Trail Closures

Trail NameClosure Information
GeneralSpring turkey hunting season (May 1 – 31), Shooting hours are from 1/2-hour before sunrise to noon
Early Antlerless (Sept 9 -17), limited WMUs in northern WNY and Finger Lakes.
Fall hunting season (Oct 1 – Jan 1)
Affects State Forests, State Parks, MUAs, & WMAs.
W8 Devil’s Hole & Whirlpool State Parks & U7 “Western Omelette” UltraAs of October 24, 2023, a portion of Trail 6/Devil’s Hole Trail between the Devil’s Hole Stairs and Whirlpool Stairs is closed.
U2 “Breakfast for Dinner”A magic carpet ski lift has been installed across the trail.  A new route has been flagged around this new lift. See https://fingerlakestrail.org/plan-hikes-finger-lakes-trail/trail-conditions/?sortBy=date&archive=new
U4 “Belgium Waffles” UltraLogging reported between Willsie Rd and Snake Forest Rd
U5 “Huevos Rancheros” UltraClosure at Harris Hollow Rd and the junction before Harris Hill Rd.
Closure on U5 “Huevos Rancheros” Ultra

Challenge Packet Version History

Current version: 1.2

Version History
1.2 – Updated location of landmark for W5 Chautauqua Gorge
1.1 – Updated map and description for E11 Letchworth FLT adding clarity to mileage and starting point.

Clean-up & Trail Maintenance Events

DateTimeLocation/EventOrganizationLink
9/99:30a-12pMill Road ParkWNY PRISMhttps://form.jotform.com/wnyprism8/volunteer

Partner Events

DateTimeLocation/EventOrganizationLink
Buffalo Audubon Public EventsBuffalo Audubonhttps://www.buffaloaudubon.org/for-the-public.html
BN Waterkeeper Public EventBuffalo Niagara Waterkeeperhttps://bnwaterkeeper.org/events/list/
Earth Spirit Public EventsEarth Spirithttps://earthspiritedu.org/events-2/
Reinstein Woods Public EventsReinstein Woods Nature Preservehttps://reinsteinwoods.org/events/
Tifft Nature Preserve Public EventsTifft Nature Preservehttps://www.tifft.org/events/
WNY Land Conservancy Public EventsWNYLChttps://www.wnylc.org/events

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