Wolf Pond Leanto?

Sinite · 10-28-2016, 01:41 PM

Anybody know if the Wolf Pond leanto is finished yet? Thinking of heading to Boreas Ponds or Wolf this weekend. The leanto might be a deciding factor given the weather forecast.

stripperguy · 10-28-2016, 04:59 PM

I saw that were plans to erect a lean to there, in the Unit Management Plan.
That was quite a few years ago...
I'm wondering too!!

DuctTape · 10-28-2016, 06:52 PM

Soon. Very soon.

Sinite · 10-28-2016, 06:56 PM

Thanks!

Wldrns · 10-28-2016, 07:19 PM

the leanto materials are scheduled to be worked on this coming weekend.

stripperguy · 10-28-2016, 08:26 PM

I just located and reread that UMP...
Does anyone know if the trail will be option #1, #2 or #3?
And is the proposed lean to site the actual site?
That private inholding currently uses the shoreline as their own private property.
I suppose that will need to change when that activity becomes more obvious???

Justin · 10-30-2016, 02:42 PM

Another lean-to within a couple miles walk for people to over use & abuse...Awesome!

Neil · 10-30-2016, 03:40 PM

I just found out that once the road is open all the way to Boreas Ponds they will construct a series of LT's around the shore.

Good to know there's beer available now right off Exit 29.

Justin · 10-30-2016, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil

I just found out that once the road is open all the way to Boreas Ponds they will construct a series of LT's around the shore.

They sure do love those lean-tos!

dundee · 10-30-2016, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin

Another lean-to within a couple miles walk for people to over use & abuse...Awesome!

Yes! There is no working gray matter in Albany. I have nothing against a lean-to per se, but we can't take care of the ones we have now and even the adopters aren't picking up the trash.

Tabe · 10-30-2016, 08:02 PM

We went into Wolf Pond twice last Fall and the trail was only half done with the rest flagged.There was a couple of lumber dumps along the way for bridges over little drainages and a big pile at the leanto site.Anybody know if the trail is completed?

DSettahr · 11-02-2016, 02:17 PM

Yeah, I was also a bit surprised a few years ago when I heard about the plans for the Wolf Pond Lean-to. It does seem very close to the road... and I've witnessed countless times the capacity for easily accessible lean-tos to cause problems. I love lean-tos (I've stayed in 201 of them and counting in NY State) but it does seem like a number of them aren't in the best locations to prevent adverse impacts (or depreciative behaviors).

At least with the Cheney Pond Lean-to you have to paddle to reach it. The added logistics of making this happen likely encourages increased respect for the shelter and the surrounding area.

Justin · 11-04-2016, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DSettahr

...At least with the Cheney Pond Lean-to you have to paddle to reach it.

You can always swim, or take the unmarked herd path.

10-28-2016, 07:19 PM	#5
Wldrns Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,581	the leanto materials are scheduled to be worked on this coming weekend. __________________ "Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman

10-28-2016, 08:26 PM	#6
stripperguy Hangin' by a thread Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 3,418	I just located and reread that UMP... Does anyone know if the trail will be option #1, #2 or #3? And is the proposed lean to site the actual site? That private inholding currently uses the shoreline as their own private property. I suppose that will need to change when that activity becomes more obvious??? __________________ Stripperguy's Photos (sort of)

10-30-2016, 03:40 PM	#8
Neil Kayak-46 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,832	I just found out that once the road is open all the way to Boreas Ponds they will construct a series of LT's around the shore. Good to know there's beer available now right off Exit 29. __________________ The best, the most successful adventurer, is the one having the most fun.

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10-28-2016, 01:41 PM	#1
Sinite Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: VT Posts: 54	Wolf Pond Leanto? Anybody know if the Wolf Pond leanto is finished yet? Thinking of heading to Boreas Ponds or Wolf this weekend. The leanto might be a deciding factor given the weather forecast.

10-28-2016, 04:59 PM	#2
stripperguy Hangin' by a thread Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Schenectady, NY Posts: 3,418	I saw that were plans to erect a lean to there, in the Unit Management Plan. That was quite a few years ago... I'm wondering too!! __________________ Stripperguy's Photos (sort of)

10-28-2016, 06:52 PM	#3
DuctTape Out of Shape Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,696	Soon. Very soon. __________________ "There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service My trail journal: DuctTape's Journal

10-28-2016, 06:56 PM	#4
Sinite Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: VT Posts: 54	Thanks!

10-30-2016, 02:42 PM	#7
Justin Moving along Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,615	Another lean-to within a couple miles walk for people to over use & abuse...Awesome!

10-30-2016, 08:02 PM	#11
Tabe Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Queensbury Posts: 117	We went into Wolf Pond twice last Fall and the trail was only half done with the rest flagged.There was a couple of lumber dumps along the way for bridges over little drainages and a big pile at the leanto site.Anybody know if the trail is completed?

11-02-2016, 02:17 PM	#12
DSettahr ɹǝqɯǝɯ Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,363	Yeah, I was also a bit surprised a few years ago when I heard about the plans for the Wolf Pond Lean-to. It does seem very close to the road... and I've witnessed countless times the capacity for easily accessible lean-tos to cause problems. I love lean-tos (I've stayed in 201 of them and counting in NY State) but it does seem like a number of them aren't in the best locations to prevent adverse impacts (or depreciative behaviors). At least with the Cheney Pond Lean-to you have to paddle to reach it. The added logistics of making this happen likely encourages increased respect for the shelter and the surrounding area.

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