XJ Taren

Hey I'm new to the Jeep world and hooked already. I have a 2000 XJ Sport, only real mod is a K&N Cold Air Intake, other mods include duct tape to prevent chaffing on my upper rad hose and a support rock 'n' roll magnet! lol

I would like to eventually lift it a few inches and put some real mud tires on it, roof lights would be cool, exo cage would be really cool, sticker reading "It's my daily driver if I roll it I'm screwed" would be highly appropriate but gas in the tank is this weeks real goal.

I live in Thunder Bay Ontario for aviation college and it would be awesome if I could find some people to show me some cool spots around the Thunder Bay area and generally give me some pointers, I'm new and I'm here to learn!

JTPhoto JK

Hey .. Welcome.
I am also from the Thunder Bay Area. I have an 08 Wrangler Unlimited.

XJ Taren

Awesome Man! Do you have any cool offroad spots near Tbay? Do you have any interest in teaching a newbie a few things about wheeling?

JTPhoto JK

I mostly wheel with my quad, so I know a few good areas. I live out in South Gillies out toward the boarder in the mountains. Lot of nice places out here. At the moment my Jeep is primarily used for bad weather and snow storms but once it gets a little older it'll see some more aggressive wheelin'.

XJ Taren

awesome man, would you be willing to share the locations of those places? so far from adventuring I found one cool spot not too far from Mount Mckay.

JTPhoto JK

Sure.. South Gillies area.. head out hwy 61 to hwy 608, turn up 608 and follow for 20Klm to hwy 595, turn left onto hwy 595 and go :
7.5 klm to Kivela road west (we call it the pit road) all kinds of wheelin up there, the road goes over 10klm in and has many logging road off shoots. hope you have a winch cause you can find some nastey stuff in there.
OR drive another 1 klm (8.5klm from 608) to Kotala road ,this road will take you to even more logging roads and if you have a GPS you can find your way up to a little lake in the mountains called Falling Snow Lake. Many many rough trails and very serious climbs up in there.

PM me if you want more specific directions...

XJ Taren

Oh cool, you're the best man. I know I need to get on proper recovery gear for the XJ before I'm really sorry....

XJ Taren

Hey man, just wanted to say thanks again, Me and a couple friends went up to Falling Snow Lake today and did a little shore fishing. Didn't catch anything, and the weather was crap, but that's an awesome area and a beautiful lake!

Funny enough we passed by a newer black JK Sahara Unlimited that looked an awful lot like your avatar on the highway 608 part of the trip back into the city.

JTPhoto JK

Yup it sure is beautiful country up here. Glad you had a good time up there. I knew you'd love the lake and there are 100s of kilometers of bush roads and trails all over that area around the lake. Lots more little lakes and ponds as well.

And yes that was most likely me cause there ain't another beast in town like mine, not yet anyway.