Trail to Allen: Lake Jimmy crossing is now managed by beavers!

[BlackSpruce]

Beavers likely flushed from higher grounds by Irene established themselves on Lake Jimmy last fall raising Lake Jimmy water level by a few feet in the process:

 

[Tom Rankin]

Beavers likely flushed from higher grounds by Irene established themselves on Lake Jimmy last fall raising Lake Jimmy water level by a few feet in the process:

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How far around is it? Bushwhack? Herd path? Alternate starting point?

Can we rent a canoe?

 

[Chip]

Have they re-routed that trail section in the Catskills where it was actually ON a beaver dam ?

 

[skiguy]

How far around is it? Bushwhack? Herd path? Alternate starting point?

Can we rent a canoe?

Bring your own. Although you would be violating hiking to and from.

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[Jay H]

An inflatable inner tube would be easier to portage and you could perhaps use it on the Allen slide. (more so than a canoe)

Jay

 

[skiguy]

So with all the high water and bridge washout of late has anyone becoming in from flowed lands to climb Allen?

 

[Tom Rankin]

So with all the high water and bridge washout of late has anyone becoming in from flowed lands to climb Allen?

Yes. http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthre...8-Dial-and-Nippletop-Mts-4-29&highlight=allen