I went back up Buck Mountain, in Fort Ann NY today for a general hike and to see if I could find the Leaf Letterbox, that my son and I were unable to find this past May. I found it! It was exactly where the clues said it was, except you have to pay a little more attention to the landmarks and less to the pacing. One treat was I found a Hitchhiker there that was launched 2003! The logbook had many beautiful stamps in it and was wonderful to look for. I will hold on to the HH for the winter as there are not many boxers out there now and I want to get it into an active box so others will move it along.
The trip up Buck Mt was fairly good some icy spots and I went down in a stream and got wet, but it wasn't too bad. About 1.5 miles from the Katskill Bay trailhead the DEC has rerouted the trail to the summit due to erosion. I think that the new trail will be just as bad in 5 years as the DEC only cleared the trail thread but there are spots that need to be stabilized.
Here is a Late Fall view from Buck Mt.
