So... I want to see what Walker is like. I would like to know if walker is easier in the winter with snow on the ground or harder? My Jeep is Open 3.5lift but I need some new excitement in my wheelin life.

 

Having wheeled Walker Valley for years I have been there with it dry, wet, snow and no snow. All of the trails at Walker Valley are pretty much harder with snow on them than they are without snow. You will rarely if ever see the type of snow that might make a trail easier, at Walker. You never get that deep, freezing cold, light fluffy snow. It's almost always the wet, slushy, half frozen stuff, wether there is a couple inches or a couple feet, that makes going waaaay harder. Having said that, you will never know how Walker Valley is until you go there and experience it for yourself. Seriously, what may seem really super hard to another guy may seem really easy to you. Just because your Jeep is open and on 3.5" lift doesn't really mean much. I go to Walker now locked, geared, on 33s and 6" lift with much body armor and a winch. However, my Jeep started out open, on 32s and 4.5" lift. I would wheel every trail back then that I wheel with my Jeep the way it is now. Well...lol...I would attempt, anyway. What I'm getting at is you might be able to get a lot farther open and on 3.5" lift than the average bear if you are a skilled offroad driver. So, get a couple guys together and make the trip up to Walker Valley. I guarantee you will feel challenged by the trails and you will have a good time.

 

Yeah, I really need to try something new... Everytime I build confidence in my Jeep and ready to move up to something harder... It lets me down with another major problem. I guess now, I need to find a trail map of walker and see if anyone wants to be a guide in the "easier" trails of walker?

 

I'll go along on the easy runs. It's about 70 miles from me, so if I break anything I'm way screwed. Plus I like keeping my Windows, etc.

 

I just went to walker today and had a blast. Im open and around 3"-3.5" with good MT's. My first time wheeling harder stuff. But i never got stuck. I knew my axle and ground clearence ability and only rubbed a couple times. There was a little mud but not too much. Im down to go sunday-tuesday any week.

walked right up this:

 

How many trails did you do? Do you feel like your pretty comfortable finding your way through the trails? I wont be ready in time by this weekend, But here soon I would like to go.

 

i only did a couple trails. they are well marked with names and vehicle type. I brought a map of WV with me and just wtent for it. I would reccomend doing the same. You would be hard pressed to get "lost".

 

do you have mud terrains? traction is the biggest issue out there, not articulation or ground clearence issues. Atleast thats my experience.

 

I run 31 x 10.5 x R15 Wild Country TXR and there rated as a Mud / Snow. There 50% roughly. Im not sure if I personally would rate them as a mud tire... but the factory seams to think so. I probably will not buy another Les Schwab brand tire.

 

i ran every trail on my jeep when i had it open/open on 35's and 4" lift, i did break a few windows but thats just because i was careless in a few spots. I kept up with buck for the most part and only had issues on 1-2 places.

 

I've heard that its pretty easy to claim glass at walker. I just have a long and most importantly... COLD drive home if a nice North West Pine release's its angry on my window

 

the guy i went with had the same tires. He had a trooper with no lift. I winhed him twice. Your jeep with those tires should do fine. may not need any help at all.

 

I have worked at les Schwab the last 4 years and we have never sold a mud specific tire, but we do sell mud tires-maxxis bighorns, toyo mts, fedral mt, hankook rto3 etc regardless you should do fine up there with those tires as long as you air down!

 

I think the Wild Country TXR has been discontinued, I bought them cause a friend of mine ran the same set on his blazer and said they were they best tire he had ever owned, and at the time... The price was not refusable. On another note, I always air down, I just need to invest into an air compressor or convert my AC compressor.

 

They have been discontinued for almost 5 years now