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Crane Mountain Cascade

Directions

Take Exit 23 from I-87 and go west to US 9 in Warrensburg.  Take a right on US9 and go 0.8 mile, where you should turn left on NY418.  This road will become CR2 and will end at a "T" just after crossing the Hudson River.  Take a left and then a quick right and you will be on Athol Road/CR13.  In a little over 3 miles, bear left on the Valley Road/CR36.  Continue until coming to the Garnet Lake Rd S on your left.  In one mile you will come to a dirt road on your right (Ski Hi Road).  Two miles down this, you will find the trailhead.

County: Warren
Town: Johnsburg
USGS Map: Johnsburg
Waterway: Crane Mountain Pond outlet
Latitude: N 43o 33' 01"
Longitude: W 73o 58' 30"
Drop: NA
Type: NA
Region: Off US 9 northwest of Warrensburg
Parking: Roadside
Trail type: Dirt
Length of hike: 1.3 mile
Difficulty: Moderate
Accessibility: Public
Name: Unnamed

Johnsburg Quadrangle

We have now been to this location, at least the trailhead, but didn't get all the way in to the waterfall.  When we were there in May 2013, it had been raining for several days and the area was extremely wet.  Even parts of the road in the area where you park was covered with water, and it was raining quite heavily when we were there.  Between the weather, the distance in, and because it was late in the day and we have several others in that area to locate, we opted to abort this one and plan a return trip.

We found the roads in this area somewhat confusing.  When we were on the Ski Hi Road, for example, there was one sign that called it the Sky Hi Road.  To complicate things even more, mapquest.com calls it Sky High Road.  Garnet Lake Rd S became Garnet Lake Rd, then Garnet Lake Rd N and back to Garnet Lake Rd without warning.  Also, there were a couple of intersections on this one where you needed to turn to stay on the same road!

It is our understanding that once on the trail, go straight along the old farm road.  You will be going northwest.  Do not go right toward Crane Mountain.  In about 0.8 miles, the trail will fork where you should bear right.  You will come to Crane Mountain Pond where you will find the waterfall at the outlet of the pond.

On September 26, 2019, we received this account from Adam Pearsall ...

"There are actually a few waterfalls on Crane, buy only one that runs (mostly) year round, which as you note is the outlet from the pond.  There are waterfalls to the north (between Northwest (Bates) ridge and Northeast ridge), east (a few small falls to the east of the pond) and south that run primarily in spring, though may also run after a good rainstorm when the ground is saturated.

"The "blue trail" (blue markers) up from Putnam Junction or down from the pond parallels the course of the water.  Please note that a good portion of the lower trail is on private property.

"To reach that section of trail:
-From Ski Hi Road parking lot head North along the old tote road towards Putnam Junction
-At the "Stop" barrier follow the rail to the right up the mountain

"As you get higher up the mountain you get closer to the course of the water.  Once you are 2/3 of the way up or so you are on state land.  The trail crosses the water not far from the pond; it can be slippery at times."

If anyone else has any information on this waterfall or pictures of it, we would like to hear from you.

Shelving Rock Brook empties into Lake George.  The water from this then flows through La Chute into Lake Champlain.  The flow then goes north through Canada on the Richelieu River and empties into the St. Lawrence River.

Last update:  September 30, 2019

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