Rebuilding the AT over Bear Mountain

March

The second season of work is getting under way at Bear Mountain, where volunteers are reconstructing a portion of the Appalachian Trail.

The public can get involved. Trail-building training sessions are offered for beginners, as well as those ready to hone intermediate skills.

The AT stretches from Maine to Georgia and is 2,174 miles long.

But the four most-traveled miles are those that take hikers over Bear Mountain.

As a result, that section of trail has taken quite a beating, what with all those pounding boots and trail shoes.

Most users are casual hikers visiting Bear Mountain State Park for the day.

The reconstruction seven-year project will reroute the trail, providing a novice-friendly path to the summit, where a handicapped-accessible area will be created (access will be from Perkins Memorial Drive). Trail signs and interpretive exhibits are also to be included.

The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, which is coordinating the work effort, will offer a tour of the new route between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Get more details by logging onto Bear Mountain Trails or by calling 201-512-9348, ext. 26.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 7:00 am by Laura Incalcaterra.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print | Email

One Response to “Rebuilding the AT over Bear Mountain”

Zoe April 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Thank you for the tip!

It is a condition of your use of the comment features associated with the blogs that you do not: Use the site to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law. You alone are responsible for the material you post or send. Refer to the Terms of Service.