Popular Ulster County Carriage Trail Closed Until Further Notice

Popular Trail Within Minnewaska State Park Preserve Closed

In a statement posted to the Minnewaska State Park Preserve website, The Lake Awosting Carriage Road will be closed until further notice.

The statement goes on to say it is closed "to all users seven days a week, from March 2025 until further notice."

So why is the trail closed? Parks staff explains on the website it's for the safety of visitors/hikers" as contractor work poses a potential danger to visitors."

The Lower Awosting Carriage road is going to be used for transporting materials and is the "designated access for construction equipment." However, the northern section of Lake Awosting Carriage Road will be open during the on going construction project.

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According to the announcement, there will be no access TO AND FROM the following trails and paths:

Spruce Glen Footpath
Scenic Trail Footpath
West side of Lake Awosting Carriage Road from Castle Point to Smile Carriage Road.

Winter Closures At Minnewaska

Throughout the winter months other trails are closed within Minnewaska including Gertrude's Nose, Millbrook Mountain and Story Kill Footpaths.

The aforementioned trails reopened on March 8th, 2025. As we still navigate through the Hudson Valley cold weather, Minnewaska warns that there is still ice on the trail.

A statement recommends all visitors bring the appropriate footwear and use "microspikes or other traction devices and use caution when hiking in the park preserve while icy conditions persist. Sneakers are not recommended."

Then, later this Spring the Ice Caves trail will reopen.

Awosting Falls Featured in Latest Season of Popular TV Show

If you haven't watched yet, Severance on Apple TV+ is one of the most popular shows in the last 3 years.

Season 2 of Severance has become the most streamed show on Apple TV+ with 557 million minutes watched.

For those who have watched some of those minutes, you probably caught Awosting Falls during a recent episode.

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Looks familiar right? We'll keep an eye out for any more Awosting Falls sightings for the rest of the season.

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