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Many people who climb these peaks benefit from the generous access granted by Joseph ("Buzz") Friedel across his property. Recently, he has been troubled by some abuses, and he will (if they continue) curtail access. Below are the full instructions for parking on his property and using his...

I apologize in advance for the inevitable cross-posting. Given the cost of gasoline and the inherent environmental concerns, I have started a Yahoo Group to assist in car-pooling for hikers. This may be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyhike/ To post, join first and send e-mails to...

Received this AM indirectly: > The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation > (DEC) has released its > final bear canister regulation for overnight campers > in the Eastern High > Peaks. The regulation will be effective > immediately. > > The regulation amends Title 6 NYCRR Section...

This in from Captain Dan Walsh, DEC Region 3 Head Ranger--thanks, Dan! This has been posted slightly belatedly (and is cross-posted with the 3500 Club BBS), as I wanted to obtain the OK to disseminate it fully. If anyone has done the route post-flood and would like to comment to the list, this...

A small group of VFTT and 3500 Club members explored Van Wyck, Table and Peekamoose yesterday. I was able to show the two plane wrecks on that peak, and also one of the odder features that I know in this region. Just below the summit knob of VW (a nice scramble), at about 2700 feet there is a...

I'm curious to know if anyone had gone into the Sewards via the Ward Brook route or Caulkins Brook recently. I'm heading up on Saturday for a few days and would like to get a sense of whether either route (and the peaks themselves) have been trail-broken. If one's broken and the other's not, I...

The upper portions of the descent from Hough using the Lillian Brook path seem quite well trodden, witha good herd path. The problems come below 3000 feet with the blowdown, where (so far as I could see) the herdpath segments. Is there a navigational trick to avoid the worst of the blowdown...

It's a chance in a million of anyone finding it, but somewhere around 2700 feet on the Lillian Brook descent from Hough I lost half of a pair of Northern Lites Backcountry snowshoes. Not the end of the world -- they'll sell me a replacement -- but annoying and (beyond the obvious inconvenience...

Please excuse the repeat of this message. Planning climb up via Slide Brook on Saturday AM, overnighting in the range and completing as many of the other peaks as we can. An earlier poster asked if the gates to the Elk Lake access road are now open. Is there any clarification on that? More...

I'm contemplating a Dix range traverse with one or two friends either April 23-24 or alternatively 2-3 May. For planning purposes I'm trying to get a rough read on what snow conditions might be like this year on those dates (I'll try to get specifics closer to the time). I'm wondering if we'll...