Georgia Traverse Mountain Jeep Trails Part 1
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2020
- TIME TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. DAY ONE.
When you need to get away and relax, then a Jeep is a good way to get to a place with less craziness and more nature. The Georgia Traverse trails offer over 390 miles of track, trails, roads, and river crossings. Join us as we take a three day trip in the North Georgia mountains over the river and through the woods. We downloaded the maps to GaiaGPS and set off to see just how awesome mountain trails in the East can be. They did not fail. Tight turning service roads running to elevations of over 3,700 feet give you ample opportunities to drive on the edge of a drop off. But the views are astounding and rewarding.
THINGS TO KNOW:
Overall the trails are a 1-2 on a scale of 10. Most are maintained forest roads.
We used 4 wheel drive - just to get better traction on the higher trails.
There are rocks that are in the road, watch your differential.
Bring a saw or ax; We needed it to get past a fallen tree.
Bring plenty of water and stuff to eat. It’s remote at times.
You won’t have cell phone signal most of the time.
Have a full tank of gas.
Have a first aid kit.
Let people know where you are going.
STAY ON THE TRAILS!
Check with the proper agencies before camping.
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Thank you Georiga Overland for putting together such a great map and guide to the trails. Here is a link: www.georgiaoverland.com/map.html
I find that I enjoy more obstical free trails after watching your videos. Great job.
Glad you like them!
May I suggest bringing even a light duty (electric) chainsaw or at least a hand bucksaw. I've experienced small tree falls on Hale Ridge Road and once got caught to the wrong end of a one way section near there with only a folding hand saw. Not fun but lesson learned! Clayton is a great town to stop for lunch (Universal Joint) or breakfast (Rusted Bike) as well as a huge grocery store (Ingles). I'm fortunate that we're only 100 miles from these beautiful trails.
We were wishing for a small chainsaw on that day. Even a cordless would have helped. We lived in Snelleville for 3 years while I worked at Stone Mountain Golf.
My wife and I own a timeshare cabin in Ellijay (we live in Winter Haven, FL). We go every year for the past 18 years and now am planning to move there in 2 years. I am in the market for a new 4xe Rubi to enjoy the North Georgia trails and this channel lets me live vicariously until I pull the trigger on my new purchase. Keep the videos coming!
Very cool! We are ready to return.
@@FloridaJeepRides I am a new subscriber. . .love your channel!
Thanks for the video! Charlie's Creek has become one of my very favorite trails, and I will be sad to see it closed. It's one of those trail that you can make as hard or as simple as you want it to be.
We were there just about a week before you were, and taking hard lines in the washouts can make lots of flex necessary, and lockers can sometimes be needed, if you take the worst lines.
We loved it and will return soon. Good stuff and I like the views.
That is AWESOME! Rocks other than lime rock, creek and river fording, actual hills. A welcomed change from flat sand and swamp, I bet. Putting this on my list. Thanks for sharing.
It may not be Moab but it is not to far to drive for a few day trip. Next up, Tennessee.
I had seen this video series before, it’s great to watch a second time. Your videos are very enjoyable and my wife and I have watched a lot of them multiple times. It never gets old. Thank you and Randy for sharing your adventures. 👍
Awesome, thank you! Next up for us will be the Panhandle Adventure Trail.
Such beautiful trails glad you guys had a great time ❤️
Thanks we will start working on day two soon.
I’m from se TN area. Well essentially the TN, NC, GA line. To add to things you need to know. Stock storable food and drink, if during the winter... pack layers as temps vary significantly, and if you are a 2A protector. Definitely keep at minimum a sidearm. It’s not the bears or cats, it’s the boar and coyotes that can be problematic. Trees down are inevitable. Be prepared for them.
Thanks for the info - I would love to make the trip and camp along the way. Tennessee is another trip we would love to take.
I had a huge tree fall across road at Long's Creek. Trapped by myself. Climbed up to get a signal. Turns out Nat Guard was doing maneuvers nearby and it took them almost 2 hrs to clear it. My hand saw would have taken me weeks!
Thanks for another great ride a long looking forward to next part !!!
Waterfalls, more crossings, and a fallen tree blocks the path...
Noooo do NOT camp at Tallulah Gorge. You are by the road with trucks going by & power lines. Just up the road is Black Rock Mtn State Park, highest point in GA. AMAZING campsites where you can see sunrise & sunset from same spot!
Thanks for the Info. We will have to see that area on the next run.
Great video! The Georgia Traverse is on my to do list.
More to come, we did 3 days, and saw a lot of great sights. I would recommend this to any Jeeper. Grab a friend and make a 4 day Jeepcation.
Me and my wife are doing the Georgia Traverse Sept 21 until we finish..I hope you and everyone have a great time.
We enjoyed the ride. Pretty easy and the river crossing were great. Tallulah was the best just stay in the ford area.
I have been eyeing the Traverse for a while now. I am doing it in December, this is hands down the best video in CZcams about the trails. Even if it was made by a Jeep guy 😂 JK, mad respect and thank you for sharing it.
Thanks- we did have a f150 for a while. We also still have the YJ
Hey! I drive a JK and am looking to do this in December! How was it?!
We have been searching for there Traverse! Can’t find it! We are dying to go!
That was really cool. I love North Georgia. I have family up in Ellijay and we visit Jasper. I'd love to go on those trail. It's a shame idiots have to ruin good things for everyone.
The area around there has some environmentally sensitive habitat that they are having issues with. I could see some areas totally closed off if people keep going off the trail. Long ago there was a very old church up in Cashes Valley that was vandalized and burnt down. Though the grave yard is still there. We have this same thing happening in Central Florida and many good wheeling places are now closed.
Nice video with great scenery. This will be my next wheeling trip. I agree 100% with your tread lightly talk. I am in Naples, Fl. and little by little they are closing more and more trails due to people tearing everything up.
Fastfed brought up a good point on another post. Some people cant hike the trails on foot and can only be enjoyed by a vehicle. This trail system is incredible and pretty easy.
Would love to take a long weekend and do this trail with you guys, especially in late Sept. Great stuff and awesome to follow along.
I would love to see this in the fall when the leaves are changing. The hotels were real low last year but if you overland its all pretty easy.
Leaves don't peak until mid October.
I'm glad to see that you made it shortly after we talked.
Next time you're in the area check out Dillard House Restaurant
www.dillardhouse.com/ Will do. Looks like a great place for a we Jeep and Eat video.
Just did our first creek crossing last weekend @SeaCreek. Did not know about the head dunk 😕 such a beautiful ride.
There are some places I would not dunk my head into. Mountain rivers are usually nice and refreshing. It’s all fun and games till someone falls in.... then it’s hilarious.
Unfortunately the people tearing up the trails and leaving trash don't watch these videos
O some do but no need to approve of troll rants. Saturday we passed several gopher tortoise burrows that were with in feet of the trail. Some for juvenile ones not much more then a few inches wide.
Looks awesome man. Didn’t have to kick in 4wd until the end!
Most of it was 2wd, sometimes it was a bit too tight to the edge for this Florida Jeeper, so I would put it in 4 low just to give me some lower gears.
My wife and I vacation in blue ridge since a beautiful area
We are already planning another trip.
Very timely! We’re gonna be spending a week in Dillard, GA in a few weeks and was just beginning to research some roads to drive.
The Tallulah river crossing was very nice. All the trails were pretty easy, other then the drop off just outside the window.
Tried to download the tracks for Gaia. No success. Any advice?
@@kevingoza What I did was download the file to the dask top on a PC. Then moved it to drop box. Then on my phone I opened it with GaiaGPS.
FloridaJeepRides Thanks! I was trying with my iPad. On my computer it worked fine. Excited!
I hope to do the Georgia traverse next fall once we get our Tacoma camper built out
We are thinking about that as well. Just got to wait and see how things go this winter.
So what makes that trail "Jeep Specific"
Any truck can ride this and most could be done with a little clearance. This trail is more about the experience then the challenge.
My wife and I have driven the Ga Traverse a couple of times. It is a great ride. Since we are in Tallahassee Fl we went up US 27 to Rome and did the trip West to East. A great trip. Please do not do what a local Jeep group did and drive up the waterfalls.
One thing we try to do is support the tread lightly concept. It is sad to see what some people do to the environment. There was a portion of the trail that had threatened plant life... had. If people can’t stay on the trails then they just close them off. We have seen this all over central Florida.
People are mostly idiots, once you understand that it makes it easier to understand. People have to be macho show offs and prove to everyone the can push a gas pedal.. Soon we will have no where to ride and the idiots, well they will move on to seek another hobby to destroy.
This was super nice I'd like to go, but feel bad if they do close part of it. ...especially if before i can get there ..
The Charlie creek portion was one of the best parts.
This is really awesome! Great job documenting your trip, and I really appreciate you flashing up the road/trail names throughout your video. That was very helpful as I enjoyed following along with the map as I watched sections of the journey (and I'm also trying to figure out which sections I might be able to carve out for a 1-2 day trip in my 3rd Gen 4Runner since I probably wouldn't be able to get away long enough to do as much as you guys did). Great job by your wife on the filming (and thanks to her for the nature clips - critters, flowers, etc.). Did you guys use a GoPro? Looking forward to watching Part 2.
Yes we have been using GoPros for years. I started with the Hero 1
Thank you. We look forward to making a trip like that again. It was a great way to get away.
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Were you using GPS to navigate the offroad sections? If so, what app/hardware did you use?
Yes we used the map from Georgia Traverse. Saved the file then selected Gaia gps to open all the files. It’s made of many mini maps with alternative routes
@@FloridaJeepRides Thanks for the reply. Will look into it. We'll be on parts of the trail in a few weeks. Picking up a small electric chainsaw because of your part 2 video...
what map are you using on your phone? Did you just download the maps and/or are you using the gpx. file? I plan on doing this trail the week of thanksgiving dragging a teardrop trailer
We downloaded the map from the link and then opened it in Gaia gps. But it also runs in google maps. The issue we had was connection, too often we lost signal.
Other then water crossings it should be fine.
Looking for people to go trail riding with hit me up
Still working on a future ride. I took a quick trip to north three lakes on Tuesday to see what that side is like. Lots of cows.
Going up to the area in N. GA in May for a day or 2. How long to ride this trail? Can it be done in a day??
We rode for 3 full days and did not finish past big frog. 4 days could do it if you did not run into issues
@@FloridaJeepRides Thanks! That'll have to be another trip then...
I’ve heard Trey mtn is permanently closed because of the Tread Lighty rule being ignored
There are plenty of places here that have had the same thing happen.
@@FloridaJeepRides took a ride yesterday up to your “Gem” you found, it’s a beautiful ride. Glad they gated off the hill climb towards the end. It was getting destroyed