Corral Canyon OHV & Jacumba Area, S. CA

[OLLIE 1]

Thanks, Ollie. I guess it just takes experience and a good spotter.

 

Exactly... I hope you didn't take my reply wrong. I have no idea how much experience you have. For all I know your a rock crawling guru. I was just trying to make a general point.

[BorregoWrangler 1]

I'm lookin' forward to seeing some FJ's on the rocks at Corral Canyon!

[Number7 86]

I'm lookin' forward to seeing some FJ's on the rocks at Corral Canyon!

 

Me too. George:cool:

[OLLIE 1]

Here's some video of a fairly stock FJ running Bronco Peak.

 

 

I believe this is sdnative (green 80 series), Steve (Jexus), Eric (Blue FJC) and Dennis (Blue Rubicon) from OAUSA.

[Lichen 107]

Great vids Ollie. I've been four-wheeling for years but am a rock-crawing doofus. That looked doable to me. After Mojave Road, I'm going to buy a set of skids and start practicing.

Marcus

[scottL 178]

close call:

tippy in spots

George.. once again saves the day for MBuckner who we all know by now broke his drive shaft. "I have a replacement yoke (and brand new u joint) in Diane's cherokee." if i remember correct MB had no other problems and ran trails the next day and drove all the way home on G's spare.

stopping for a break not a broke

found a mine with a tricky entrance/exit

our leader for most of the trails, "borrego wrangler" john

on stagecoach. a trail i've wanted to run since the first time traveling to san diego in the early 80's

picture from bronco peak

[BorregoWrangler 1]

More info on the Mountain Springs Stagecoach Trail:

 

Back in the mid 1800s in Southern California, there was a road cut through Devil's Canyon that ran from the Yuha Desert up to Mountain Springs. This road was developed and turned into a toll road for stages and freight to travel to and from San Diego. The route was further improved with the invention of the automobile. In the early 1900s, a better route was developed and the old Se Trail was promptly forgotten and fell into a state of serious disrepair.

 

 

 

In the 1960s, when the westbound portion of Interstate 8 was under construction, the route was used to gain access to build sections of the new highway. After the highway project was completed, the route was once again forgotten. Years of rainfall and other geological conditions took its toll on the trail and rendered it all but impassable and most people forgot about it all together.

 

 

From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The crumbling house was replaced in 1917 by another still visible to its east. But road changes, beginning in 1878 and culminating in today's highway, have left the older stone house ruins inaccessible.

 

Devils Canyon was closed by the BLM (2007). Now, however, it is open for vehicle use by permit: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro.html

[dzJeepChic 2,435]

George showing us his Spiderman impression:

 

 

 

Teehee! d

[Number7 86]

More info on the Mountain Springs Stagecoach Trail:

 

Back in the mid 1800s in Southern California, there was a road cut through Devil's Canyon that ran from the Yuha Desert up to Mountain Springs. This road was developed and turned into a toll road for stages and freight to travel to and from San Diego. The route was further improved with the invention of the automobile. In the early 1900s, a better route was developed and the old Se Trail was promptly forgotten and fell into a state of serious disrepair.

 

 

 

In the 1960s, when the westbound portion of Interstate 8 was under construction, the route was used to gain access to build sections of the new highway. After the highway project was completed, the route was once again forgotten. Years of rainfall and other geological conditions took its toll on the trail and rendered it all but impassable and most people forgot about it all together.

 

 

From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The crumbling house was replaced in 1917 by another still visible to its east. But road changes, beginning in 1878 and culminating in today's highway, have left the older stone house ruins inaccessible.

 

Devils Canyon was closed by the BLM (2007). Now, however, it is open for vehicle use by permit: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro.html

 

Good info John. George:cool:

[GRUNT 87]

I saw this video on another thread(Thanks Scott!) I know angles in real life can be different, good or bad, vs. camera angle. This looks steep in the video. Would a short wheel base like my YJ have an issue with this?

Scott's Video of Diane