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pokerDawg previously said:
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Also in my research, I discovered our FJ80 friend frequents the area and enjoys the trail avoiding difficult climbs when alone 
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pokerDawg, Im going to enjoy meeting you.
Its just my practice to never go alone if I dont have too - for safety since Im still new at this. hehehe
As for the trail, I just ran Rowher with a Ventura TLCA club a couple months ago. Our group comprised of 2 Tacomas (both unlocked), 1 2nd Gen SASed rear locked 4Runner, 1 Isuzu Trooper unlocked, and me (F and R lockers).
The only "hard" part was the first climb to the midway point of the Bouquet side hill - because of one large rut with some off camber action.
After the mid point is one steep hill - no problem going up for an FJC since I saw a Disco II do it after turning back seeing the "hard" part of the hill going down.
Other than that all the hills even the difficult ones can be done by a stock FJCruiser with Atrac.
The way I saw it after the run was good clearance (if stock - good lines or good spotting) would be good on the "hard" side because of the ruts and some off camber. You can pretty much get away without sliders if you have the above.
Sliders almost guarantee no lower rocker damage unless you want too.
Theres also a bypass to this hill on the Bouquet side.
The run is definitely doable with a stocker.
1st pic. This area (where the Isuzu Trooper is at) would be the hardest part of the hill. Stamp date wrong.
2nd pic. This was me getting over the rut (where the Isuzu was in the 1st pic) with the steering wheel pointed straight ahead - got off camber. Looks scarier than it is with the shadow effect.
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