Which one of you is this?

Just stumbled on this vid. Couple of dude's running up a local-ish trail. One dude's rolling a proper looking 1st gen. Anyone from around these parts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8YNu-pg59I

 

Having never done anything other than “muddin’” in areas with no real elevation or rocks, etc., would that be considered a pretty difficult trail? Could a stock 4x4 Best Gen handle that?

 

What a beautiful location!
In my experience, video always makes everything look less challenging than it was. Also, those trucks in the video aren't stock. There are numerous times I saw indications that after-market suspension was in play. But, alternately, we don't know they're in 4x4 not 2WD. I see a few spots where tire placement is important, and a couple of spots that sand grabbed at tires. And a stock truck might come down off a ledge and smack the rear hitch area.

All that said, *I* would totally run it in a stock truck. Ideally, go with buddies with more-built trucks (take pull ropes and shackles) and put your stock truck between, and run it when the trail is dry (mud sucks for a lot of reasons). It'll either be a fun trail that teaches you what you and your truck can do now, or you'll do straightforward rescues to get through, spend time with friends in a beautiful place, and create cool stories.

Take your wife if you've got one. If there are rescues, I've seen it open up the purse strings.

 

Nice vid. Fwiw, I've driven my stock '03 on a lot of routes that look like that, and a few much gnarlier. On a moose hunt a few years ago I drove the Coney Creek 4WD route and collected some nice dents in the rocker panel to prove it! I tell folks that an angry moose kicked the truck. It happens around here. The critters often hang out in the yard. I'm just lucky our cars haven't been damaged by one yet.

 

Sorry for the late reply. What is considered a difficult trail is a subjective thing. As far as the PNW goes, this is a pretty easy trail ride. A stock rig could do it but, you'd have to be a decent driver and pay attention to where you put your tires. Also what kind of rig you have makes a big difference. A stock Jeep will run this trail without much trouble while a stock full size pickup, without much ground clearance, could have some problems in some spots. A mild lift and a little extra flex goes a long ways to making this trail look a lot easier.

 

Good to hear. Just watching the video my first thought was "me and Lemon* could totally do that," so it helps to hear someone else say it.

* = wife's nickname for the truck after finding out that with such low miles it still needed to have the timing belt and related stuff done. "Sounds like you bought an old POS lemon." : )