Catskill Trails Inventory for Irene Storm Damage Assessment September 15, 2011

Trail Name Length County Mgmt Unit(s) Condition Recommend Status Alder Lake Loop 1.6 Ulster Balsam Lake Bridge out at east end but passable Open 6.3 Ulster Sundown Bridge out, Watson Hollow Rd Closed Closed Batavia Kill 0.9 Greene Windham/ Open Wilderness Becker Hollow (Hunter Mtn) 2.3 Greene Hunter- Good Open Mountain W (fire 1.6 Ulster Balsam Lake Access form the north via Millbrook Rd is Open tower) limited to the Andes side, Dry Brook Road is closed. Belleayre Ridge 1.0 Ulster Belleayre Open Range 7.4 Greene Windham/Blackhead Open Wilderness Blackhead Mtn 0.7 Greene Windham/Blackhead Open Wilderness Cathedral Glen 1.7 Ulster Belleayre Open Colgate Lake 4.3 Greene Colgate Lake WF Parking Lot not accessible Closed Colonel’s Chair 1.1 Greene Hunter-West Kill Open Mountain W Curtis-Ormsbee 1.65 Ulster Slide Mtn W Access from Denning only Open Devils Path (Prediger Road to 13.20 Greene Indian Head Good – Some Blowdowns Open Stony Clove Notch) Devils Path (Notch to 11.35 Greene Hunter-West Kill Spruceton Road closed Open Spruceton) Mountain W Diamond Notch Trail 2.7 Greene Hunter-West Kill Trail from Lanesville to Spruceton Road is Open Mountain W good except bridge at Diamond Notch Falls is out. Also no road access to the Spruceton side of these trails 13.70 Ulster/Delaware Dry Brook Ridge Do not access from Dry Brook Rd Open WF Dutcher Notch 1.9 Greene Windham/Blackhead Open Wilderness Echo Lake 0.70 Ulster Indian Head W Good Open Elm Ridge Trail 0.85 Greene Elm Ridge WF Trail is good, but no access via Peck Road Open due to damage Escarpment Trail (Route 23 to 1.05 Greene Elm Ridge WF Good; Bridge over Windham Kill being Open Elm Ridge Lean-to) replaced by DEC as of 9/13 Escarpment Trail (Elm Ridge to 22.80 Greene Windham Blackhead Open Schutt Road) W –Panther-Fox 7.5 Ulster Slide Mtn W Access from Fox Hollow is fine, not County Open Hollow Rt 47 Harding Road 2.7 Kaaterskill WF Open Huckleberry Point Trail 1.4 Greene Kaaterskill WF Good Open Hunter Mtn 1.35 Greene Hunter-West Kill Open Mountain W Jimmy Dolan Notch Trail 1.6 Greene Indian Head Good Open 2.5 Ulster Bluestone WF Trail in good condition Open 0.45 Greene Kaaterskill WF Closed Long Pond-Beaverkill Ridge 7.2 Ulster/Sullivan Big Indian W Open Lost Clove 1.3 Ulster Big Indian Road damage, parking lot not accessible Closed Mary’s Glen 1.35 Kaaterskill WF 5.9 Ulster Balsam Lake Open Mine Hollow 1.0 Ulster Big Indian W road damage and severe trail erosion, bridge Closed out Mink Hollow Trail (Roaring 2.55 Greene Indian Head W Good ; a few blowdowns Open Kill to Mink Hollow) Mink Hollow Trail (Lakeview to 2.6 Greene Indian Head W Open Mink Hollow Mongaup-Hardenburgh 7.3 Ulster Big Indian W Bridge at Hardenburgh end damaged Open Neversink-Hardenburgh 8.25 Ulster Big Indian W Open Oliverea-Mapledale 3.65 Ulster Big Indian W Closed- road damage on Mckinley and Rider Closed Hollow Onteora Lake 4.0 Ulster Bluestone WF Good Open Overlook (to Platte Clove) 3.7 Greene Indian Head W Good Open Overlook Spur Trail (fire tower) 2.3 Ulster Overlook Good - Open Pecoy Notch Trail 1.75 Greene Indian Head Good – area around beaver meadow wet Open Peekamoose-Table Trail 7.50 Ulster Slide Mtn W Deer Shanty Brook bridge damaged, but Open passable Phoenica (Mt Tremper fire 3.05 Ulster Phoenicia Good Open tower) Phoenicia- East Branch 9.8 Ulster Slide Mtn W County Rt 47 closed; Open -West Branch 14.10 Ulster Big Indian W Biscuit Brook Trailhead closed, access from Open Pine Hill only. Poet’s Ledge 0.5 Greene Kaaterskill WF Open Red Hill (fire tower) 1.40 Ulster Sundown Good Open Roaring Kill 0.25 Greene Indian Head W Open Rochester Hollow 2.9 Ulster Shandaken Good (some blowdown) Open Rock Shelter 1.8 Greene Kaaterskill WF Open Schutt Road 1.0 Greene Kaaterskill WF Open Seager-Big Indian 3.0 Ulster Big Indian Closed – road and trail damage Closed Spruceton 3.7 Greene Hunter-West Kill Spruceton Road Closed Open Mountain W Terrace Mtn 0.9 Ulster Slide Mtn W Good Open Touch-Me-Not 6.70 Ulster/Delaware Delaware Open VerNooy Kill Falls 1.7 Ulster Sundown VerNooy Falls bridge damaged but passable Open by foot. Warner Creek 10.55 Ulster/Greene Phoenicia Warner Creek crossing may be difficult Open Willow (Mt Tremper) 1.6 Ulster Phoenicia Open Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide 9.10 Ulster Slide Mtn W Access from Woodland Valley Open

Big Hollow Road, which provides access to the Batavia Kill Trailhead at the head of Black Dome Valley (Greene County, Windham Blackhead Range) is damaged and can’t be accessed, preventing access to the Black Dome Range Trail, the Batavia Kill Trail.

Spruceton Road in the Spruceton Valley is damaged, preventing access to the westerly Devil’s Path Trailhead, the Spruceton trailand the Spruceton side of the Diamond Notch Trail

Ulster County Route 47 form Big Indian south to Winnisook Lake is closed due to storm damage.

Dry Brook Road in Delaware and Ulster County is closed to all but local traffic.

Trail Head Closures: Trailhead Location Batavia Kill Trail Head Big Hollow Rd, Town of Windham, Greene Co Biscuit Brook Trailhead Claryville, Town of Denning, Ulster County Colgate Lake Trailhead Town of Jewett, Greene County Giant Ledge Trailhead Oliverea, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County Lost Clove Trailhead Big Indian, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County Kenape Brook (Ashokan High Point) West Shokan, T/ Olive, Ulster Co McKenely Hollow Trailhead Oliverea, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County Rider Hollow Trailhead Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County Seager Trailhead Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County Slide Mountain Trailhead Oliverea, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County Spruceton Trailheads Town of Lexington, Greene County

NYS DEC Catskill Campground Status:

Campground Location County Status Comments Bear Spring Delaware Closed for season Beaverkill Livingston Manor Sullivan Closed for season Some storm damage Devil’s Tombstone Route 214, Hunter Greene Closed for season Some storm damage Kenneth Wilson Wittenberg Road, Woodstock Ulster Opening on 9/16 Little Pond Barkaboom Road, Andes Delaware Opening on 9/16 Mongaup Pond Livingston Manor Sullivan Opening on 9/16 North-South Lake Haines Falls Greene Opening on 9/16 Woodland Valley Phoenicia Ulster Closed for season Some storm damage