Haystack Set For Mountain Climbers

A memorandum of understanding between the county and the Western Maryland Climbing Coalition was approved at Thursday’s Allegany County Commission meeting. The group initially wanted to organize climbing expeditions on the Lovers Leap side of the Narrows, but issues concerning the new state park redirected them to Haystack Mountain. County Economic Development Director Jeff Barclay said the memorandum is a start…

 

 

“Giving them access. They’ll come up with some plans that would have to be approved obviously by everybody. This isn’t really giving the public access at this point, but it’s just outlining terms with the mountain climbing organization.”