Harriman - Bear Mountain State Park - Twin Forts Trail adopted
h. Twin Forts Trail. Pete Heckler noted that the
Conference, together with the park, has constructed a new trail linking FortClinton
in Bear MountainState
Park with FortMontgomery, including a
new 110-foot pedestrian suspension bridge over Popolopen Creek. He stated that
the trail is currently unblazed, and that the park has not yet determined
whether this trail, unofficially known as the Twin Forts Trail, should be
designated as a separate trail or be incorporated as an extension of the 1777
Trail. He proposed that, in any event, the Trails Council agree to adopt this
trail. In response to a question by Gary Haugland, who pointed out that the
trail was constructed in great haste to meet a political deadline, Larry Wheelock stated that the sections of the Twin
Forts Trail constructed by the Trail Conference were built to high standards,
but some portions built by the park were not well constructed. Pete Heckler
noted that the Conference has submitted a grant proposal for funding to improve
the Twin Forts Trail and to construct a new footbridge over Popolopen Creek at
a trail crossing where a previous footbridge had been washed out. After
discussion, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the Twin Forts
Trail be adopted by the Conference.
