Trail crew volunteers:
It is time to sign up for maintenance projects that Forty-Sixer crews will undertake in 2011. We have included a signup sheet. Please use it for your email or mail response to Dave Dietrich. Come and join us as often as you can.
Click here to download the signup sheet
This year we are including the level of difficulty of the project. Projects requiring a considerable hike to reach the work site will be considered more difficult. Level range: Easy, Moderate, or Difficult. Some outings may have several sub projects and many have a multiple rating, such as (E-D).
Jim Coyne, Dave Dietrich, Sam Eddy, and Pete Hickey; Trailmasters
2011 Trail Maintenance Schedule
Saturday, May 14, Dix-Round Pond Blowdown Sweep (E-D)
We will clear blowdown from the trailhead to the summit of Dix and clean water bars along the route. We will meet at the trail parking lot on Route 73 at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 28, Spring Meeting Work Day (E-D)
We will have crews clearing blowdown and cleaning water bars on the trails to Indian Pass, Wallface Ponds, the North Trail to Giant, and the Wilmington trail to Whiteface. The Indian Pass/Wallface Ponds crews will meet at the ADK hiker building at 7:15 a.m. The North Trail crew will meet at the trailhead parking lot, Route 9N at 7:15 a.m. The Whiteface crew will meet at the reservoir at 8:15 am. Please let us know on the sign up sheet which area you would prefer to work. The size of the Whiteface crew is limited. If you select Whiteface, please indicate a second selection as well.
Saturday, June 11 Sunday June 12, Dix-Elk Lake work (E-D)
We will clear blowdown from the Hunters Pass and Beckhorn trails to the summit of Dix on Saturday. Sunday will consist of trail hardening between Slide and Lillian Brooks and sidcutting high up in Hunter’s Pass. We will meet at the old Frontier Town parking lot off of Exit 29 of the Northway at 7:15 a.m. and carpool to Elk Lake each morning, or join us camping at Slide Brook to avoid the Sunday trip in.
Saturday, July 23, and Sunday, July 24, Women’s Only Weekend
We will camp at one of the State camp grounds and work with Darwin, our DEC contact, on a project, or two, to be determined. Sign up and we will communicate the details to you about two weeks before the outing.
Sunday, Aug 7, Trail hardening Dix-Round Pond trail (D)
We will be working between the Boquet and the slide, so it is a fair hike just to reach the work site. We will meet at the trail parking lot at 7:15 a.m.
Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, Putnam Pond Weekend with Darwin
We will camp at the State campground so no need to “rough it”. Camp sites will be available Friday afternoon, so join us then if you can. Darwin always has interesting projects for us to do during this fun weekend.
Saturday, September 10, Project to be determined
Sign up and we will provide details two weeks before the outing..
Fall Meeting Dix Round Pond Sidecutting
We will work on Saturday, the day of the fall meeting. We will meet at the trailhead at 7:15
Please sign up with Dave Dietrich for each outing that you plan to attend. We rarely change a scheduled event, but if we do and you haven’t signed up, we can’t contact you about any change. In accordance with DEC policy, children under sixteen years of age cannot perform trail work.
Trail Conditions
NY Trail Conditions – Current Listing – provided by viewers of the webpage
Trail conditions and weather for the High Peaks: ADK LOJ: (518)523-3518 for a recording, or (518)523-3441 is the regular LOJ phone number