Thirteen hikers on snowshoes created a narrow path in the deep snow on the Pine Trail in the DEC Hemlock/Canadice State Forest just off Wheaton Hill Road this past Sunday.  Outfitted with an assortment of hand clippers, hand saws, loppers and other types of sharp cutting tools, Springwater Trails working under the DEC’s ANRP (Adopt a Natural Resource Program)  attacked the multiflora rose branches that invaded the trail, hand sawed and removed visable downed trees that blocked the trail, and created a packed path to a beautiful snow covered waterfall and along the gully ridge. Continue reading →