ATHOL - If one can find it, a 43-acre off-road 4x4 park paradise awaits.

Twisted Mud 'N Crawl, located approximately 5 miles northwest of Athol, makes its soft-as-mud grand opening Sunday.

Co-owner Kathleen Bryngelson said the park includes a side-by-side mud racing stretch and a roughly 3-mile crawl trail. Another highlight is an extreme mud pit, with separate sides for stock rigs and built rigs.

"In the middle is where the glory hole will be," Bryngelson said Friday. "Which is where basically almost nobody can get out of - everybody gets stuck in it. You have to have some pretty good monster trucks to get out of that."

Her goal is to make the mud pit the biggest in the Northwest.

"It's a work in progress," she said.

Bryngelson owns the park with William Dorn.

They are in the process of cleaning up the property and putting in camping sites.

Bryngelson said many offroading areas are being closed, so she and Dorn wanted to create one.

"We just want a safe, fun play environment," she said.

Costs:

There is a $10 per day entry fee for those who aren't members. An annual membership is $60.

Camping is $5 per night for non-members, and $10 per night for those with recreational vehicles. It's all free for members.

The costs increase during weekend events.

More information: www.twistedmudncrawl.blogspot.com.

How to get there from Coeur d'Alene:

Travel north on U.S. 95, take a left and travel west on Homestead Road. That's the easy part.

Continue west on Homestead until reaching Northern Sky Road, which will be on the left-hand side. Turn right onto the unmarked Pee Pine Road and cross a cattle guard.

Then make the first left onto what Google Maps calls National Forest Road 2651.

This is the "driveway" to the park, but it is approximately 4 miles long. Visitors will start seeing green-painted tires on the side of the road, signaling that they're on the right path. A red gate marks the entrance.