) and the beauty of those two is they are only an hour away from each other so when you finish one you camp and wheel the other the next day.

 

Scott. OMG!!!! I'm glad you cleared that up. I have never been to Tillimook State Forest but, I wanted to go there very much BAD!!! I've heard about it many times. I'd even heard of a 4wheeling competition of sorts that used to go on down there. I heard the competition was modeled after the Camel Trophy. Anyway, I have already talked to fivendime about getting together down there in Oregon to run some trails in TSF. Like I would come down there and camp for a weekend and meet you and him there. Maybe even bring some of these other yahoos with me from here in Washington.

 

Buck we need as many yahoos as possible As for the comparison I think I may be the only one here who has been to both walker and Browns Camp, but I have only seen a few trails at BC and only one at Walker. I think they are similar but Walker has allot more technical driving then BC in my opinion. BC has more rock and a better maintained trail with more turnouts and places to pass/avoid obstacles. Like I said I have only been on one trail at walker but if its like the rest of the trails then my points should be correct.

I'm Going to start a thread in the NW section regarding the Browns Camp run so we can get the ball rolling for a date and amount of people.

MacsXJ I like your XJ. Welcome to the forum. I seen you up at walker the day I went but you had mentioned you were taking the bike out. Did you happen to see me up there in my Xj......I was with a grey bobbed Nissan pickup.

 

FiveNdime: I spent pretty much all the time up on the bike trials, by the time I got around to the Jeep trials no one was running. I did see a silver gutted XJ running with a tube buggy in the lot.

 

Fivendime, MAC is here in Oak Harbor with me. I drag him down to Oregon with me when I come. He needs to get the pretty red XJ of his out in some mud...LOL. I can definitely say I am in for 2 XJs to come down to Oregon this summer. Myself and my son.

 

Sounds great! I was hoping a few of you guys would come down. I started a thread for a browns camp run. I know its early but at least we have one started. I am going to look into camping for it.

Mac: I seen your XJ in the first parking lot there to the right as we drove in. I seen that tub buggy as well but he was running with a beat up red XJ on the same trail I was running.

 

LOL, Brian I get my "Red Headed Mistress" Muddy, See I have a good coat of wax on it so it cleans right back up..lol

.05 & .10: How did that buggy run? It looks pretty sweet.

 

Mac: didnt get to see it run much but the thing made it look like a cake walk. It had a toyota 4 cylinder, manual trans, Extremely low gears lockers front and rear and some sweet suspension. It crawled all over, but I'm sure he had some money in it.

 

nw-xj-scott, naches has the best trail system in my opinion, they (rangers) also, frown upon wheelers quite a bit. We used to camp in crow creek and all we got was a bunch of grief from the rangers complaining that all we do is ruin everything, aside from the ranger problem, fantastic trails. We run the cle elum district now, love it, we actually had one of the rangers there join our wheelin club in the PNW.

 

where is this place?

 

If you're asking where Walker valley is, it's 10 miles east of Burlington, Washington. Take I-5 to the College Way exit and then head east and follow the signs. If you ever want to go 4wheeling there, drop me a message and I will meet you at the Denny's restaurante right off of I-5 at the College Way exit and I''l take you up there and show you all of the trails. It's really a great place. Just let me know.