Mottino Wash - Can This Jeep Conquer the Toughest Trail in Big Bear?

Are you ready for one of the toughest, most difficult rock crawling and offroad trails in Southern California? In this video, we take our built Jeeps on a full-send adventure through Mottino Wash, an extreme 4x4 trail just outside Big Bear, California, and near Johnson Valley—home of the King of the Hammers. Known for its intense rock gardens, narrow canyons, and insane optional obstacles, Motino Wash is not for the faint of heart. This trail is a true test of any off-road rig, pushing suspension, tires, and driver skill to the absolute limit.

If you're into hardcore rock crawling, technical Jeep trails, and Southern California 4x4 challenges, just good old-fashioned off-roading, this is a must-watch. From undercarriage-scraping boulders to tight, body-damaging squeezes, this trail has it all. We document every obstacle, every recovery, and every breakdown along the way. Whether you're planning your own trip or just love watching extreme Jeep trail action, this video has the full trail guide experience.

Join Joshua Noesser from @TrailsOffroad as his wife and family push their JLU Rubicon through every difficult optional obstacle on the trail. Doing all this on their Daily Driver built with ‪@GenRightOffRoad‬ bumpers and sliders, and ‪@RockJock4x4byJohnCurrie‬ suspension, with ‪@falkentire‬ giving them the traction they need.

0:00 - Mottino Highlights
0:52 - Intro and Info
1:35 - Driver Info and Western Trailhead
2:01 - First Rocks of the Trail
3:06 - Josh talking about the start of trail
3:32 - First Optional Obstacle aka Rock Garden
5:50 - Transferase Issues
6:05 - Nick attempting first optional obstacle
6:37 - Zturn Obstacle
7:20 - Door Dinger Rock Obstacle
8:08 - Hardest Obstacle Optional Large Ledge with Kim
9:03 - David getting up to Large Waterfall and attempting
10:30 - Bypass to Big Ledge aka STurn
10:55 - Randle on the Ledge Obstacle
11:20 - Nice on Hard Optional Obstacle
12:18 - Nick High Centered on Obstacle aka Stuck
13:07 - Recovery using strap to get unstuck
13:55 - Just Took 2 inches
14:10 - Mid Trail Past The Main Rocks
15:55 - Kim Inspecting Obstacle
16:30 - Kim Using GenRight Sliders over Obstacle
17:15 - Nicks Jeep is Broken But Whats Wrong
17:54 - Drive Shaft Boot Ripped and Hits Fenders
18:15 - Cutting off Driveshaft Boot
18:28 - Lunch Break
20:11 - Group Continuing Up Trail
21:21 - Middle Small Waterfall Obstacle Required
22:08 - The Wide Big Middle Waterfall Optional With Kim
23:00 - David Attempting Big Waterfall Optional
23:55 - Randel attempting the Waterfall Optional Obstacle
24:45 - How to do a Moab Bump
25:00 - Top of Waterfall Optional Obstacle
25:28 - Crack Kills
25:44 - Nick on Big Waterfall
26:40 - Upper Part Of The Trail
27:25 - The Hard Waterfall Obstacle Optional with Kim
28:23 - Dave doing the hard waterfall and Dragging Massive Rock
29:00 - Randle attempting the Last Waterfall
29:48 - Nick Showing How It Is Done
30:40 - The Last Obstacle of the Trail Optional The Wave
31:30 - The Outtro

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