SHAKER MOUNTAIN WILD FOREST & Bleecker NY area cross country skiing
SHAKER MOUNTAIN WILD FOREST Jan 10, 2019 - WEST STONY CREEK LEAN-TO skiing from Benson Rd, S on the NPT - 3.9 miles one way + went half mile downstream. Shaker Mountain Wild Forest. Up to 6", crusty at 1,000' at the lean-to, better up high (1,500') on most of the trail. Steeper parts have rocks sticking up - would be best to ski this with at least 20" - the last half mile down to the lean-to is fairly steep so I skied it very tentatively & took off the skis for about 100 yards half way down. Jan 8, 2017 - SHAKER MOUNTAIN WILD FOREST ski, from the end of Pinnacle Rd in Bleecker. Started out on the County Line Lake Trail, the first 0.2 miles climbs 100' in a washed out trail, things got much better past that. Had to go well upstream to get over 1st stream crossing. At ~2 miles went out on the vly to the W which has a nice view of Pigeon Mtn. Previous skiers had been in to N of the vly but turned back at a wet stream crossing....