Notice to rock climbers: the state Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed that peregrine falcons are nesting on Upper Washbowl Cliff near Chapel Pond and on the Nose on the main face of Poke-o-Moonshine Mountain. The nesting location of falcons on Moss Cliff in Wilmington Notch has not been determined.
To protect the nest sites, all climbing routes on Upper Washbowl, Moss Cliff , and Labor Day Wall and fifty-four routes on Poke-o will remain closed until further notice. Routes on Lower Washbowl and all other routes at Poke-o will reopen on Friday.
Following routes are the closed routes at Poke-o (the numbers are from the guidebook Adirondack Rock).
26 Garter
27 Varsity
28 Junior Varsity
29 The Snake
30 Roof of All Evil
31 Slime Line
32 Firing Line
33 Psychosis
34 Microwave
35 Creaking Wall
36 Blinded by Rainbows
37 Forget Bullet
38 Rattlesnake
39 Freedom Flight
40 Project
41 Remembering Youth
42 Sound System
43 Pillar
44 Autumn Flare
45 Katrina
46 Deuteronomy
47 Superstition Traverse
48 Spooks
49 The Howling
50 Salad Days
51 Climb Control To Major Bob
52 Pentecostal
53 Project
54 Verdon
55 Homecoming
56 Ukiah
57 Raindance
58 Libido
59 Snake Slide
60 Scorpion
63 Summer Break
64 Wild Blue
65 God’s Grace
66 Home Run Derby
67 Karmic Kickback
68 The FM
69 Nose Traverse
70 Sky Traverse
71 Silver Streak
72 Spectacular Rising Traverse
73 The Body Snatcher
75 The Snatch
76 Knights in Armor
77 Great Dihedral
78 Half Mile
79 Sea of Seams
80 C-Tips
81 Project
82 Mogster
