[at-l] Re: Camp Smith Trail

[KAB@concordia-ny.edu (Kurt Bodling)]

I hiked from the Bear Mountain Bridge to Graymoor Monastery and 
back on 6 October, and didn't see any signs, notices, or armed 
guards at that end of the Camp Smith Trail.  Haven't been back on 
that part of the AT since, but I'd say that if they didn't have it 
blocked then, it wouldn't be now.

They DO have sandbags and scarey-looking vehicles down the 
road at the automobile entrance to the army post, but that's not 
where I would think of parking anyway.

Side note: might be an interesting project for someone to collect 11 
September comments out of the trail registers.  At least up here in 
New York there were some interesting ones that I read.

Kurt


> From: DataBook97@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:46:21 EST
> To: papa_bear_nyc@yahoo.com, at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> CC: wdaniels@bestweb.net
> Subject: [at-l] Re: Camp Smith Trail
> 
> In a message dated 3/19/02 2:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> papa_bear_nyc@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > Has there been any closures of the Camp Smith Trail (south of Anthony's
> > Nose) traversing, as it does, Camp Smith  Military Reservation?  I'm
> > thinking of 9/11 related  issues.
> 
>        The person on the list who knows the most about this issue is Walt
> Daniels.  He would ordinarily have responded; however, he is currently
> hiking in the Grand Canyon and is therefore off the list.  So I'll respond
> to the best of my knowledge.
> 
>        As I understand, Camp Smith closed the trail soon after 9/11. 
> However, a sign closing the trail was posted only at the southern end on
> Route 9D.  No attempt was made to close the trail from the northern end,
> where it leaves the A.T. and continues up Anthony's Nose.  Also, I believe
> that no closing signs were posted at the spot where the trail approaches
> Route 9D between Anthony's Nose and the southern terminus.
> 
>        In addition, I understand that, subsequent to the completion of the
>        
> Camp Smith Trail, jurisdiction over the propery over which the trail
> passes was transferred from the NYS Department of Military Affairs to the
> Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.  Therefore, the
> trail does not appear to be under the jurisdiction of Camp Smith, and they
> apparently had no authority to close the trail.
> 
>        I believe that Walt and Jane Daniels were working to have the trail
>        
> officially reopened, but I'm not sure whether their efforts have met with
> any success.  In any event, from what I understand, there is nothing to
> stop A.T. hikers from going up to Anthony's Nose.
> 
>                          Daniel Chazin
>