Black Mountain [2025]: Beginner offroad trails ep 29

The desert season is over, the mountain season is here! Here's a 2025 update on beginner wheeling on Black Mountain truck trails, north San Diego county, California. You can access the area from Ramona, take the Pamo valley road down from the county dump, and don't hit any cows on the way. This is a long video, we spliced into chapters that you can fast forward through. Trail head: 33.14061, -116.85051 Beginner trail rating: 5/10 (for the narrow ledge-type road) Low point: 1,000’ High point: 3951’ Juristiction: Cleveland National Forest Type of vehicle: High clearance AWD Tires: Street tire ok Distance traveled: 13 miles out and back Total time: 2.5 hours Challenge: Passing traffic Dangers: Death drops Things to do: Mountain biking, hiking Things to see: Ocean views, mountain views, valley views When to go: Year round Chance of pinstripes: 5/10 #4x4offroad #rockcrawling #nationalforest #fullsizetruck Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:08 Trailhead 3:30 Climb from Pamo Valley to Budweiser Hill 9:14 Grand Canyon 10:10 Black Mountain Truck trail gate 10:40 Lower Section of the truck trail 15:00 Narrow, rocky curves, watch for oncoming traffic 20:20 Arboreal tunnel 21:20 "Bullet place" 24:00 Mid Section 26:10 Edge over nothing. A camera dies. 31:00 Middle parking lot 33:30 Sketchy stuff 37:00 Water tank 39:30 More terrifying ledge road 41:30 Easy wheeling 44:02 Muddy lot 46:20 To the TOP! 51:40 The top. 55:20 Outro