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Bushwhacking Southwest Hunter via Fenwick Railroad Grade

Sunday, September 8, 2024 18:07

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Southwest Hunter, often referred to as Leavitt Peak, is one of the Catskill 3500 peaks. It stands at an elevation of 3,740 feet. Unlike nearby Hunter Mountain, which is the second-highest in the Catskills, Southwest Hunter is much less frequently visited. The peak is densely forested, offering no views compared to Hunter Mountain next door with its many views and Fire Tower.

For our trip we began in Lanesville, on the southern side of Stony Clove Notch and climbed up Myrtle Creek to the ruins of the old Fenwick Lumber Company mill. From there we followed the former cable railroad grade from the mill, to the notch between Southwest Hunter and Hunter Mountain, where the Devil’s Acre Lean-to now sits and where the old Fenwick Lumber Camp used to be. From Devil’s Acre Lean-to we followed the Devil’s Path to the herd path to the summit of Southwest Hunter. On the return we hiked down the Devil’s Path to Stony Clove Notch and then down Route 214 to our vehicles at Notch Inn Road.

The Fenwick Lumber Railroad was a short-lived logging railroad that operated on Hunter Mountain and Southwest Hunter in the early 20th century. It was built to support the Fenwick Lumber Company, which harvested timber in the dense forests of the two mountain tops. The railroad up the Myrtle Brook drainage was used to lower logs from the logging camp in the Devil’s Acre area – which was a collection point of small narrow gauge railroads that harvested timber across the two mountains. After being brought down to the mill in Lanesville, the lumber was then loaded on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad that passed through Lanesville and Stony Clove and took the wood south to markets.

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