Rocky Gap

This is a fairly short trial with beautiful sceneries. The Rocky Gap name is fitting for it.

This is a very bumpy and rocky trail. A winch is not required though a lifted vehicle will get through far easier. I ran this with a 12 JKU with a 4" lift on 35's and I rubbed my sliders, and drug my unders a bit more than I'd like. I've learned there are four washes that you can take which bypass and intersect the main trail, I took the first two and skipped the last two because my dogos were not happy with all of the bouncing around. This trail is rated is rated 7 here on OnX, 5-6 on Jeep Badge of Honor, and 5-6 on Trails Off-road (I do check multiple map sources before planning a route). The trail ratings vary slightly though as of last night, and in my opinion, the trail bypassing all washes is a 5, and if you choose to do all of the washes they themselves range between a 5-7. There were a few sections of the trail that were off camber and a little unnerving and a few rock climbs that had my heart going, but nothing too treacherous. This was a lot of fun to run in summer starting later in the day, the we

West half is in good shape. The rock garden is challenging but doable. The east side has a lot of runoff erosion that makes some of the switchback ledges a bit tight.

Decent amount of snow, up to 6 inches near the highest elevations. The snow turns to ice as soon as you drive over it so if you’ve never been snow wheeling it may not be the best trail to start on. Had to turn around about 3/4 of the way coming from the west side due to weather and ice patches on sketchy parts of the road. Using chains, you could probably make it through no problem.