crackers wrote:
Rob: The Bonticou Crag is private land, and the landowner has closed it to climbers.

I could not find anything that said that Bonticou was closed so I did not sayanything about it. The route I was talking about was the scramble which IS an estlablished route

Your picture is the cliff above the golf course, which is a different area

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No, all of those pictures were taken on Bonticou by me.

If you are going to post about it--which is also against the specific and real policy AGAINST publicizing or providing topos for Bonticou, LC and other 'outback' crags of the Mohonk Preserve--please do include caveats that climbing is not allowed at this crag.

Not that I am doubting you but do you know of a website with all the rules? I would like t see all of the rules.

crackers wrote:I'm sorry, I will be glad to contribute information to legal areas, but I'm not going to give an iota of information that could ruin access efforts underway in the area. There is a reason that the guidebook to Skytop is out of print, and I don't see this any differently. I realize that my view is probably in the minority here, but it's how I feel after spending some hours on access issues and developing the relationship with local land managers.

I feel the same way.

RobA wrote:

crackers wrote:
Rob: The Bonticou Crag is private land, and the landowner has closed it to climbers.

I could not find anything that said that Bonticou was closed so I did not sayanything about it. The route I was talking about was the scramble which IS an estlablished route

Your picture is the cliff above the golf course, which is a different area

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No, all of those pictures were taken on Bonticou by me.

Not that I am doubting you but do you know of a website with all the rules? I would like t see all of the rules.

Call the preserve. Email the preserve. Talk to Hank Alicandri. He will be happy to tell you what they don't want covered in guidebooks and why.

Just letting you all know that the Great Smoky Mountains page up and running. You can visit it here (http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/210493/Great-Smoky-Mountains.html). I still have some text links and maybe some pics to add but for the most part its good to go. Hope you like. Please let me know if you have any ideas for things I may have missed. Thanks, Dan

Beartown Mountain, Tennessee next to Roan Mountain.

It's not exactly new ... June 14, 2006 ... but this "custom object" is actually a really outstanding article! "Training for expedition in your local alpine zone."

http://www.summitpost.org/custom-object/200369/training-for-expedition-in-your-local-alpine-zone.html

I added a couple of photos from this past weekend's scrambles up and down the Dix Mtn west face slides. I'd have to say that the V and Hunter Slides are now two of my favorites. TR coming soon.

MudRat ascending the V Slide

Me on the Hunters Slide

<a href="http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=215278"> Mt. Kearsarge North </a> has been added. Unfortunately I had problems with my camera so I only got one picture. Guess I have to go up again. (bummer)

Just finished up Little Jackson Mountain. Perhaps one of the most underated peaks in Maine.

WalksWithBlackflies, nartreb, MudRat and myself hiked the Adirondack Great Range as a dayhike on Saturday. I've just created a Trip Report page, marked "Under Construction." This TR will be a group effort. Everyone has admin privileges so we can all go in.

Let's assign ourselves sections:
If there are no objections, I'll write the Introduction and the Basin/Haystack section.

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.p ... irm_post=7

Why would this TR need sections? did you follow anything outside of the standard route on great range between peaks? Another question did you find the Basin area to be the hardest part?

Anjinsama wrote:Why would this TR need sections? did you follow anything outside of the standard route on great range between peaks? Another question did you find the Basin area to be the hardest part?

1- Because we all hiked it and are all interested in contributing to the TR.

2- Went in at Roostercomb trailhead at 5 AM and we followed standard trails the entire way. Serious mileage and elevation gain, not really time to be creative if you want to do them as a dayhike. Nartreb and I finished a shade before 10 PM. WWBF and MudRat finished just before midnight.

3- Many deep cols ... hard to say which was the toughest. Perhaps Saddleback, which had vicious cols on both the Basin and Gothics sides.

Puma concolor wrote:2- Went in at Roostercomb trailhead at 5 AM and we followed standard trails the entire way.

Another deja vu! I slept on top of Roostercomb in 1973 -- through a thunderstorm! Beautiful, but definitely one of the dumbest things I've done.

We may add some more photos, but otherwise the SP'ers Great Range Traverse trip report is complete. VOTE!!! It'd be nice to see an eastern hike finally make it as a featured TR.

Good report guys! Man what a beautiful day for the traverse, great timing.