Matt

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Year Started:

2017

Off-Road Style:

Rock Crawling

My Garage:

2005 Jeep Wrangler (2 door) (5.5" lift, 35" tires)
2018 Ram 2500 (2.5" lift, 37" tires)
2021 Jeep Wrangler (4 door) (3.5" lift, 37" tires)

Live near Rocky Mountain NP half the year and Joshua Tree NP the other half and have 2 Jeeps and a Ram Powerwagon. Off-roading is a big part of my life ;)

My Garage (3)

2005 Jeep Wrangler (2 door)

Lift Size: 5.5"

Tire Size: 35"

Transmission needs work….. otherwise I’d be wheeling this Jeep most of the time

2018 Ram 2500

Lift Size: 2.5"

Tire Size: 37"

POWERWAGON

2021 Jeep Wrangler (4 door)

Lift Size: 3.5"

Tire Size: 37"

My Trail Reviews (8)

(within last 6 months)

Lower Johnson (Little Johnson) (04/02/2023)

Short fun trail that you can make easy or hard, beautiful little canyon. We exited/descended south and then west to get back to the scenic hwy. Next time we will continue on with Upper Johnson (looks intimidating) 😁

Fissure Mountain Trail (04/02/2023)

Ran this yesterday with another Jeep 4dr on 37’s and a Bronco 2dr on 35’s and we had so much fun! I ran this once before last November and wanted to do it again and share it with friends. I will do this trail over and over, it’s just a great all around moderate desert trail with a few difficult sections to make it one of the best trails out there. Here’s a drone view of the steep exit from the mountain. It is no joke!

Ness’s Notch (03/12/2023)

Ran this again now that I have a lift, this is a super fun and challenging little route. My hats off to Josh for this route! 😁 It was actually a little more challenging this time because I didn’t take the best lines 🤦🏽 This is my favorite section at Cougar Buttes right now 🤙🏽

Hercules' Highway (03/12/2023)

Such a great trail, took Bronco friend here after crawling Cougar Buttes for a few hours. This is a great trail to run after a day of crawling, views are amazing and the wheelin is great too! And yes this trail is not affected by the San Bernardino National forest closures!

Cougar Buttes (03/12/2023)

This place is amazing and such a great place to go with a few other rigs and push your limits. Here’s a little recap video of our trip there last week!

Bull Frog (02/19/2023)

Brought a group here and played on some of these obstacles. So much fun! Love this place and although I’ve done some of the obstacles a bunch of times, there’s many that I haven’t even found yet!

Ness’s Notch (12/04/2022)

Ran this following a Jeep and had a blast! Looks very intimidating from the start but it’s easier than it looks. The final obstacle is one of the coolest obstacles I’ve ever done, it’s a rock slider user for sure. I want to go back and do this now that I’m lifted!

Fissure Mountain Trail (11/04/2022)

Ran this today and I was hoping it would be a little more challenging and it was exactly what I wanted! We took the right (rock crawl) exit instead of the steep sand hill exit, which looked much harder and longer. It was a great day in the desert and I highly recommend this trail