Recent content by banjolady

This is very sad. We come up usually for a week in July and we've been coming up for the last 17 years. Recently what we've been doing is staying at a motor court with cottages and cooking our own food since about 2020 when everything was closed. I really like the pizza in twin Mountain I forgot...

how large was the dog? i used to carry a puppy but now. impossible

wondering about swimming with dogs in north south lake in catskills and at heart lake in ADKS. our favorite summer thing to do is hike and then swim. obviously places with lifeguards and roped in areas are not appropriate. looking for places with nice rock outcroppings in the sun that are not...

did anyone find out about the microspikes in carry on? going to colorado tomorrow--not sure if i will need them or not-not a hiking trip but hope to do a dayhike in denver area...

sawyer river rd? anyone know if sawyer river road is open yet? wanted to try to do carrigain next week but dont want to do the road walk--thanks

downstate here in harriman park there is NO HUNTING ALLOWED EVER. however we do see hunters every so often on the woods roads in the southeastern section of the park near 202, and in the southern part of the park south of where the HTS meets the 7hills trail close to the park boundary.

the reality is that the NY budget for parks is dwindling each year. it is unfortunate but one of the bright spots is that there are fewer rangers around in harriman to enforce ridiculous rules such as those relating to off trail hiking, swimming, and dogs. of course if a dog misbehaves and...

i love russell pond for real swimming. water is very warm for the whites. steve smith's book "ponds and lakes of the white mts" has lots of good recommendations. it depends whether you want to dunk in a pool to get cool or really swim. i personally like to swim about 1/2 mile or more per day...

loved the cadets -they were very sweet and polite..called me "ma'am" and all...thought it was rather amusing that they were given a rather sketchy map and were supposed to navigate by using their maps and compasses in an area which is totally full of blazed trails. some got totally lost and i...

yes, skanatati or white bar are good. kanawauke would req road walking or bushwacking to get to any packed down trails. well, weather is warming and these issues might be moot in a few days...hope u had a good hike anyway

hi--yes i am local to harriman-im there almost every day. 106 is plowed but as of last week the RD parking lot was not plowed. however the white bar trailhead parking was plowed, there were a bunch of cars there when i drove by on sunday. skanatati is plowed as well. depending on whether u want...

harriman is gorgeous, 50k acres and hundreds of miles of trails. i hike there almost every day, so you can PM me if you want to join our hiking group and do some fun stuff there. unfortunately march kindof sucks as the snow melts and the bare ground is there and no green yet, but if we still...

just got hillsounds and used them once--there is lots of oxidation on them already--i love them on general principles but am worried they will rust out completely. i left them in the car overnite but i also did this w the kahtoola microspikes and they had no problem....

hi i am planning on being in twin mt NH starting tonight thru next thurs. hiking every day with my dogs eva and theo at a very moderate pace. might try to do a lincoln-lafayette traverse and a caps ridge jefferson hike in the next 2-3 days, or a hike up baldfaces via slippry brook (less steep...

am coming up to NH for a hut traverse in july with my 18 yr old cousin Natasha. we will be staying at highland center on sun july 11 and would like to get to appalachia trailhead in gorham mon jul 12. hiker shuttle does not get there till 1045 which is a bit of late start for us. do you know of...