Adventure Offroad Park/Coppinger cove

[CasterTroy]

Our club did a dual ride this past weekend. Usually we only pic ONE destination, but since Coppinger Cove was 10 miles away from AOP, we made it the second day wheeling adventure

AOP is 407 miles from my home....so I loaded up and headed out

Met up with some buds and rolled thru the Gorge between NC and Tenn

Arrived about 5 and set up camp

The next morning was frosty!!!

28 degrees

We lined up at the registration....15 of us

Then we hit the AOP trails

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIstaMDLu0/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

Then back to camp for lunch, and a little play on the track at the bottom of the property

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIrEsxD3XE/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIqp31DhFf/?taken-by=castertroydrwb


Back to the trails!!!

Then back to camp at dark for some food and campfire fun

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIFI_DDMb9/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

 

[CasterTroy]

The next day was Coppinger Cove

It was a bit wet when we woke up

I have literally hundreds of epic cool water crossing pics and videos, as well as awesome waterfall crawl pics and videos...but not posting those in the open due to butthurt environmentalists that will eventually get this trail system closed

Had to stop and chop a tree out of the way

And here is the cave.....LOTS of videos on youtube about how to enter and exit....you need to google it if you haven't seen it!

TJ For scale

Lion King moment

Our guide got turtled on an outcropping

Like I said...TONS more pics, but tree huggers.....



Cleanest I've ever been returning from a wheeling trip!

 

[lowranger]

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them!

 

[JeepZilla380]

I had a great time exploring the Cove a few years back. How deep is the water with all the rain we've been having?

 

[CasterTroy]

How deep is the water with all the rain we've been having?

The entry crossing was about 24" deep. The deepest of them was 1/2 way up my bumper. The sound of the water slapping the bottom of my tub reminded me of days on the lake skiing in my youth

The waterfall had about 4" of water on the upper portion

But all over you could see whee leaves were stuck in the trees a good 12ft above the water level from weeks past

 

[Vulture]

Wow! That's some beautiful country. Thanks for posting, I'm so envious. Here where I live, there's just nothing remotely like this!!

 

[JeepZilla380]

My cave shot from a few years ago!

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[KMG]

Awesome! Thanks.

 

[JeepNWilly]

Great pics, you have any link or info on Coppinger cove?

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Epic trip....great pics thanks for sharing

 

[CasterTroy]

Great pics, you have any link or info on Coppinger cove?

Youtube is about it. It's not a park. It's a "public road" in southeast Tennessee

 

[JeepNWilly]

Youtube is about it. It's not a park. It's a "public road" in southeast Tennessee

Thanks

 

[Rob5589]

Looks like great times!

 

[Squatch]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing!

 

[CasterTroy]

Here's the "environmentally friendly" video of Coppinger Cove

 

[CasterTroy]

The 2 very different approaches to the same obstacle :borra2:

Fun at the racetrack

One of my favorite sections at AOP...are the 70's trails over on the bottom right of the park

 

[JamesAndTheSahara]

Thanks for sharing! Its on my list now!

 

[Dawghouse]

We go to AOP a lot. It's a great off road park. It's about an hour and half drive for us. Several of us are going to Coppinger Cove towards the end of the month. Awesome pics!

 

[Fouledplugs]

Our club did a dual ride this past weekend. Usually we only pic ONE destination, but since Coppinger Cove was 10 miles away from AOP, we made it the second day wheeling adventure

AOP is 407 miles from my home....so I loaded up and headed out

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Met up with some buds and rolled thru the Gorge between NC and Tenn

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Arrived about 5 and set up camp

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The next morning was frosty!!!

28 degrees

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We lined up at the registration....15 of us

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Then we hit the AOP trails

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIstaMDLu0/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

Then back to camp for lunch, and a little play on the track at the bottom of the property

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIrEsxD3XE/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIqp31DhFf/?taken-by=castertroydrwb


Back to the trails!!!



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Then back to camp at dark for some food and campfire fun



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https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIFI_DDMb9/?taken-by=castertroydrwb

TJ’s/LJ’s just look at home in the rocks. Awesome pictures. Looks as though you guys had a ton of fun.

 

[Blank]

that looks so beautiful! im so jealous of your trip and your jeep