Boreas Pond Tract

The state of New York is purchasing 69,000 acres of the former Finch Pruyn and other Nature Conservancy lands throughout the Adirondacks. Nearly 22,000 acres of this purchase is the spectacular Boreas Ponds Tract. The main attraction of this property is the scenic Boreas Ponds with amazing views of the high peaks. The Boreas Ponds Tract property borders the High Peaks Wilderness, Dix Mountain Wilderness and Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest. The property may become a popular hiking trailhead to reach the high peaks from the south.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/42077.html
http://www.cnyhiking.com/BoreasPonds.htm

Wolf Pond

Wolf Pond

A 2.3 mile trail off Boreas Road back to the scenic Wolf Pond with a lean-to on it's shoreline.

Road to Boreas opened | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Road to Boreas opened | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

NORTH HUDSON — After about a year of construction, Gulf Brook Road — which provides access to the interior of the Boreas Ponds Tract — is now open to the public. And a wide variety of users are taking advantage of it.

The state bought the Boreas Ponds Tract from the Nature Conservancy in 2016, and while the lands have been open to the public since then, Gulf Brook Road needed to be upgraded before vehicle access could be permitted. For most of last year and this summer, the road was only open on weekends, as state Department of Environmental Conservation crews worked during the week.