| Type: | Trad, 100 ft (30 m), 2 pitches |
| GPS: | 41.76344, -74.15663 |
| FA: | John Stannard 1969 |
| Page Views: | 1,055 total · 17/month |
| Shared By: | bob bickford on Feb 14, 2021 |
| Admins: | Morgan Patterson, M Santisi, chris vultaggio |
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If you want to legally climb at Sky Top, you have to be guided. Alpine Endeavors is contracted by the Mountain House to be the only guide service legally allowed to guide at Sky Top. This might seem completely unfair, but it's their sandbox - so, it's their rules. See mohonk.com/activities/overn… and mohonkmountainguides.com/ for more information.
Security patrols are in place to to prevent unauthorized access to the area. There will also be other methods used to confirm and prevent unauthorized access.
Regardless, this is a huge step in the uphill battle to win public climbing access back.
Security patrols are in place to to prevent unauthorized access to the area. There will also be other methods used to confirm and prevent unauthorized access.
Regardless, this is a huge step in the uphill battle to win public climbing access back.
Description
Route description taken from Todd Swain's 1986 guidebook " The Gunks Guide "
Climb the Crack through a roof (Crux) 30 ft downhill and right of the Crevice, then continue up an overhanging crack past a hang, then angle right to a belay on Overhanging Overhang.( an adjacent 5.5 route) Move back left and climb the steep face to the summit.



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