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Just to let everyone know the canister on Friday has been moved to a new location and sturdier tree. Good luck.

West side is well iced, crampons ARE needed from 1st cliff band to summit.:D Barebooted the rest.

From the DEP parking outside Westkill Hamlet. Dry, no stream crossings, easy grade, no snow to speak of. Heart burn from eating wild leaks. Over to ND and out the ridge to the Fishermans Parking. An uneventful,enjoyable, different way to do these 2.

From Notch Lake, out Notch Inn Rd. 8"-14" with hard, break thru crust, Snow shoes ARE needed. Winter is here, be prepared.

From Barnum Rd, out Big Hlw. Snowshoes, with good crampons, don't go with out them. Much ice/blow down in lower Lockwood Gap.

No damage from ice storm. Trail is very wet and icy to 3600', (stream needed a big jump,) above that, hard pack and heavy ice flows. Barebooted up, insteps down. Met 2 coming over from Cornell/Witt and they wished they had crampons for the traverse. No one else out. Very clear, cold and windy...

From 214 and out Mink Hlw. Trail clear, no snow or ice. 420/420 The catskill grid finished.:D Thanks to all.

Halcott 10/29 Vly 10/31 6" snow at base(rt 42) with lots of blow down. Over 2' at summit, no blowdown. Snow shoes a must at this time. Same conditions on Vly but 50 degrees Snowmoble tracks headed to Bearpen

From North Mink Hlw. Trail in good shape to summit. Lots of water and leeks and bugs.

Bushwack of Hemlock,Spruce,Fir,Big Indian ,hard snow softening as day went on, crampons needed ,snowshoes, stabilizers usless. Much blowdown from April, and other storms. Very,very slow going. Big Indian, Eagle, Haynes along WB-Pinehill Trail bare, Icy, snowy: damned if you do, damned if you...

Trail from Rt 42 (Sundown Rd.) 10-12'' unbroken snow, now packed powder. Snow shoes are needed, but barebooting possible if you like being uncomfortable and wrecking packed trails. There are a few rocks and sticks left, but tonights storm should cover , making for good shoeing. With BillandJudy...

Toxic Plastics ? Today on a job site , another worker pointed out that the plastic bottle someone had filled with water and frozen was probaly toxic because the plastic breaks down when frozen. .The bottle in question was a gatorade bottle, I had a frozen nalgene bottle which is supposed to be...

On a recent Catskill hike, I saw an apple tree, complete with apples, above 3500'. Does any one know of any other fruit trees, excluding wild cherries, up this high.