So, I have been out of the loop for a while, had my first child in the last couple of months. But now I'm gong ho on this. So I have put together some ideas, and some information on meeting up. I was thinking that the end of March early April would be the perfect time. Lots of snow melting and mud all around.

I found this park Rausch Creek Off Road Park (http://www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org/index.php) it is big and has a lot of trails. You can take a day trip or camp out on the grounds.

I would like to start getting people's info to get the ball rolling on this meet and greet. Email me at iconmediapro@yahoo.com and provide the following.

Which Weekend you want the Meet and Greet? (you can pick a single day or weekend date)
March 28 and or 29th
April 4th and or 5th

How many people in your party?

Let me know by March 20th and i hope we can do this.

You live near somerset?

No, Hanover, 150 miles west of you.

I haven't been to Rausch myself, but from what I've been told even the "easy" trails may be too hard on the Riot, because of lack of clearance.
That's just "hear say" thoough.

Rich

I haven't been to Rausch myself, but from what I've been told even the "easy" trails may be too hard on the Riot, because of lack of clearance.
That's just "hear say" thoough.
FROM THEIR WEBSITE

What are the trails like? The trail network consists of existing forest roads and trails that were cut open by hand with the help of several 4wd clubs. The trails are marked with signs and maps are provided. The trails are rated green (easy), blue (intermediate), black (hard), and red (extreme). Several trails have many bypasses so that groups of different levels can run a trail together. If you like mud, check out the West property, several of the green-blue trails are very muddy. When you check your group in, speak to one of the club officers for help in picking trails to run. Our parking/staging area is located on the perimeter of the forest, so you will encounter trails of all levels within moments of your group leaving the parking area.

I have heard the same about the trails at Rausch from my local Jeep club. From what I have seen of the club's videos of the green trails, I'd be inclined to agree. Unless our Pats were upgraded to the RRO lift, I wouldn't want to try it.

Hey JN, I'm sending a reply now to the PM, I'm not on here daily these days due to work.

Raush Creek also requires front and rear recovery points which very few of us have. I think a "pavement" meet would be more suitable for most Patriot owners.

Sounds like a consensus, No Rausch creek, I will be looking in the next day to see of another option.

Could not find a suitable off Road park for the PAT.

well we could find a park or lake that has some dirt roads and just run them nothing hard just a cruse

So with all of the consensus that Rausch Creek will be too hard on stock pats, and looking very hard for an alternative, i have found that we would try to do local dirt back roads. I have found a lot near Pine Grove Furnace State Park (http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateParks/parks/pinegrovefurnace.aspx), which opens on April 3rd.
So the Date would be April 4th or 4th and 5th. For those that want to camp out.

If you want to look at the surrounding area on Mapquest or Google maps you can see un-named roads that are public. Let me know what you think.

Any fire road will be good for the Pat.

So if everyone agrees, we will meet at Pine Grove Furnace State Park (http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateParks/parks/pinegrovefurnace.aspx) on April 4th and 5th. I have set up a Central PA Social Group (http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/group.php?groupid=17) which we can talk about the details.