BackWoods Drifter » Bolt Mountain

Fall Colors, Bolt Mountain

Denny Tyler — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:38:58 +0000

Bolt Mountain is the highest point in the Guyandotte Mountain Range at just over 3600 feet.

From the Emerson Stover Overlook on the mountain one would be looking north-northeast into Raleigh County. More specifically, the Coal River watershed.

Emerson Stover Overlook, Fall Colors

Emerson Stover Overlook, Fall [...]

Camping @ 3000ft – Day 2

Denny Tyler — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:53:04 +0000

This is a continuation of the last post.

The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out [...]

Camping @ 3000ft

Denny Tyler — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:01:12 +0000

I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]

Taking The Long Hike

Denny Tyler — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:25:03 +0000

When you go on a long hike – what is the essential gear you take? When I say long hike I mean when you plan on hiking for longer than a day.

My regular long hike gear includes – backpack, Ozark dome tent (3 person capacity), 3lb sleeping bag, Garmin GPS, CaseXX hunting knife, small [...]

Scheduled Posting & Camping West Virginia

Denny Tyler — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:05 +0000

Another benefit I have recently discovered to moving my blog – I can now do scheduled posting. I’m not 100% sure I couldn’t do that with Blogger but I am 100% sure I couldn’t figure out how.

The last post to this blog was done with scheduled posting. I actually wrote that post when I [...]

I’ll Take A Pass

Denny — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:17:00 +0000

Since starting the Bolt Mountain site I have made some friends outside of West Virginia who are familiar with Bolt Mountain in one way or another. One of those friends recently sent me a few photos from his trip to Bolt Mountain earlier this year. Most of his photos I’ll be displaying on the Bolt [...]

A Verbal Machine Gun

Denny — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:40:00 +0000

I had been afraid to go up on Bolt Mountain ever since I started feeling explosions. I just didn’t want to see. I knew there was no way a rational reaction could come from seeing what I knew was there.

I feel protective of Bolt Mountain. That may have something to do with the fact [...]