NoticeHigh Peaks
The Calamity Brook Trail crossing at the High-Water Bridge, over Calamity Brook
Source: NYS DEC · last updated 16 hours ago
A roughly twelve-and-a-half-kilometer trail maintained by the NYSDEC, this route threads through a notable corridor of the High Peaks region, linking a series of backcountry waypoints that include the Calamity and Crossover junction, Flowed Lands, and Colden Dam. Navigation follows an unusual sequence of blazes—red disks to the first junction, blue through the middle section to Flowed Lands, then red again for the final approach to the dam. The shifting colors mark transitions in the landscape and administrative boundaries, though the trail itself is reported to follow Calamity Brook for much of its length.
Source: NYS DEC · last updated 16 hours ago
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