It all started, quite literally, on a steno pad and bar napkins. That is, the plans to create one of the toughest, most extreme, man-made off-road parks in the nation. The goal was just as simple - design an off-road park for sanctioned rock-crawling bodies such as UROC, W.E.ROCK, NEUROC and more, which would shun obsolescence for up to 5 years.
In the first phase alone, owner Guy Wolfenbarger invested over $1,000,000 in goods and labor -above and beyond the cost of the property!. To date, over 600 yards of ShotCrete has been sprayed on more than 23,000 tons (yes, 23 thousand) of concrete slabs and mammoth drainage tubes that make up various obstacles. Additionally, more than 600 tons of enormous limestone boulders have been strategically placed to make the course as challenging as possible. With moveable boulders, the course is relatively modular and can be configured in different ways.
There are approximately 20 acres dedicated specifically to the course section, and plans for Phase 2 will include a nicely designed 25-acre parking lot, a dedicated pit section for the 
competition rigs, full concessions, a first aid station, and much more. In short, this is-and will be-a tough, full-featured, competition off-road park.
For now, the 20-acre course offers an abundance of nearly impassable obstacles, including the pinnacle obstacle called "The Roc". The Roc is comprised of several large concrete tubes stacked in a pyramid type fashion that is more than four stories tall and has approach and departure angles in the 75 degree range. While it is not the steepest in the nation, it is challenging, to say the least.
"So, what is it like?" you ask.
We visited The Roc in July, during their grand opening, to see what all the hoopla was about. Four competition rock-crawling teams, 4X4REVIEW.COM, and local TV crews were on hand to see what kind of damage the course would throw at these four hard-core rock crawlers. Follow along with the pictorial below to get an overview of just how vicious this course is.
| Driver Jason Head and spotter John Logan were the first team to give The Roc the ol' college try with their purple, JeepAholoics.com super modified class buggy. |
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| The Badlands sponsored super modified buggy, driven by Rusty Pray was the second driver up for the day. |
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| Danny Rhorer was up third in his Maxxis sponsored, stock-mod class rock crawler. |
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| Tailgunning the event was Travis Roark of Roark Fab Works in his rock buggy. |
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