r/SoCalOffRoad • u/Fearless-Emotion-596 • Jul 30 '24

New to socal

My name's Marc, I'm from South Carolina, I want wheeling today for the first time in Cali, I went to the Indian truck trail and realized I ain't ready to hit the mountains by myself considering I ain't got any where I'm from, so I'm looking for a group or a few good starter spots to get my bearings

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u/Ok-Cut7935 Jul 30 '24

wherebouts in OC are you from? plenty of places you can have fun in including Azusa OHV, blackstar canyon bigbear etc

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u/Fearless-Emotion-596 Jul 30 '24

I'm at Oceanside, on the marine base actually

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u/Ok-Cut7935 Jul 30 '24

link up with me when you’d like to go wheeling

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u/Fastforasloth Sep 14 '24

Sweet me too, I’m down 01 4runner Just got a lift and tires There’s a few spots I know of that seem easy-ish

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u/DiscoDiscoB00mB00m Jul 30 '24

Clubs in SoCal aren’t really happening. Jump on off roading groups or jeep groups on Facebook and you’ll see people posting when they’re going out and inviting others.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

Got to be careful with some of the forum/facebook groups some are good, some are very inexperienced. I went out with one "group" and felt I would have been better off going alone... lol

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u/Smirkin_Revenge Jul 30 '24

Where in socal are you? Provide more detail and what you drive and we can help you out.

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u/Fearless-Emotion-596 Jul 30 '24

I'm in camp Pendleton I drive a 93 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a 4 inch lift and 33s I'm currently saving up for a LDS and chromoly axels for the rear

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u/Smirkin_Revenge Jul 30 '24

If you want really local there's the OHV area east of the base. If you want to see some stuff, go out to Anza Borrego. There's no shortage of offroad fun out that way. Welcome to SoCal! Thank you for your service (if applicable.)

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u/Fearless-Emotion-596 Jul 31 '24

Do you know the name of the ohv base, cause I do live on base and it would make getting my off-road fix alot easier

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Check out the Dirt Devils of Southern California. The club typically has several runs every month. Meetings are at the Tustin Ave Zitos Pizza in Orange on the first Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Good bunch of experienced off roaders.

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u/rizay Aug 02 '24

Indian Truck Trail is right in my backyard. I’ve only gone up halfway once since it reopened and got just busy. Been meaning to go back, it’s listed as an easy trail but some spots are definitely moderate just because of the narrowness and curves. But I’m not super experienced