As of March 28, 2020, trails are open during daylight hours, seven days a week, to local residents only. Police are pulling over cars outside the area to find out where they are going. Our local hospitals are at capacity, and turning away people who live outside the area. If you hike with others, make sure that they are within the same household. If you encounter others on the trail stay 6' or more apart. Move off the trail to let others hike past you. If you do not feel healthy, stay home!
Many of our local Rangers have been reassigned to helping with the Coronavirus. So, people who get themselves into trouble can expect a longer reaction time. Most local hikers have been staying off the higher peaks and difficult bushwhacks.
Hopefully in a month or two things will return to normal, so everyone can enjoy the Catskill Mountains. Everyone needs to be safe, and stay healthy.
