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Just got an email back from Alec Gillman, a Supervisor at the Greylock Reservation. I had emailed the DCR about any info they have on the date of the slide, and this was his reply; On Apr 21, 2009, [email protected] wrote: Tom, The 150 yard-long, 40 foot-wide...

I would ASSume that the State is going to have some kind of official "Grand Re-Opening" of it's new road, but I haven't heard anything yet. There was a crew led by the DCR clearing trails this past weekend, so the Rockwell Road to the south must be passable. Not sure about Notch Road to the...

Peck's Brook Lean to, off the Gould Trail, isn't a bad hike in. The trail head is off West Mt. Road in Adams. It's only a couple miles in, and the approach to the summit from there is easy. The Sperry campsite is also approachable from the Hopper Trail, but no matter which way you go, it's a...

Made the hike up the slide today, got sprinkled on a couple of times, otherwise, a good day to hike! So here's the scoop; it starts at 2234 feet and tops out at 2755 feet, making it a 520 foot drop. The make up of the slide is loose gravel and rocks, reminding me of the Macomb west slide in...

Yipper, definitely not there in either pic from '01! A recon hike is scheduled for next week sometime , depending on weather. The Rockwell Road is not opening until around Memorial Day, so an easy approach from the road is negated. Perhaps a hike up the Hopper Trail, with a bushwack ala Dr. Wu's...

Can/does a snow avalanche take quantities of gravel with it? Assuming the graval is frozen?

Interesting pictures Taconic! Your pictures support the info that some members of the Haley family of Williamstown gave me; that it wasn't there in '01. They thought I was talking about the older slide that came down into the Hopper from around the Robinson Point area. They had no idea this...

Hmmm, that's interesting! I remember my first thought upon reaching the base was that there wasn't as much gravel in the ruble as I had expected. Having seen larger landslides in the ADK's, and their resulting gravel/tree/mud piles, this one did seem a little sparse. Pic #8 is taken from the...

When I first started up the Hopper Trail to recon the slide, my intention was to contour across the south end of the Hopper from the Hopper Trail, trying to maintain the same elevation. I hate losing altitude, only to have to regain it again! But after being able to see through the trees how...

The pics were taken at the base of the slide, on top of a pile of rubble. One of the pictures shows the March Cataract looking through the woods from the base of the slide. It's only 150 feet away. The drainage from the slide joins the MC brook maybe 300 feet below the falls. The best closeup...

A subsequent recon hike in November does indeed bring the bottom of the slide very near the March cataract. It is only 150 feet to the north of the falls. There was too much ice on the slide to climb up it, however in the spring I will check out the top of the slide, via the Overlook Trail. By...

...... not if you continue to draw gunfire......

Jeez Adam, I'm glad you're OK! That doesn't make sense, multiple shots... at a tree? That almost sounds like it was kids, or someone not too experienced in hunting. I'll tell you what, if that was me, I wouldn't have had the guts to go looking for their car. I would of had to get to the local...

IF I do something stupid again? Does Bigfoot go doo-doo in the woods?

Adam, where were ya 4 years ago? I dropped my camera into the brook draining the Trap Dike, immediatly fished it out hoping the 5 second rule applied to electronics, and proceeded to turn it on. It was a gift from the Mrs., and I have only recently returned to her good graces :rolleyes: !

After seeing this slide from Stony Ledge last month, I decided to check it out. The last time I was on Stony in 2002, I don't remember seeing it, so I've been trying to find out the age of it. A couple of contacts told me they thought it was from the same year the larger slide on the east face...

While climbing up Greylock from Stony Ledge yesterday, I noticed a land slide on Greylock that I don't recall seeing in the past. Its on the west face, just to the north of the March Cataract Falls. Here's a picture I took; I haven't been to Stony Ledge in a couple of years, and perhaps I...

I got to tackle Greylock today, as I was supposed to have jury duty, but my pool # was told not to report! I went up the Stony Ledge Trail, which was mostly dry. The view of the summit from Stony is super, then I walked the Sperry Rd. to the Hopper Trail, and followed that to the summit. It was...

I wanted to combine a trip up Squaw Peak with a trip across Monument Mnt. range to Flag Rock. Topo doesn't show a continuous trail connecting the two points, but a bushwhack on a nice autumn day seemed ideal. After descending off of Squaw Peak, I headed down the Indian Monument Trail (easy)...

This does give me a thought; I'll call Kelly Enterprises (Jim Kelly) and find out from them who owns what, what trails exist, etc. So the Kellys nor Fairbanks own any of Brodie Mnt anymore, that's interesting. I believe James Kelly's father bought the side of Brodie Mnt. back in the 40's or...