Anyone have any experience with "The Georgia Traverse?"

[rOmiLaYu]

His. Not mine. Saw them on another thread.

This place is a little creepy sometimes.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

I had an 81 CJ7 in high school. 258. Only one I ever had.

'76 CJ5
'97 YJ

and now a '16 JKU.

It's a relationship.

 

[basstracker89]

'76 CJ5
'97 YJ

and now a '16 JKU.

It's a relationship.

Love to see pics and stories of the trip

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Love to see pics and stories of the trip

I'm a long way from making the trip. I only found out about the trail last week. But if and when I do it, I'll update this thread.

 

[Granite3]

I have done most of it multiple times in an 06 Land Rover LR3.

OnX Offroad is a great app, you can download the maps ahead of time and it works without cell service.

 

[aFarewellToKings]

That sounds like a great start and the good thing is there are usually some sorts of civilization within 5-10 miles. The USFS has cut way back on road maintenance and some of the rocks are too large for a road grader so they just go around them.

Cell service can be non-existent (I don’t have service at my house) so paper maps are a must. I carried a HAM radio which is what we used to communicate most of the time and the USFS has repeater sites up here you can use in an emergency. If you have any questions in your planning shoot me a PM andI’ll be happy to try and answer it.

If you use GPS maps on your phone or whatever, it really helps to (maybe also) have offline maps. Especially for trips like this. With a car, you have power, so not as much worry about batteries. With offline maps no need for cell signals. They may not have real-time traffic, or the latest restaurant locations, but should be regularly updated for roads, etc. And updated more than paper maps.

 

[basstracker89]

I have done most of it multiple times in an 06 Land Rover LR3.

OnX Offroad is a great app, you can download the maps ahead of time and it works without cell service.

Cool

 

[rOmiLaYu]

I have done most of it multiple times in an 06 Land Rover LR3.

Did you do it in one-go? If so, I'd love to know what your pace was and how many times/where you camped.

OnX Offroad is a great app, you can download the maps ahead of time and it works without cell service.

Yeah...I got hit up with a buttload of ads for that while I was researching. I just can't get into paying for an app when Google Maps gives me the same thing for free. Or am I missing something?

 

[rOmiLaYu]

If you use GPS maps on your phone or whatever, it really helps to (maybe also) have offline maps. Especially for trips like this. With a car, you have power, so not as much worry about batteries. With offline maps no need for cell signals. They may not have real-time traffic, or the latest restaurant locations, but should be regularly updated for roads, etc. And updated more than paper maps.

This is true, theoretically. But I can tell you that, in practice, it doesn't always work. I'm going to have a paper map as a redundancy. Even on this simple, short trip to Peeples Lake that I did yesterday, I got lost. I was relying on offline maps with a GPS overlay. The issue is tree cover. Several times, I could not get a GPS signal. I was only able to get one or two satellites sometimes and even when it did come back on line, it wasn't correctly reporting my position so I was having to guess what trail I was on. And NOTHING was marked. I ended up in an OHV trailhead parking lot quite by accident and only then, based on what I remembered from looking at the map the night before, did I realize that I wasn't where I thought I was. I back tracked about 2 miles and zigged where I had previously zagged and was fine. But it cost me almost an hour and a half.

If I'm going off grid for four or more days, I'm going to have paper maps.

 

[aFarewellToKings]

This is true, theoretically. But I can tell you that, in practice, it doesn't always work. I'm going to have a paper map as a redundancy. Even on this simple, short trip to Peeples Lake that I did yesterday, I got lost. I was relying on offline maps with a GPS overlay. The issue is tree cover. Several times, I could not get a GPS signal. I was only able to get one or two satellites sometimes and even when it did come back on line, it wasn't correctly reporting my position so I was having to guess what trail I was on. And NOTHING was marked. I ended up in an OHV trailhead parking lot quite by accident and only then, based on what I remembered from looking at the map the night before, did I realize that I wasn't where I thought I was. I back tracked about 2 miles and zigged where I had previously zagged and was fine. But it cost me almost an hour and a half.

If I'm going off grid for four or more days, I'm going to have paper maps.

True. Sometimes just heavy clouds can throw your GPS position off.
Sometimes you have to fall back on compass and orienteering skills.