Choosing a trail

[Tagg]

I will be able to get out to Mclean Creek for part of a day tomorrow and was thinking of trying to do Elbow River Trail/ Silvester Trail / Fisher Trail West back to the road.  Time permitting I was wondering about Fisher Trail East to fish creek to get back.  Is that a passable route for a newbie? Anyone done it recently? Any input is appreciated. It will be afternoon if anyone is able to go.  Probably start at about noon.

[w squared]

Fisher East is probably not a good choice for a newbie...especially if you're only looking at a half day. There are some big holes on Fisher East, and bypasses are not always easy...and in a few places there are not really bypasses. Expect a lot of winching.

[Stainless]

Fisher East is a pretty nasty trail. There are bypasses around most of the ugliness, but they're pretty tight in places, and body damage is a real possibility if it's slippery (my truck has the scars to prove it). Even in the 36" - 40" tire category, there are about a million stories of 12+ hour runs on that trail when the carnage starts. Plus, it's pretty much all mud, which gets boring in my opinion.

Now, I haven't run it since last fall, so things could be very different these days, but I wouldn't really recommend a newbie on Fisher East unless you have a lot of time, you like using your winch and you're in a group.

S

[Tagg]

Thanks for that. I'll  sctratch the Fisher East trail since time is limited, I'm alone, and Im not that fond of Mud.  The recent sunshine should be drying the other trails, though, hopefully?

[Immortal]

NEVER wheel alone.

[Stainless]

Yes, the McLean trails are quite dry right now compared to earlier this year. However, wheeling alone... even for a veteran... is a terrible idea. Rule number 1 of 4-wheeling is to never go alone.

S

[Tagg]

Yes. After the trip. We took the 101 and found about 95% of it. It was easier than during the course.  Two of us went in one jeep.  I appreciate all the advice and I would love to go with several jeeps an I continue to try to get time off on the weekend so I can meet up with others.  My job is demanding and I have to grab what ever spare time I can get. I'm dam careful and hope you don't get to say I told you so!!  Anyway it was a fantastic ride. 

[w squared]

There are also folks on here that wheel during the week (including me sometimes)...or are at least available to wheel on weekdays. Try a post when you know that you're going to have a weekday off...see if you can find someone to wheel with. They might even be able to show you some new trails.