The disappearing trails of 5 Points

When nobody will go riding with you, go by yourself!!



New machines



And they just keep coming!!!



Notice the pipeline right of way on the ridge in the distance..



Two more pipelines on seperate ridges.



Future compressor station site..



This used to be a pretty good trail!!



Was one of my favorite old mud hole filled county roads!!!



This was a pretty good trail last year!!



It's amazing just how many trails are being lost to all the drilling and all that natural gas has to go somewhere. So here comes all the pipelines and compressor stations. And they gotta have roads to get to those pipelines and drilling sites. So there goes a ton of trails when they bulldoze their new road in. Those pipelines go for miles and miles so do the roads. Don't get me wrong, I tend to be one of the drill baby drill crowd. But not when they gotta bulldoze my darn trails down. It's just so sad, I gotta laugh!!

Man that sucks because those trails will never be replaced but I guess it's good for jobs in that area but it sure does ruin the pretty Mountains.

Bobby D wrote:

Man that sucks because those trails will never be replaced but I guess it's good for jobs in that area but it sure does ruin the pretty Mountains.

Actually alot of the jobs are not going to WV workers, especially on the pipelines. Most of the drilling companies are from Oklahoma and Texas and they are bringing a ton of people with them. Most of the pipelines are going union so they are bringing all the welders and their helpers from Local 798, which is based in Tulsa Oklahoma. Just down the road from me they are protesting the lack of local workers being hired. I spoke with at least 25 guys on Sunday and not one was from WV. But hell this WV, we're getting accustomed to being used for our natural resources. It's happend many times before!!

5 years and the trails may be better than before... ya never know

ElmoEOD wrote:

5 years and the trails may be better than before... ya never know

We will definitely have some new hill climbs and I would say alot of new right of ways but some of those mud hole laced trails will take years to come back. Not to mention all the tight woods trails out the ridges.

Thunter wrote:

ElmoEOD wrote:

5 years and the trails may be better than before... ya never know

We will definitely have some new hill climbs and I would say alot of new right of ways but some of those mud hole laced trails will take years to come back. Not to mention all the tight woods trails out the ridges.

When they remove the tight wooded trails then all you have is a dried out dirt road that Sun bakes and then you have a dust bowl

Bobby D wrote:

Thunter wrote:

ElmoEOD wrote:

5 years and the trails may be better than before... ya never know

We will definitely have some new hill climbs and I would say alot of new right of ways but some of those mud hole laced trails will take years to come back. Not to mention all the tight woods trails out the ridges.

When they remove the tight wooded trails then all you have is a dried out dirt road that Sun bakes and then you have a dust bowl

Bob you're just killing me. I think I'm gonna go get a beer out of the fridge.

Thunter wrote:

Bobby D wrote:

Thunter wrote:

ElmoEOD wrote:

5 years and the trails may be better than before... ya never know

We will definitely have some new hill climbs and I would say alot of new right of ways but some of those mud hole laced trails will take years to come back. Not to mention all the tight woods trails out the ridges.

When they remove the tight wooded trails then all you have is a dried out dirt road that Sun bakes and then you have a dust bowl

Bob you're just killing me. I think I'm gonna go get a beer out of the fridge.

Hey I know that has happened around the Wagon Wheel too.I love thick tight wooded trails that the sun can't dry out and they stay wet

Hate to see the trails lost. But darn, give the WV boys a chance on these jobs.

The locals really should get a shot at them jobs, our state doesn't care they've got there money. The pipelines should be a good ride in a couple of years

Thunter, post up when you're heading back. I'll try and tag along.

Surely ALL the trails can't be gone!

CharlieHo wrote:

Thunter, post up when you're heading back. I'll try and tag along.

Surely ALL the trails can't be gone!

I will shoot you a PM next time I'm headed out. I'll like to learn some more of that area past Joetown and you seem to know it. And no all the trails are not going, not even close really. I would say we have lost over a hunderd miles of trails though and thats just the ones I know of. The other thing is how many years are they gonna continue to drill and run new pipelines. I have heard everything from 10 more years of drilling like they are now to 25 more years. Who knows?? It's like the California gold rush over there in places though!!

thanks for sharing

Terry, the pic with the camper on the left, isn't that is by your camper?

RickV wrote:

Terry, the pic with the camper on the left, isn't that is by your camper?

No Rick that is about 25 miles or so from my camp. It's over closer to Hundred.

Where is 5 points.

Just outside of Clarksburg