Folks,

This does not give climbers "carte-blanche" to go out and climb and or boulder in the Park System. Until these issues are worked out it would be best if folks DO NOT boulder and or climb in the Park System, proper.

I will post back to this board the outcome of ongoing discussions w/ the Park Service. As always such meetings as they occur are open to anyone else who may want to come along.

What would be nice is if we can present to the Morris County Park
System the top three or four Parks where we would favor open access for bouldering and or climbing.

Post the areas on this board.

The use of such sites for commericial business falls under the Park Systems Regulations and are strictly prohibited,

jia

ps: any sites that are opened for bouldering and or climbing, well it will fall 110% on climbers to maintain stewardship of same. THAT MEANS: NO CLIMBERS TRASH, STAYING ON POSTED TRAILS, DO NOT REMOVE PLANTS, THIS MEANS WORKING W/ THE PARKS ON ACCESS ISSUES. NO WIRE BRUSHING, NO BOLTS, NO FIXED ANCHORS.

IT WILL ONLY TAKE 1 INCIDENT TO STOP ACCESS ALL TOGETHER.

Chalk will be an issue that has to be resolved.

direct, yesterdays, email from the Morris County Park System.

Hi John,

the Morris County Park Commission rules and regulations currently do not specifically prohibit rock climbing within the Park System. Our old rules and regulations did prohibit this activity, a few years ago the rules and fine schedules were revised by the Park Commission and rock climbing was not put in the new rules as they exist today.

However we do not promote or encourage this activity and we try to discourage people from doing it whenever possible.

We do have rules against damaging park property that might be used if they are in any way damaging park property or land.

I can tell you that the Park Commission property at Craigmeur was
posted last fall so the posters should still be visible.

Lt. William Smith, Morris County Park Police Dept.