Does the spider creek trail still connect to hatfield pinnacle creek

I haven't ridden the spider creek trail in a few years.  I tried to take it from pinnacle creek last weekend and I couldn't figure out how it connects.  It looks like it dead ends at what used to be a creek crossing and somebody took a bulldozer and made it a non crossing. 

Is there a way around it or am I missing something. 

I saw where the "leaf trail" from pinnacle creek to the view had a nice 5 ft high wall bulldozed at the creek crossing.

   Yep, at least it did several months ago.  I remember only one split and you stay to the right and onto Pinnacle Creek.  I do believe it is Trail 23 Blue just beyond where the bridge over the creek used to be.  The Spider Creek Trail was in great shape the last time we rode it...MD

Yes, it does.

yes sir

   Like I said earlier, several of us rode the Spider Creek Trail from the access road all the way to PC Trail 23.  It is in good condition with only 2 or 3 spots you may want to negotiate the best spot to cross, but nothing serious...MD

I still can't get in my head how we got from herndon heights road, where the coal slag "lake" is, to pinnacle 23

I will take it from the coal lake next time.   See if I can make sense of it that way.

Timmi wrote:

I still can't get in my head how we got from herndon heights road, where the coal slag "lake" is, to pinnacle 23

I can help here I think, from Herndon Heights, if you go just past the slate dump (just a couple hundred yards) to the top of the hill, you make a left at the intersection where the Guyandotte baptist church is, once you make that left you go about one mile, there will be Austin Rd. on your left, and a red dog road that goes down the hill to your right, go down that red dog road keep straight, it will turn into spider creek trail before you hit the botom.

   From the top of the trail from Butterfly Holler, with the slag pond across the road, we turned left toward Tiny's and what I call the access road is several miles on the right.  Hair pin turn to the right and down the access road to the Y in the trail.  Bear right onto Spider Creek Trail (as I know it) and as you seen Timmi it dead ended into PC #23 just past where the wooden bridge used to cross the creek.  As for some of the proper names of roads, I don't know a lot of them, just know where I am going.  It was a good ride to trail 23...MD

My 800 wrote:

   From the top of the trail from Butterfly Holler, with the slag pond across the road, we turned left toward Tiny's and what I call the access road is several miles on the right.  Hair pin turn to the right and down the access road to the Y in the trail.  Bear right onto Spider Creek Trail (as I know it) and as you seen Timmi it dead ended into PC #23 just past where the wooden bridge used to cross the creek.  As for some of the proper names of roads, I don't know a lot of them, just know where I am going.  It was a good ride to trail 23...MD

ok I remember the hairpin turn then after that was where I was sightseeing again, riding up there in the spring on a rain freshened day after not riding for seven months was like being born all over again!

From coal lake its basically all paved road to barkers creek, right?

gfunk wrote:

From coal lake its basically all paved road to barkers creek, right?

yep, it is.....

Does anyone know or have you tried, since they closed that little plant between herndon and bud, can you just go down the road on the face of the ref pile and get out, it would put you out right at Barkers creek? would be really nice.....google earth photo from 11-8-13 shows what looks like a open gate with a active gaurd shack.....

I just go down jug hollow road

yeah I know so have I, 4 miles of hard road from that same point.....that would just work out sweet.....

wvbill, i too noticed that road from coal lake all the way down to the main road by barkers creek.  Hope someone chimes in and let's us know that it's open or if their is a trail around it....  I know a couple of years ago, i was run off the coal lake area by security......  They were real nice though.

I ran the road from coal lake to 10 just to see where it went and it was open and passable

and boom goes the dynamite!

Nice!!!! I will give it a try this Friday then.

Well tried to go from coal lake down to route 10 to hit barkers creek area and alas the two gates down on route 10 were locked......

That sux, thanks for the heads up

Anyone else checked the gate below coal lake down on 10 to see if open.  I'll be down that way riding oct 18&19.

I rode from the view to bud yesterday. That trail ends at the creek crossing but we just drove over the mounds onto hmpc trail.then took barkers  creek trail from the swimming hole near bud.that was a  challenging trail with two brute 300 2wds in the group. Good ride though.

gfunk wrote:

Well tried to go from coal lake down to route 10 to hit barkers creek area and alas the two gates down on route 10 were locked......

The gate can be locked. Theres a way to get by via the railroad unless im mistaken

Thanks guys. I looked last time for a way to get around the gates but couldn't find anything.  I am always hesitant to run the rr tracks so we didn't explore that.

I unload often at the old David n sons grocery store, so I drive by that gate. It's always locked when I go by.

we go down the tracks to get in

When you come down the gravel road do you go left or right down the tracks?  And how far do you have to run them to get onto 10.

In case anyone needs know take a Left down the tracks about 1/8 mile then right onto 10.