New Offroad Park East Of Pittsburgh Needs Your Input

[AussieLocker]

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We need your help!

As we all know, legal trail riding opportunities in the East are rare. Even more rare are NEW places to ride. With your help, we can create a new opportunity for off-road enthusiasts.
The Rock Run Recreation Area is a multi-use facility owned by the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority. It was formerly owned by a coal company and was purchased with state monies and turned over to the CCCRA. The area now boasts in excess of 50 miles of ATV trails, with another 100 miles of trails planned. Rock Run is located near Patton, PA, about 2 hours east of Pittsburgh.
Last fall, State Representative Gary Hulska (D) held a meeting for those who had emailed the park in hopes of OHV trails. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Western PA 4x4 Trails Advisory Committee was formed to assist the RRRA with creating trails.
After countless hours of trail planning and building, a small trail ride was held in November 2007. While cold and snowy, the event was considered a success. When spring broke, the Committee addressed erosion concerns and continued to create trails.
Last weekend, the park held its first official trail ride. It was a huge success for those involved. Members of Big Rubbers, Black List Wheelers Association, and Maryland Creepers brought approximately 30 rigs to the park. All trail levels from easy green trails to brutal red trails were run, some for the first time.
With our continued success and good relationship with the park, the board of Rock Run appears ready to purse more OHV trail opportunities. While they know ATVs, they are not aware of the popularity of the OHVs.

We need your support! Please send an email to both of these addresses. Please indicate that you are happy to see the park and would like to see more trails in place. We can make this happen!
info@rockrunrecreation.com
tthomas@pahouse.net

More information can be found at www.rockrunrecreation.com and http://wpa4xtrac.org

Guys please help in supporting this cause, a few emails from everyone showing support and we might just have a new OHV park. With them being so hard on the OHV parks and closing alot of them down we need to fight to open up new ones. If anyone wants to see pictures i have a post in the offroad photo\'s section of the forum with tons of pictures form this place and our last club trail ride there. We NEED to get this place open to the public.

[Guest]

+1

[gCracker]

I remember seeing the pictures from the Fall trail ride, looka like some nice trails.  I sent e-mails to both addresses

[FairportX]

Also sent e-mails and registered for ARRA.

[MrMindless]

sent!

[Ryan_25]

I sent emails also. Looks like a great area.

[gCracker]

I just got a response from the staff..

I wanted to write you back with the information that we have about OHV usage. There are four clubs that actually started the off roading experiance here at Rock Run Recreation. Those four clubs are Maryland Creepers, Blacklist Wheelers Association, Big Rubbers Custom 4 X 4 Club Inc., and Heritage Region Jeep Alliance. They have a web site set up to answer all your questions and to help get everyone together so that you can also come out to Rock Run and enjoy what we have to offer. Their website address is http://wpa4xtrac.org You can also contact Dan, who is an active member of the Maryland Creepers, 410-812-5309. I hope this information will help you and we look forward to seeing you soon.


Thank You,
Rock Run Staff

[gCracker]

The waiting time is over... I just received this e-mail

Thank you for your interest in the OHV trail opportunities at the Rock Run Recreation Area.  State Representative Gary Haluska and RRRA provided me with your contact information.  The park has had a considerable number of requests from the public for trail riding at RRRA.  The wait is over!

 

Volunteers from several local clubs have spent countless hours at the park to provide you with a safe, legal wheeling experience.  The trail system is still relatively small by offroad park standards, but the response by those running the trails already has been extremely positive.  We\'re already working to secure more area to expand the trail network.  We feel that the majority of trail rides would be limited to one day, with limited exceptions.  On site primitive camping will be available for those instances.

 

The members of the Western Pennsylvania 4x4 Trails Advisory Committee (http://wpa4xtrac.org) will be coordinating all trail rides; please do not contact the park for OHV information (they will direct you back to us).  The committee will hold three distinct levels of trail difficulty.  The dates are as follows:  Aug 30,  Sept 20, Oct 4/5, Oct 25, Nov 22, and Dec 20.  The WPA4XTRAC will provide trail guides.  Trail rides are limited to 40 participants.  Pre-registration for all events is required.

 

We will offer three trail rides each day:  green/low blue, blue/low black, and upper black.  We do not have a red trail rating, but we certainly have trails that would garner a red rating at other parks.  The trails were cut with smaller SUVs in mind (such as Jeep Grand Cherokees).  Full size vehicles will find the trails to be very tight.  Suggested equipment is as follows:

Green/low blue:  stock vehicles and those with a mild lift (15 vehicles per trailride)

Blue/low black:   33\" tires and at least one locker (10 vehicles per trailride).  Potential for body and drivetrain damage.

Upper Black:  35\" tires(minimum requirement), two lockers, and winch.  Body and drivetrain damage are very possible.  (15 vehicles per trailride)

 

Additional required equipment for all vehicles is as follows:

1.) Have solid recovery points on the front and rear of the vehicle.

2.) Have a capable tow strap – no metal hooks or chains.
3.) Have an operational fire extinguisher.
4.) Have properly installed seat belts for all passengers.
5.) Have a lifting jack capable of lifting the vehicle\'s tire off the ground.
6.) Have a fullsize spare tire compatible with the other four tires.
7.) Have tools available to change a tire.
8.) Have a standard First Aid kit.

9.) Have your vehicle in good running condition.


To register for one of our trail rides, please include your name, address, phone number, trail selection, club (if applicable) and general vehicle specifics to dan58@marylandcreepers.com.  If your offroad club plans to ride together, please let us know as soon as possible.  The cost is $25/day plus $5 for passengers.  Primitive camping is $10, and you must notify us 1-week prior to camping.  Staging for trailrides begins at 0900, with a short drivers\' meeting following.

 

Tread Lightly,

Dan Guyer

Western PA 4x4 Trails Advisory Committee

[MrMindless]

exciting!  the one day limitation is disappointing from this distance but I\'m still looking forward to checking it out.

Maybe that would make Oct 4-5 a good option.

[teamhoppyracing]

YO LETS DO IT EH!

[CoraC143]

Sounds good, the more people the better : )

do I really need a winch?

[carchameleon]

sounds good to me, i don\'t have a winch either
i should have 2 lockers soon
it doesn\'t say anything about gears....

[gCracker]

Available Dates have changed..

The WPA4XTRAC (http://wpa4xtrac.org) would like to announce several date changes to the original four wheeling schedule at Rock Run Recreation Area (www.rockrunrecreation.com). We were asked to add additional Sunday opportunities to the schedule and remove other dates. Therefore, the August 30 and September 20 dates have been canceled. We will add September 21 and October 26. The full schedule is now Sept 21, Oct 4/5, Oct 25/26, Nov 22, and Dec 20. Trail rides are limited to 40 participants. Pre-registration for all events is required until we get the trail network up and running.
We will offer three trail rides each day: green/low blue, blue/low black, and upper black. We do not have a red trail rating, but we certainly have trails that would garner a red rating at other parks. The trails were cut with smaller SUVs in mind (such as Jeep Grand Cherokees). Full size vehicles will find the trails to be very tight. Suggested equipment is as follows:
Green/low blue: stock vehicles and those with a mild lift (15 vehicles per trailride)
Blue/low black: 33\" tires and at least one locker (10 vehicles per trailride). Potential for body and drivetrain damage.
Upper Black: 35\" tires(minimum requirement), two lockers, and winch. Body and drivetrain damage are very possible. (15 vehicles per trailride)

Additional required equipment for all vehicles is as follows:
1.) Have solid recovery points on the front and rear of the vehicle.
2.) Have a capable tow strap – no metal hooks or chains.
3.) Have an operational fire extinguisher.
4.) Have properly installed seat belts for all passengers.
5.) Have a lifting jack capable of lifting the vehicle\'s tire off the ground.
6.) Have a fullsize spare tire compatible with the other four tires.
7.) Have tools available to change a tire.
8.) Have a standard First Aid kit.
9.) Have your vehicle in good running condition.

To register for one of our trail rides, please include your name, address, phone number, trail selection, club (if applicable) and general vehicle specifics to dan58@marylandcreepers.com. The cost is $25/day plus $5 for passengers. Primitive camping is $10, and you must notify us 1-week prior to camping. Staging for trailrides begins at 0900, with a short drivers\' meeting following.

Tread Lightly,
Dan Guyer
Western PA 4x4 Trails Advisory Committee