Chile Challenge is hosted by the Las Cruces 4WD Club and is a long-standing NM tradition. CC has some of the best rock crawling in the Southwest!
It is hosted out of Caballo Lake State park, a little bit south of T or C. There are trails of every type for all levels of drivers and rigs. There are scenic desert drives all the way up to hardcore buggy crawls.
Camping reservations at Caballo Lake State Park can be made beginning April 2025. Click Here.
Truth or Consequences is about 20 minutes north on I-25 and has a variety of hotels and B & B's as well as some hot springs with lodging.
NM4W supports LC4WDC and NMOHVA with parts of this event so plan to attend and help us partner with this awesome sister Club!
Check back for registration links - tentatively set to open at the end of January. I'll post them here when they open up.
Check out some compilation videos by various folks, celebrating previous Chile Challenges!
by Rock Star Garage:
by Desert Mountain 4WD Club (Alamagordo)
by Raul Rios
by Crawl USA
Trails run at Chile Challenge 2024 included:
Level 2: El Rio Grande
Level 3: Palomas Gap; Redhouse Mountain Loop; El Pedregal
Level 4: Rincon to Sparky's; Robin
Level 5: The Odyssey; Rattler; Scratch; Desert Wandering
Level 6: Apache Canyon; Batman; Lost Boys; Sidewinder (running it downhill; is a ton of fun!); Narrows
Level 7 - 7+: Sidewinder (running it uphill); Backstage Pass; Green/Cabin; Ol' Skool (killer boulder climb!); Back to Skool; Crystal Canyon (had to get winched up the gatekeeper, but got it done :-); Backstage Pass
Level 8: Shortcut/Last Chance; Godzilla; Brandon's Boulders
Level 9: Backstage Extreme; Minefield/Bone; Geronimo; Frametwister
Level 10: Can Opener/Warpath
Level 11: War Axe
:-) Mary Turpin, Trip Chair