Terrain Difficulty Ratings

Terrain Difficulty Ratings

CATEGORY: 1

These trips are a mix of pavement & graded dirt, hard pack roads. Generally flat with some mild hills and descents.

CATEGORY: 2

These trips will be a mix of category 1 riding and some steeper hills and descents, with possible sand and mild ruts in the roads.

CATEGORY: 3

These trips will contain both Cat. 1 & 2 as well as some "jeep roads" which will have, off camber tracks, some short rocky sections and possible steep rough sections. The difficult sections will be "short" giving you time to relax between the challenges.

CATEGORY: 4

These trips will be mostly "off road" on Jeep tracks, long stretches of rugged terrain. Be prepared for more physically demanding riding, with damage potential to your bike if you "drop it".

CATEGORY: 5

These will be the tough trips. Be ready for washouts of roads, boulders, rock ledges, mud, deep sand, very steep terrain. You will need crash bars, skid plates, knobbies etc for your motorcycle.