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Season Peregrine Falcon Closures MORE INFO >>> Access is limited in the spring and summer due to peregrine falcon nesting; so there are some closures. Checking with the Adirondack Climbers Coalition or the NYDEC can provide the closure status. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

James Debella cleaning the new route at the overha...

Description 

Poke-O-Moonshine has several tiers above the main face. Some of these are be accessed via a Descent Gully described in "Adirondack Rock". These small sections of cliffs can go as high as 150' or so.

Getting There 

From the climbers trail, you'll go left when you hit the main face. From here, follow a trail to a large old waterfall/gully. Follow this up loose rock to the top, continue walking straight till the next wall. This is the start of the "Second Tier". There are several Tiers. Use the book "Adirondack Rock" for more details...

The Classics

Featured Route For Poke-O-Moonshine Second Tier

Spider Biter 5.8+  NY : Adirondacks : ... : Poke-O-Moonshine Second Tie...

Fifteen feet right of Pollen Junkies is a huge corner that’s marked by a series of roofs (50 yards or so left of Black Market). Spider Biter ascends the corner left of the huge roof. Start at a high finger crack that begins in the roof just left of the giant slab. Climb the finger crack to the base of the corner. Climb the corner to the base of the first roof (double zero). An airy traverse followed by a short lay back gives way to a good (but difficult to see) foot on the arête. Climb a...[more]   Browse More Classics in NY