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September/October 1999 RAILWALKER NTEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE...MAINTAINING OVER 1300 MILES OF FOOT TRAILS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1999 Catskill’s Bearpen Peak Purchased by Kennard Grant Bolsters Safety New York State Trail Conference and Adirondack Mountain Club Partnership Successfully Interested State Training for in Acquisition Trail Crews Catskills. Bearpen is the highest summit on a long ridge of mountains that runs north-south, providing easy and good The New York - New Jersey Trail views of Hunter Mountain, West Kill, and Conference is pleased to announce a gen- other Catskill High Peaks. It dominates erous gift of $8,000 from the Charles W. views in the upper Schoharie and Dela- Kennard Foundation. The money will ware River Valleys. The name Bearpen allow us to establish a regular schedule is likely to have derived from the prac- of safety refresher training for our trail tice of hunting bear during the 1800s by crew members and leaders, and to sup- constructing traps built with stone or logs. port general Conference operations. The “bearpens” would trap the bear until This gift, together with $7,500 do- the hunter arrived. Curiously enough, nated to the Trail Conference late in 1998, though Bearpen was identified as an “ex- earmarked for several Appalachian Trail ceptional resource” in the state’s Open projects, a new interpretive sign and train- Space Plan, it was one of a handful that ing for our trail crew leaders, totals were not owned by the state. $15,500 received from the Charles W. The 1,185-acre parcel will be added Kennard Foundation within the past 12 to the adjacent 700-acre Dela- months. NYS DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ware-Greene Reforestation Area and man- The Trail Conference will use part At New York Governor George Patakis press conference announcing the States aged by the Department of Environmen- of the Kennard gift to begin a program acquisition of Bearpen Mountain for inclusion in the Catskill Forest Preserve, Neil tal Conservation (DEC). of regular safety courses for our volun- Woodworth (left), counsel to the Adirondack Mountain Club and the NY-NJ Trail Neil Woodworth, counsel to the teer trail crew members. Chainsaws, and Conference, presented the Governor with a copy of the New York Walk Book. Neil Adirondack Mountain Club and the New winch/rigging systems, are accepted tools represented both ADK and the Trail Conference in gaining the Governors attention York-New Jersey Trail Conference, rep- nowadays for trail crew work of build- for support of this long-sought land acquisition. Governor Pataki has aggressively ing and repairing hiking trails. As such, supported the campaign for open space protection during his administration. resenting a constituency of over 135,000 hikers and campers, said, “We are de- workers using this equipment need to lighted with the purchase of Bearpen maintain a high level of skill in opera- In June, Bearpen Mountain in Greene cates for the Bearpen purchase. Mountain, a critical addition to State tions and awareness of safety for these County, one of the 36 Catskill High Peaks The acquisition of Bearpen Mountain lands in the Catskills. This purchase pre- specialized tools. over 3500 feet, was purchased by the State has long been a priority of hiking and serves this beautiful mountain, guaran- Peter Kennard, Foundation secretary, of New York to be added to the “forever outdoor recreationists. At 3,600 feet, it tees hiking access to a popular Catskill continued on page 14 wild” lands of the Catskill Forest Preserve. dominates the landscape, with steep, rug- High Peak, and safeguards key portions National Trails Day The Trail Conference and the Adirondack ged topography and forested slopes, and of the Schoharie Creek and Delaware Mountain Club were the principal advo- offers some of the best hiking in the continued on page 14 Whats Inside Development Threat Not Over for National Trails Day ........ 3 Trail Crew Schedules ..... 6 Sterling Forest Trail Maintenance After a 13-year struggle to protect the units, with 1000 of them being part of an Workshop ................... 6 New York portion of Sterling Forest, a age-restricted gated community. The plan major success was accomplished with also calls for a nine-hole golf course and Torrey Memorial Hike .... 7 15,000 acres becoming state park land. 467,500 square feet of retail and office Annual Meeting ............ 8 Now we face the destiny of the remain- space dispersed over the wooded moun- ing acres that will shape the gateway of tainous section south of Route 17A. Fur- The Inca Trail ............... 8 this important public land. Sterling For- ther south, along Route 84, another com- PAUL DOLAN est Corporation has filed an application munity of large homes would be built Albany Update ............. 9 Annie Sullivan is one of over 100 people to develop the 2,834 acres of land it re- around a 18-hole golf course. Many resi- to rally at National Trails Day celebra- Hikers Bookshop .........11 tained after the sale that created Sterling dences and much of the commercial space tions for the Highlands. See page 3 for Hikers Almanac ..........16 Forest State Park last year. The proposed more coverage of National Trails Day. community includes 1,318 residential continued on page 12 TRAIL WALKER Volume XXVI, No. 5 Sept./Oct. 1999 E T T E R Nora Porter Managing Editor L S Paul Leikin Advertising Manager The TRAIL WALKER (ISSN 0749-1352) is published bi-monthly by the New York-New Keep Traditions Alive ing my tenure as maintainer on Storm about this camping restriction. We were Jersey Trail Conference as a benefit of mem- For more years than I can remember King, I found a number of very nice trails told that the regulations were posted at bership. Of membership dues, $4 is allocated on the mountain. Some have since been the trailhead, and of course, they were to a one-year subscription. Subscriptions are hiking clubs have been gathering each available to libraries only at $15.00 a year. Palm Sunday at St. John’s in the Wilder- developed, others remain for the bush- “just doing their job.” Periodical postage paid at New York, NY. ness in Harriman-Bear Mountain State whackers to “discover.” Upon our return to the car I looked Postmaster: Send address changes to the address below. Opinions expressed by au- Park, meeting new friends, reminiscing John Schoen at the list of regulations posted. It was thors do not necessarily represent the policy with old ones and telling stories with old Westwood, NJ quite a long list. Buried in the middle was or position of the Conference. Contributions Trail Conference legends like Bill indeed: “Camping is allowed by permit of typed manuscripts, photos and drawings are welcome. Manuscripts may be edited Hoeferlin, Elizabeth Levers, Eric Reiss and Thanks to Long Path Volunteers only and in designated areas.” We paid for style and length. Send SASE for writers’ others. I have just completed walking the the fine. guidelines. Submission deadlines for the Although most of the hikers of those Long Path end-to-end, and would like to Perhaps we depend on our Trail Con- TRAIL WALKER are February 1 (Mar./Apr. Issue), April 1 (May/June issue), June 1 (July/ early days are gone now, this yearly event thank everyone who has contributed to ference maps too much. We use them for Aug. Issue), August 1 (Sept./Oct. Issue), still continues. For about 10 years now, the Long Path for an extremely enjoyable their wealth of information, as well as October 1 (Nov./Dec. Issue), December 1 though, this event’s attendance has been and memorable experience. The published for navigation. PLEASE include a note (Jan./Feb. Issue). Unsolicited contributions cannot be acknowledged unless accompa- slowly declining. access and trail descriptions were accu- on the next printing of the North Jersey nied by SASE. For information on advertis- We hikers are not doing the right rate and informative, which allowed me Trails maps telling everyone of the camp- ing rates, please write or call. thing by not participating in this annual to enjoy the hikes worry free. The trail ing restrictions. If there are other areas Copyright 1999 by: New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Inc. event. conditions were excellent, which is a trib- where similar restrictions apply, please 232 Madison Avenue If we do not remember our hiking ute to all the trail maintainers. note it on those maps as well. Our Me- New York, NY 10016 heritage we risk forgetting the work of Thank you specifically to Howard morial Day weekend Bearfort/ 212-685-9699 e-mail: [email protected] past hikers who blazed the trails we walk Dash for maintaining Long Path web Wawayanda trip was our most expensive Worldwide Web: http://www.nynjtc.org/ today. For this reason, I urge all clubs to pages (especially the closure and reloca- backpacking trip ever. restore and continue these traditions by tion pages); Gary Haugland for provid- Regina & Michael Gelfer scheduling hikes for these events. ing valuable updates on trail conditions Mahopac, NY Hope to see you all next century on “down south;” and Wallace Van Houten NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY Palm Sunday. for supplying full maps and descriptions Editor’s note: Most Trail Conference maps TRAIL CONFERENCE Roger Coco for the northern sections – which started do include a summary of camping regu- Mission Statement Putnam Valley, NY me on the LP quest. lations. Since no backcountry camping is The New York-New Jersey Trail Confer- Ray Wilkin allowed in the areas shown on our North ence, founded in 1920, is a federation of member clubs and individuals dedicated to How do you spell Bluebird? Cohoes, NY Jersey maps, this information was not in- providing recreational hiking opportunities Birdwatching hikers seeking blue- cluded.
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