>Sorry, the "4 wheel drive trails" in both parks are called highways. You
>drive to parking areas at the end of trails (forest service maintained
>gravel roads), get out of your vehicle and walk. There are trails for 4
>wheeling, but they're almost all in the foothills. Forest service might let
>you on an old logging road, but they're trying to re-capture most of them.
Absolutely right. You can get in considerable trouble going off-road in a
National Park -- especially in ones like Jellystone and Glacier that are
"World Heritage Sites" -- the UN Blue Helmets will descend on you from their
black helicopters!
The National Forests still offer lots of good 4x4'ing. Most of the forests
haven't had enough money for road upkeep since the mid-80s, so even marked
roads can have some interesting (if not worthy) obstacles. Check with the
local Rangers office -- there will often be locked gates closing some roads.
Sometimes these are only seasonal closures, other areas are closed to
allow regrowth after fires and floods.
Jim
'93 4x4
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