I always use Cleghorn as my test run location with new rigs or mods. A buddy just picked up a ZJ a month ago (and I just picked up a TJ last week), so we decided to give it a quick run this past weekend. The trail's definitely more washed out and rockier than it was a few years ago. Also way greener this year, meaning lots of pinstriping. Made for some unexpectedly fun wheeling.
The tough part about Cleghorn obstacles isn't the rocks nor the obstacles themselves. Rather, it's the super off-camber stuff that gets people in trouble.
We unintentionally ended up on "the hard trail" at one point (it's a little easier running west/uphill, in my opinion, but we were running east towards 138). Up until a couple years ago, there used to be a skull-and-crossbones sign that warned people that they were about to commit to the tough stuff, but we didn't see it this time, and neither of us could remember which way was which before it was too late to easily turn around. The TJ did fine (barely broke a sweat, if I'm being honest), but we were mostly shocked at how well the bro-modified ZJ did in spite of a suspected power steering pump failure at some point.
Quick clip from this past weekend:
Cleghorn Tilt. Fast Forward to about 1:00 to see the tilt angle. This is near the "start" of the tricky stuff, followed by a series of six or seven downhill rocky segments, often with quite a bit of lean (though not as bad as this was) mixed in.
Sorry for thread jack!