Rock/Ice at Puffer Mountain
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Has anyone climbed at Puffer Mountain before? I made a trip out this past winter for ice climbing...but made a navigation mistake and never made it to the cliffs. |
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I've definitely been intrigued after reading ADK rock. |
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It would definitely have to be a multi-day trip to get anything out of it. The approach may be easier in the winter with ice over the creeks, but I can guarantee that there will be no broken trail for 80% of the way. There are a few dry areas under overhangs that could be used as a "base camp". |
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I could probably get 3-4 days dedicated to something like this. Have all the equipment necessary and then some. Lead 5.10 and M6-7 on gear. |
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looks like it has some great potential. I would be down to get after it this winter if someone decides to do it. |
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Dave77 wrote:looks like it has some great potential. I would be down to get after it this winter if someone decides to do it.I'll keep you in the loop. |
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Bill Sacks wrote: Trip Report with PhotosYou didn't do any rock climbing there? |
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Gunkiemike wrote: You didn't do any rock climbing there?Just went there on a rainy weekend to find out how to do the approach and put some flagging up. With the ~5hr approach it would be worth making a full weekend trip out of it instead of just one day. |
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Not to start a war or anything here, but when you go back take your flagging down. Orange surveyors tape has zero place in the woods. Period. This comes from someone who has bushwhacked all over the Adirondacks, even on Puffer Mountain, and has never understood why people need to leave that stuff around for somebody else to clean up. You didn't leave any other litter did you? |
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Yeah...pollution is pollution. Period. We go to places like indian pass or puffer mountain etc to get away from everyday life and civilization and seeing something like would really get my goat in the wilderness |
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Agree with the two above. The bushwhacking around Puffer Mountain can be brutal, but I've been in that area many times and we have never needed to mark our trail. Orange tape out there is going to upset a lot of people. Besides, what is a trip to Puffer without two - three hours of stumbling around in the bushes going "where the fuck am I?!" |
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You actually have to LOOK hard to see the flagging. It is not like there are tens or hundreds of flags around the trail. I would be surprised if many people ever walk by our flags, seeing that they would have to bushwacked the same exact way as we did to find them. Not saying that everywhere should be flagged, but the orange is basically camouflage in the changing leaves. They will be taken down after approaching in the winter. |
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To counter the above points: I can see that flagging clearly in your picture, and I'm not looking very hard. |
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I'll be sure to post back here with photos of the removed flagging when that time comes. It is easier to see in a photo than in the woods when there is a lot going on outside of the frame and you are not looking directly at the wide side of the flagging. Do you get upset about reflective markings on trees from NYS? Some trails are obvious, but there are still markings. I am fairly certain that I came across flagging last winter around Puffer, but it wasn't an eyesore at all. |
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People who go to a place like Puffer are not looking for the 'trail' experience. The flags, to them, are litter. It's not a stretch to understand this. |
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Exactly what Kevin said. You go to Puffer to get away ftom the crowds up there. No trails = no peolple = what we are looking for. Dacks are getting crowded |
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I've heard that Canada is trying to purchase the Adirondacks and make the region part of Quebec... |
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The only place that I have seen other people while climbing is Chapel Pond. Other than that, it is only me and my partners. Rumney is a different story, eh? |
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Bill Sacks wrote: I'll keep you in the loop.sounds good |