Living in the mountains presents all sorts of fun activities for the outdoor adventurist or thrill seeker. The Crane is a very steep uphill climb located on the South side of Bolt Mountain close to Wyoming County… matter of fact it may be just inside Wyoming County. At any rate it is difficult to actually catch riders on the Crane. In the short time a friend and I were here taking photos we were accosted by a guard from a mines in the area. He came from the direction we had not traveled. He asked us if we had seen any deer. It was that time of year where a number of people were out scouting for potential hunting spots. We informed him we were only taking photos. After telling us he had been out around the road looking for deer and apparently making sure we weren’t up to trouble, he left in the direction he came from… obviously he didn’t look hard enough for deer the first time.

In the last photo, this mudbog is located right off the main strip road on Bolt Mountain. I have a friend that had a truck stuck in it. The truck sat 3 1/2 feet off the ground with logging chains under the doors to assist entry into the vehicle. It was sporting waist high tires with a big block under the hood that used more gas just to start than most economy cars use in a week. Thats an exaggeration of course but it did use a lot of gas. At any rate it was sitting helpless in the middle of this mudhole. So if you feel like showing off to the girlfriend and go on a four wheeling adventure, better make sure you have the uh… equipment to get the job done.

UPDATE—- the crane is in Wyoming County. All I had to do was look at my topo map…. duh.