first off, the terms "light offroad driving" and "Telico" do not belong in the same sentence. Telico is one of the toughest public OHV areas on the east coast, it is not your average public OHV park that has a little hard stuff and some stock friendly trails. 85% of the trails are not stock friendly if trail 5 is any indication and from what I have read since then. not to mention that the trails are different every time since there is so much percipitation up there. From talking to people we met up there, trails that are listed as one difficulty could be different once you get on them. so above all be careful and use common sense. if you don't feel comfortable don't do it.
just stay on the simple trails, they will be challengining enough for you in a stock vehicle. and remember that the trail ratings are for Jeeps, usually built up ones. so don't get overconfident. The problem you will find with any other trails besides trail 4 is that once you commit to go down that trail, you HAVE to go down it, as you will not make it back up. make sure you have recovery gear and people that know what they are doing. and if it has rained recently up there and you have stock tires, it is going to be VERY interesting for you
, much less if it has been snowing.
the guys in more heavily modified Xterras took trail 5, listed as being on the low end of moderate, at the Plant Tour trip sponsered by SEXC and SWXC last May and it took us 4.5 hours to go 1 mile on that trail. and we were lucky at the little body damage we got. Rich popped a tail light, I scraped some paint off and Carlton got a tiny ding on his door. there were times where we were driving on the cliffs edge.
I hope to go back next year sometime as it was a blast, but i am not running any other trails before i ride them shotgun with some else in their built up jeep to see if an Xterra can even make it through other trails. like i said, once you commit to go down a trail, there is no going back up in many cases.
[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: Synchro ]