Back in the early 2000s, my wife and I walked from Woodstock to the west portal on the RR grade. On the way back we were pretty tired and I thought, "Hey, an easy short cut would be to walk down the old stage coach road before the Palisades!" So, we gave it a shot. It was really cool at first as it gave one a really unique look at the rock wall from below. However, it wasn't long before the road began disappearing in spots from rock and dirt that had fallen on to it. Eventually, we couldn't find any trace of it at all and my wife and I did a lot of sliding (and ended up with lots of dirt in our shoes) to reach the lower level of the RR grade. Just a fun memory
Kurt