Bald Knob

Apparently the gate at the southern entrance gets randomly closed because it was open this day. I took the logging access (public) road to bypass the gate based on previous reports. It follows little clear creek for several miles and allows you to enter the trail past the southern gate. If the northern section is open you can enter and exit using this road. It is wide enough for vehicles to pass safely and is a well maintained gravel road. Great views near Cross Mountain.

My buddies and I came in from the north side and cleared all the down trees that were across the trail a few miles from the south entrance. The gate at the south entrance is still closed and locked.

Started from south end off from hwy 64 and got 2 to 3 miles in following the onx mapping and found a huge tree down at the Y in the trail.... Left being just an over look and right being the trail according to onx and its blocked

The Trail is sort of open but closed as presented/ But not as ONX shows on Map. I entered at the Richwood end and got to past the turn at Hickory Ridge to find trees down blocking the rest of the trail. Since the end of the trial shows it connects Little Clear Creek, I was then able to turn around and go back and turn on to an earlier connection point Little Clear Creek before cross mountain and get back onto pavement. As I passed the ONX exit point I could see a gate blocking off the ONX route from the road. The trail provides some views of creeks streams, mining, windmills, and wild turkeys.

Made it about ten miles in from the south side only to find the trail closed before it intersects with the Nettle to Richmond trail but up to that point it’s passable and quite the fun trail. A little bit of a challenge early of but fun and smooth after that.

Great day with the family out in the bronco

it turns out this is not actual public land and it is leased private land, we got stopped by land owners in a side by side

Really cool trail. Lots to see and discover. Use Go and Track cuz it's easy to go off the main trail. You can spend all day out there. Have fun!

If you stay on the main trail, then you'll have an easy ride. Lots of great views and some oddities, as well. A picnic area. The gravesight of Nancy Hart, a revolutionary war heroine. A bunch of wind turbines. A row of small houses; probably for miners. An RV trailer in the middle of nowhere with a boot on the wheel..lol! If you go on offshoot trails, you will be challenged, and have lots of fun!

Started at the Rupert side of the trail, gate was wide open so no problem starting there. Beginning of the trail can get rough at times when you’re starting up the mountain but it smooths out considerably once you reach the top and eventually turns into a service road for the wind turbines and mines. Lots of other trails branch off from this one if you’re wanting to explore more, most are also marked with signs.

Southern most gate closed. Has a path around that I fit my Tundra through. Rest of road is open and may be able to come through another bypass. We traveled from Richwood

Locked gate at the start/end of the most southern part of the trail. you can still take the main road, it will run you back onto the trail

Gate was closed. But there was a “path” around the gate that has been used well.