Mosher cliff for sale

I just saw that the 264 acre property that contains Mosher cliff in Corinth is for sale.
Fingers crossed that whoever buys it is climber friendly. It would really be nice to have it open again.

Maybe let the access fund know??

What good is crossing your fingers going to do?
Why don't you contact the Access Fund??

To be honest I have no idea how to do that. I don't know anything about the access fund. Anyone know the process or been through it and can steer me in the right directions. Educate me please.

Anyone know how much is it going for?

Is there any more information that could be provided? I'm not familiar with the cliff/area but would be happy to email the folks in HQ about it...

I only know a little about it from older climbers that climbed it before the current owners when climbing was allowed. It is a 100' tall cliff band located in the town of Corinth, NY. 1 mile west of the Hudson River on West Mountain(saratoga county) not the west mountain 5 miles to the east in warren county. It is apparently as good as rumney for quality of climbing and has a 5.13 test piece that is suppose to be amazing.
Access is from saratoga county route 10 (mosher rd).
It is listed by lake luzerne real estate inc. I found it on their site being sold as several different parcels the 198 aces that the cliff is located on is listed for 219,000 though it is assessed by the county at 99,700, 60 acres of it is listed at 108,000 or all 264 acres for 289,000 if I am reading there listings correctly.
Corinth is the far southeast boundary of the adirondack park.

I really hope a climber buys this... Halfsies anyone?

accessfund.org/site/c.tmL5K…

DanSwift wrote:I only know a little about it from older climbers that climbed it before the current owners when climbing was allowed. It is a 100' tall cliff band located in the town of Corinth, NY. 1 mile west of the Hudson River on West Mountain(saratoga county) not the west mountain 5 miles to the east in warren county. It is apparently as good as rumney for quality of climbing and has a 5.13 test piece that is suppose to be amazing. Access is from saratoga county route 10 (mosher rd). It is listed by lake luzerne real estate inc. I found it on their site being sold as several different parcels the 198 aces that the cliff is located on is listed for 219,000 though it is assessed by the county at 99,700, 60 acres of it is listed at 108,000 or all 264 acres for 289,000 if I am reading there listings correctly. Corinth is the far southeast boundary of the adirondack park.

Hey Dan... Do you have GPS Coordinates for the cliff? We are looking to locate the exact tax parcel the cliff is located on.

Town of Corinth 59.-1-35 is the tax parcel saratoga county real property tax service has a map viewer
www.saratogacounty.gov/departments/real-property-tax-service-agency/

DanSwift wrote:Town of Corinth 59.-1-35 is the tax parcel saratoga county real property tax service has a map viewer saratogacounty.gov/departme…

Thanks Dan... could you also provide GPS coordinates for the cliff or some link on a google map or bing map? I looked over the area but couldn't find the cliff.

DanSwift wrote:Town of Corinth 59.-1-35 is the tax parcel saratoga county real property tax service has a map viewer saratogacounty.gov/departme…

That Tax Lot is on West Mountain Road... not Mosher Road. Can you or someone familiar with the cliffs location please advise?

Is this the main cliff binged.it/1F4gxHK (43.265343, -73.861640)?

And the reason I am asking is I volunteer as one of the Access Fund's regional coordinators and I'm attempting to gather and verify information. Thanks.

It is inside the Blue Line...any chance the state might add it to its holdings? I doubt it's a priority parcel and I don't know that they'd pay $1100/acre for it, but just a thought...

Yes that is the main cliff band.
West mountain road is the new name the road. old local name of mosher road I am apologize if there was confusion. The tax department uses county route 10.
To answer the question of the state I would like that to happen once in the states hands it takes an amendment to the state constitution to be sold. The other option if it is not a priority piece is the nature conservancy. The property does adjoin other state parcels on the mountain.

The Nature Conservancy are pretty anti-climbing, aren't they, almost as bad as the Audubon?

The Nature Conservancy is very anti climbing. If they purchased the parcel, climbing definitely won't be permitted

I was unaware of their anti climbing ways. Thanks for the heads up

I wonder if the Access fund has ever engaged the Nature Conservancy about their anti-climbing policy and if anything could be done about it. If people had a little sense and didn't turn some crags into ghettos we might have a better chance.

BigA wrote:The Nature Conservancy is very anti climbing. If they purchased the parcel, climbing definitely won't be permitted

Most definitely... They hold some great climbing areas around here and climbing is def not allowed, only walking. They get properties to conserve the entire portion to the fullest extent possible, not work with user groups to mitigate impacts and allow continued use of an area.

Mark - I asked around a little bit about your question... here is the response. I don't think its originator would have issue with me quoting this...

"The problem with that question is that its only true for certain local/regional TNC offices and false for other TNC offices. So when it comes down to it, it should be "have local climbers engaged their local TNC office about their anti-climbing policy"? It needs to be a bottom-up grassroots approach of relationship building, instead of a top-down national TNC office approach."