DEC warns of severe spring conditions in Adirondack and Catskill backcountry: key winter routes impassable due to washed-out bridges, thawed water crossings, and flooding; compacted snow is unreliable and leads to postholing; high water presents life-threatening hazards on stream crossings that change rapidly with weather.
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