OK, back home and settled in again. Here's the deal on the Tahuya forest trail system. It is very popular with the locals. There were lots of Jeeps out and about on New Years day. Most, if not all of the Jeeps were built TJ's and JK's with a smattering of built XJ's. By built, I mean fairly serious builds, high quality suspensions and tires, armor, lockers & such. My feeling from looking the Jeeps over and thinking about it, is that the locals definition of "stock" differs from mine. No harm, no foul. The other issue is that this trail gets maintained by a couple of local 4x4 clubs. I'm guessing that the maintenance gets done in the spring. That would mean that the trail conditions are pretty rough this time of year. With all of the activity, the trail gets pretty beat and rutted by winter time. With all of that being said, if you head out from the showroom with your shiny new Jeep to do this trail in the winter, expect to not get very far unless you don't mind banging the underside off the trail. Most of the trail is open. There are some tight spots that will filter out full size long bed pickups. Not going to try the trail in my 1999 Suburban. Pushing small trees over to get around a corner is not treading lightly.
Bottom line: If you have 31x10.50 tires or larger and don't mind knocking the paint off your factory skid plates, you can probably do this trail in the winter. The rock gardens installed by the local Jeep Clubs are for the serious guys with money invested. They were not an issue for the JK with the coil overs and HP Dana 60's. He motored down the rock garden hill, turned around and motored right back up. The TJ with the built suspension motored up the hill with little trouble. It was fun to watch.
Sorry, the cell phone pictures aren't worth posting, but if you search on Tahuya Jeep Trail there are lots of photos and video of Jeeps on the trail.