Breaking News (Pinnacle Creek)

http://www.register-herald.com/todaysfrontpage/x1402468135/Pinnacle-Creek-Security-measures-to-block-public-s-access

Not exactly sure myself, but considering in states their entire property, i would say quite a few if not all. Bobby D. would probably be the best to answer that one. I figured i better get this news out there before everyone gets down there. Sucks ASS! The article says something about the employees for the mining company have to get training to be on the property. I wonder if we as a group would be eligible for training and their new "TAG". May be the only way around it.

That SUX, what about the people who live on that road? and a couple businesses................well everyone bring a helmet and no beer!!!....sad....i bet H/M had some input on this......PCC's website thanks DOT for fixing the road.....if the county gave the land owner the road why is DOT working on it?........No more free/unregulated riding in WV is on the way!!

sprinklerhead wrote:

Not exactly sure myself, but considering in states their entire property, i would say quite a few if not all. Bobby D. would probably be the best to answer that one. I figured i better get this news out there before everyone gets down there. Sucks ASS! The article says something about the employees for the mining company have to get training to be on the property. I wonder if we as a group would be eligible for training and their new "TAG". May be the only way around it.

I am sure you cant get that "training"........miners have to be hazard trained to be on any mine property....but it is basically saying yield to haul trucks....what cb channels they run on.....common sense stuff....I will look for a property map at work today.......It cant be good.......

Does this mean that the trail that crosses all the creeks behind pinnicle creek camp ground will be closed?....this really sux.

I am not sure, it is so hard to tell, those land companies own massive tracts of land....but there are homes and and bushinesses on the upper end at what point it gets cut off is hard to tell.........I think it will only affect the pinnacle creek road from Pineville that passes US Steele to some point down stream of the pinacle creek campground.

I wish I knew what trails this means is going to be effected. I wonder if this gets the trials behind pinnacle creek and soggy bottom

I am piecing some property info together but it is patchy, the article says at the preparation plant, it looks like us steel owns everything from the plant up to at least Spider Creek...........

if this is true and it happens, this will shut down pinnacle creek

they cant close the upper end......and they cant patrol it all.......its just to large of an area.....the locals will make trails around whatever, I am sure.....

Will we still be able to go to soggy bottom?

I dont know where that is, where did u get "soggy bottom" a local? I am only familiar with names on topo maps, or I can ask someone more knowledgeable about the area if the name is something the locals use.......at this point I think it will cut off about the lower 1/3 of Pinnacle riding area.......

thats probably it then. You head out down the trail. get to the creek and take a left. That will run you out towards soggy bottom.

I can e-mail you a pdf of a topo map, how far down stream past pinacle creek campground?

Pretty good ways

I think you will be able to go down stream about 5-6 miles or so, around beartown fork.......just short of spider creek.....

Bobby D wrote:

I think it is mainly at the H/M trail that takes you to Pineville along the creek is what I understand but I could be wrong.

I think you are right.....that is what my dad is hearing from my uncle........mainly at the lower end........hopefully anyway.......it may not affect us at all, unless you live in Pineville and use that road to access upper end of Pinnacle creek........

I'm gonna find out this weekend from Capt Jack....

Hey BUBBA53, did you find out anything from Capt. Jack?
Just wondering cause im heading up there this weekend. Thanks.....

stitch89 wrote:

Hey BUBBA53, did you find out anything from Capt. Jack?
Just wondering cause im heading up there this weekend. Thanks.....

Yes..he's thinking it's down by Pineville like Bobby D said earlier....

If they close it off, we as a club should jump to try to lease it all. Similar thing happened on the property between tams mountain, burning rock, helen, mullens, maben, etc. We rode dirt bikes on this property as kids and the mines closed it off. It's about 8,000 acres (I'm guessing). It's now leased to Allen Creek Sportsman's Club. Was a memeber myself for a few years til we got the place in herndon. About 120-150 members at $125-$150 per person per year. That's $15-25k per year. Don't know what the price would be for something like this but we as a club could do it easily. My cousin is on the board for the hunting club. He might know more about this...

That sounds like a deal! Maybe we can get Bobby to lease the land for us!

boltfanfromwv wrote:

If they close it off, we as a club should jump to try to lease it all. Similar thing happened on the property between tams mountain, burning rock, helen, mullens, maben, etc. We rode dirt bikes on this property as kids and the mines closed it off. It's about 8,000 acres (I'm guessing). It's now leased to Allen Creek Sportsman's Club. Was a memeber myself for a few years til we got the place in herndon. About 120-150 members at $125-$150 per person per year. That's $15-25k per year. Don't know what the price would be for something like this but we as a club could do it easily. My cousin is on the board for the hunting club. He might know more about this...

Thats a good idea...

that really sucks! I think it's a sign of the times. The company wants to keep the public off their property, it's probably a liability issue.
Run with the idea to lease it as a "hunting/sportsmans (with atv'ing) club property.