Plattekill Creek

I personally have never been to this section. A friend has asked me to put this beta up concerning new land owner put-in issues. Here is the message:

I grew up about 20 mins up the road from this amazing canyon and used it as a swimming hole for the 15 years I lived there. I remember jumping off of 10-20 foot waterfalls into clean deep pools. Last year I went back to NY for a short trip and thought I would go for a hike now that I boated. Damn I wish I had a boat. 360 fpm and almost all of that gradient is well defined falls with clean deep landings. Any way, the first D as far as anyone can tell was in 08. As of 2010 the platteclove rd. Put in as recomended by the auther is now compleatly off limits. A few squatters from saugerties ruined the parking acces for the very few people who know about this place. This is deliverence territory. For real, yes in NY and I have heard as of late the land owners of the old parking have popped a few shots off at hikers and swimmers. The best way to access this now is by parking at the bridge IMMEDIATLY up stream of the junction of West Saugerties Road and Platte Clove road. This adds a half mile to the run. To set shuttle continue upstream on Platteclove rd. And past all the no parking no trespassing sighns. Don't even think of stopping here. The road becoms narrow and steep for a few miles and there is no parking untill the top of the hill. Walk back down this steep road untill you are safely around the 800fpm section and bushwack your way to the creek. Once by the water I recomend scouting all the way down to the first bridge you come to. Don't get seen here. Go back to the boats, run some drops, don't get out at the bridge you scouted to. A quick 1/2 mile of much less gradient returns you to the second bridge and a legally parked rig. I hiked this whole section in spring 2010 in black clothes and knowing the area. I saw very few wood problems but they can happed fast and some of the drops are gorged. This makes the hike about three times as far and you essentially have to hike the whole thing now but is the best way. Sorry for the earfull, post as much or as little as you want
Thanks a bunch, Charlie.