Once again, our Northern eXposure Run was a huge success! Thank you to all who joined us for the day! A big thank you to Tom and Ernie for heading up the groups at the two locations. Here are their reviews of the day:
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The 2012 NEXTerra Northern eXposure Run was held at Rausch Creek Off-Road Park in Tremont, PA on January 7th. The weather was the warmest it had ever been, with blue skies and unusually high temperatures for this time of year in PA.
After a brief raffle of gift certificates from a few of NEXTerra’s generous sponsors;
$25 from 4x4Parts
$50 from nissanparts.com
15% Off from DraglineOffRoad
$100 from PRG
Thank you Sponsors!
Kyle (punkrockdrummer), Bryan (Rook), Hoagie (after I begged), Matt (egon, taking us into “Cemetery”) and Tom (TomsRedX, after Hoagie went to help with a repair) lead almost 20 trucks into the Rausch Creek trail system Saturday morning.
The wheeling Gods were angry that day my friends and a short time into the rocks there was a failing Auto Transmission, a broken universal joint and a busted tie rod extension. Everyone got out of the trail by the end of the day.
The “disasters” were turned into what most would view to be true heroism, but to the Trail leaders and attendees of this event they were just lessons in basic trail etiquette.
These folks represent all that is good in this sport and is the reason this community of “Xterra Off-Roaders” is worth being a part of.
The time left to wheel was well used as attendees tested the limits of their nerves as well as their trucks.
Most of us ended up at O’Neils Bar/Restaurant to recount the day’s adventure and thank all for the camaraderie, friendship and help. It was great fun for me and I hope for all of the attendees as well. Let’s all do it again soon!
Tom & Bklyn.X
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Northern Exposure GG Run Summary
The day started out on a chilly note @ 26 degrees at the Crackerbarrel Restaurant, but everyone was early and eager to get out on the trails. We headed out for the trailhead to where we aired down and had our drivers meeting.
Soon after, we were out the trails, staying in one large group. The first trail was the northern loop to get everyone a feel for the trails, followed up by Fruit Loop, which is short, but fun just the same.
After that we were off to Mt. Laurel Loop and Pine Tree Hill climb. There were some downed trees that we cleared along the way. Everyone had a blast climbing Pine Tree Hill. With some spotting everyone made it through the harder exit of the trail.
Next was the ledge obsticial, which a few of us took on. The left side is moderate and the right side is harder. We cleared a falled tree and a stump from the top of the ledge. A Big Thanks to all my fellow lumber jacks !
We all headed back to the landing at the trailhead for lunch. By this time the temps had climbed up to 62 degrees. 
At the end of lunch we had our raffles:
$25.00 GC for 4×4 parts.com
15% GC for Draglineoffroad.com
$100.00 GC to PRG.com
Congrats to the winners 
After Lunch we headed out to the Mass Pike and Diaper Hill. We lined up the rigs to take on the Hill. Everyone went down to watch, spot and take pics. After the Hill we returned to the landing, where some had to leave early, but others stayed and went out to hit two other trails – one stock friendly and the other more aggressive.
The harder trail run was cut short due to more downed trees in the trail.
The stock friendly trail was also cut short due to an ice flow completely covering the road on a steep hill.
So we decided to call it a day and head to the Cracker Barrel for some good eats and good conversation.
Thank You to all that came out for the run, as always it was a great day. 
A big Thanks to all that spotted, helped with cleanup on the trails and all our
film crews
I can’t wait for our next event to see everyone out on the trails doing more with their X.
Ernie (Bass4Runner)
