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I've only been to Chicago a couple of times and that certainly is only a small part of Illinois, but I wonder where in Illinois there would be any kind of extreme riding? I am originally from Michigan, and there is very little of any kind of extreme that I know. I kinda imagined Illinois to be quite similar. Not being antagonistic, just curious.

We quit riding in Michigan after riding the mountains of Tennessee. Nothing in the lower peninsula of Michigan could have prepared us for riding at Windrock. In fact, I had to take my son to the safety training in Michigan because he was under age. If we would have used the same techniques they taught us there, we would probably have been killed at Windrock.

 

The place we ride is in Marseilles called "The Cliffs". It is located along I-80 on the Illinois river bluff. It is very extreme if you want it. But then again like I said earlier, my extreme may not be yours. All I can tell you is that there are plenty of places there that IMO you have no business trying to climb on a Utility quad, or any quad for that matter. There are mud holes there that will swallow any utility quad. It is pretty hard going when there have been full sized trucks with 44" tires buried in the holes. As for riding in Illinois, if you have only been to the northern part of the state you would be led to believe that it is all flat nothing. Not the case. If you follow the Illinois River valley all the way to St. Louis you will find extreme riding in many places. Some known, some not. Everything from shear cliffs to bottomless mud, and of course the brush is always there to cut you. lol

 

wow...really good info....=)