Dolly Sods November 2018
Daylight
Davis, WV
Twilight | Sunrise | Sunset | Night |
6:40 | 7:10 | 4:58 | 5:27 |
Just under 10 hours daylight.
Weather
Forecast at 5pm Friday for Davis, WV
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
Cloudy | Snow/Rain | Partly Sunny | Rain/Snow | Partly Sunny |
| (all day) | | (all day) | |
23--33 | 30--36 | 33--47 | 15--35 | 11--21 |
Keep in mind will be at & over 4000 feet.
Route
35 mile figure-8 loop
- Clockwise around Dolly Sods Wilderness
- Counter-clockwise around northern half of Roaring Plains West Wilderness
Parking at Bear Rocks Trailhead (39.063600, -79.303150)
CalTopo Route Map
Forest Service Maps
Day 1---10.14 miles
From Bear Rocks Trailhead
West on Bear Rocks/522 Tr
Left/south Dobbin Grade Tr
x Beaver Dam Tr
Cross Red Creek
x Raven Ridge Tr
Bear left/west/south Upper Red Creek Tr
Right/west Blackbird Knob Tr
Left/south Red Creek Tr
x Breathed Mtn Tr, Rocky Point Tr
Cross Red Creek
x Fisher Spring Tr, Big Stonecoal Tr
Camp @ Little Stonecoal Tr
Day 2---12.4 miles
West Red Creek Tr
Left/south Forest Service Rd 19
Bear right jeep road/South Prong Tr
Cross South Fork Red Creek
Continue southeast on trail
Cross South Fork Red Creek
x Forest Service Rd 70, Roaring Plains Tr
Right/north Forest Service Rd 19
Left/northwest Rohrbaugh Tr
x Wildlife Tr
Left/west Fisher Springs Tr
Cross Fisher Spring Run
Cross Fisher Spring Run
Right/north Red Creek Tr
Camp across Red Creek
Day 3---10.1 miles
North Red Creek Tr
Sharp left/south Rocky Point Tr
Bear right Lion's Head Tr
Bear right/north Big Stonecoal Tr
x Dunkenbarger Tr, Breathed Mtn Tr, Blackbird Knob Tr, Harman Tr, Dobbin Grade Tr
Right/east Raven Ridge Tr
Camp at Beaver View & Bear Rocks Trs
Depending on timing/daylight/weather, may go straight on to trailhead & car
Day 4---2.51 miles
East Bear Rocks Tr to trailhead
x Raven Ridge Tr, Dobbin Grade Tr
Travel
Blue Nissan Versa hatchback
Driving Directions
I76 west
Exit 146, US220 south
Bear right WV972 west/south
Now US50 west/south
Left WV93 west/south
Left WV42 south
Right Jordan Run Rd
Right Forest Road 75