Governor Clement Shelter

Governor Clement Shelter, originally uploaded by carteca.

It seems a plan has been worked out to save this historic shelter. The local kids would throw huge parties making it unusable by the hiking community a few nights a year. The road that goes to the shelter will be gated and locked during most of the hiking season. I am sure it will reduce the trash in the area. There was a couch and several chairs behind the shelter last year. Kids will be kids.

A shelter was built near by on private property for use by the hiking community. I heard it is a great shelter. The guy whose yard it is in is supper friendly.

Here is an article about the details.

Backpackers on the Appalachian Trail and Vermont's Long Trail who tried to spend the night at the 1929 stone-walled shelter — one of the oldest shelters on either trail — found themselves interrupted by loud parties, and confrontations were not uncommon.

The shelter developed a national reputation. Appalachian Trail and Long Trail guidebooks, hiking Web sites and organizations warned people to stay away from the shelter because of the problems. Comments in online discussion groups and among locals suggested rerouting the road and even bulldozing the shelter.