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Date of Hike: March 7, 2009 Trail Conditions: Deep, soft, and heavy snow. The warm weather has really softened the packed tracks and made for heavy work. And the unpacked open woods are just as you'd expect: soft and deep. There were many stream crossings over the Neversink and...

Sunday, March 30, 2008 Trail Conditions: Happily there was much more snow than I expected, and with the cold at night it was quite hard packed and firm. Although as the sun came up, some areas were warmed and turned to mash potatoes, but underneath was still firm. The was no blowdown to...

From the parking area at the end of Big Hollow Road, there were 4 inches or more of crusty snow on the Red trail and more on the Blue Escarpment trail. Entire way was bare bootable if so inclined, but I used MSR snowshoes once it was deep enough and I needed some extra grip, though it was a...

For the most part I'm a day-hiker, but a friend and I are planning to back pack into Lake Colden in mid-July for a few days and setup base camp, then do some day hikes to some surrounding peaks, like Colden, Algonquin and Wright, etc. We'll be lugging in large back packs with a tent, sleeping...

Has anyone been across the Neversink on the Peekamoose-Table (PT, blue) trail lately? Am hoping to head up the Fisherman's path to Lone Mtn on Friday and maybe also Table on the way out, but am curious about the conditions in the area (how much snow is left?), and particularly if the bridge is...

This past weekend myself and two friends climbed Bearpen mountain. It was a great hike. We started from the south on Johnson Hollow Road, climbed the col and turned roughly northwest at the hunter's cabin, followed the old road for a bit, then climbed the fall line up to the ridge. From there...

I hope to summit Doubletop in the near future before this wonderful snow melts but am curious which route folks recommend. The Catskill 3500 club website suggests two different routes; from Seager in the north and Frost Valley YMCA camp in the south. I'm interested in starting from Seager...