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Honda has never built a warlord-grade body-on-frame SUV, the sort that serious off-roaders would actually consider taking off-road. And no, rebadged Isuzus don’t count. So you might think it a bold reach to create a off-road-optimized machine from a Honda Pilot, but the company founded by a rebellious racer who built what's still the world's biggest motorcycle manufacturer from the Superfortress-and-earthquake-ravaged rubble of his first business should never be written off.

The Pilot TrailSport is still a crossover and it’s unlikely serious off-roaders will go near it, but this ruggedized version of the next-generation 2023 Honda Pilot is a more complete effort than the last version. You might have missed it, but the TrailSport actually debuted for 2022 on the long-lived previous-generation Pilot as a three-row compliment to the Passport TrailSport. It had tougher tires, a bit more ground clearance and an enhanced-outdoorsiness look to knock’em dead in the REI parking lot. It was competent enough for the average outdoor adventure seeker, but the 2023 Honda Pilot Trailsport gets substantial engineering upgrades that make it a lot more likely to make it to that remote trailhead and back in one piece. Honda didn’t try to make it a rock crawler, but would anyone expect a Pilot to be one?

Faux-off-road SUVs are thick on the ground these days. They usually have copious body cladding and tough-sounding names, but they rarely have the hardware necessary to back up their rugged vibe. Honda is no stranger to this crossover cosplay, with the current TrailSport-badged Passport and Pilot being prime offenders. However, the automaker looks to legitimize the TrailSport moniker with the new fourth-generation Pilot, which will be revealed later this year. To preview its trail-rated prowess, we drove a prototype 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport on a moderately difficult trail in Colorado.

Let's be clear, the new Pilot TrailSport isn't intended to climb rock walls, ford deep water, or compete in the Baja 1000. Instead, it's built to tackle trail systems with a difficulty rating no higher than moderate—terrain Honda says comprises more than half the trails on U.S. public land. To enable this newfound capability, the Pilot TrailSport has a 1.0-inch lift for added ground clearance, all-terrain tires, steel skid plates, and a specially calibrated all-wheel-drive system.

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