Waiver Required for Climbing Black Mountain, Kentucky
The summit of Black Mountain is private property and surrounded coal mines and requires a waiver to visit. You can now get it on highpointers.org
The Penn Valley Coal Company owns the summit and in an agreement since 1999 has permitted Highpointers to access the summit only if they sign a liability waiver. Effective May 2008 the liability form is now on highpointers.org.
Please return it to:
Penn-Va Operating Co
Attn: Steve Looney
2550 E Stone Dr Ste 200
Kingsport, TN 37660-5863
If for some reason you cannot return it in time, please make sure you have it with you.