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Is there a need for me to carry any micro spikes in the higher peaks in the Presidential range? I know the weather isn't going to be that good,so I have all the proper gear,but if I don't have to carry the spikes that would be a good heads up. Thanks In advance.Coming up from the Catskills.

This will be my first time to the White Mountains in 44 years. I only have been up Mt. Washington by car on my way back From climbing Mt.Katahdin in Maine in 1973. I am leaving the Catskills early in the morning Thursday and hope to climb Mt. Moosilauke from rt.112 via the Beaver Brook trail...

Entire Devil's Path with a side trip to Leavitt 26 miles almost 9000 ' vertical 4-30 Today, 12:14 PM We picked a great day to do this hike. We met John and Charlie at Notch lake early in the a.m.. I rode with Rob and Linda to Notch lake where we also met Nick.We started the hike at Prediger rd...

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[ Yesterday, 05:16 PM Left early in the morning from the Catskills on Friday and climbed Dix from rt. 73. I don't get up to the Adirondacks as much as I would like to lately because of a busy schedule.I finished the 46 in 2001,and over the years climbed some of the more popular ones before...

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I got up at 3:00 A.M. and picked up my friend Linda in Woodstock,and made the trip to the Loj. It was a little foggy in the morning ,but soon the sun made it's way out. The trails are in good shape and dry for the most part ,because of the lack of rain. That will change today I am sure.This was...

"I had been thinking about some interesting traverses along routes that I had traveled,but missed some sections in the middle.I had never hiked down to Warner Creek,and I had never climbed Silver Hollow mountain from the south. I had hiked it 4 times from the north.So,I thought that the proper...

Had the pleasure again to hike the new trail from outside of Phoenicia on Lane st.to the summit of Wittenberg mt. and back. It's about 21 miles round trip. A big thanks to the people that did the layout and constructed this trail.It traverses a beautiful diversity of land ,and ridges.This is my...

The route that we took started out from the end of Moon Haw rd.. The old Vanbenschoten trail rt. was named after the caretaker of the Moon Haw hunting lodge from the 1920's. Not many people use it anymore and it can be difficult to follow. It is one of the steepest trails in the Catskills on the...

Saturday did not look like a perfect day to hike,but my friend Linda was flying in from London on a late day flight and was looking to hike in the Catskills after a hectic work week. She told me that she was stuck in a 4 hr. traffic jam coming up from J.F.K. also.Once back in the peaceful...

I decided to take a quick hike up Friday and Balsam Cap today . Maddy had to work,but my friend Linda was up for going. She had climbed both mountains 2 x and no views were to had. One day it was foggy and one day we climbed them in a snow storm.Today was a good day ,we jumped a few bears on the...

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Thanks in advance for any help.I am planning on hiking the Presidentail Range in 1 day in the next few weeks with a friend.I will arrive the day before and would probably take a short hike,spend the night and hike the range the next day with a friend from Vermont who is very familiar with the...

It was a great day to be out hiking some more Catskill 3500' mountains with our friend Linda.She had hiked many of the 35 years ago,but has started fresh again with her list.12/39 in the last few weeks.I hadn't been up Big Hollow since the big storms from last Aug.. Most of the bridge and road...

Alan Via was going to be at the Winter Clove Inn for a presentation of his new book The Catskill 67 and Maddy and I did not want to miss it. We got there early Sat.and met Mikie who is familiar with the area. He took us on a scenic hike around the Winter Clove resort where we checked out the...