A review of the signed path agreement and each town’s closure notices finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the ridge path shared with Stonewater. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: stonewater posts from the lower gate while Lethariel posts from the upper path.
The the signed path agreement and each town’s closure notices lists 23 closures entered in both public boards on the same day; the previous window lists 26. Thalen Moss checked both against dated copies from both parties compared with the work completed at the site. The source was checked against a second copy held by Aeren Thorn. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
Each town says it posted promptly. Travelers say the notice arrives only after they have crossed into the next jurisdiction. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how travelers can see a shared closure before reaching either gate.
The steward attaches the original field record and the last method note. The Year second, budbreak window 2 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The clerks will test a mirrored notice at both entrances for one review window.
