Recent content by Daniel Eagan

I think they're Korean. Generally very friendly. We usually run into them near lean-tos. On Schunemunk one group had this little wood-fueled stove for cooking lunch and brewing tea. There are several much less crowded trails. For instance, if we start at Kakiat County Park and loop around Pine...

There are toilets available on Bear Mountain summit, at Lake Tiorata, Lake Welch, Anthony Wayne parking lot, Bear Mountain Inn, and other places. Granted it's not convenient for lean-tos, but as Mr. Swanson notes the state is not interested in anything more.

Great conditions at North Hero, a few high, filtering clouds but the sun was always present. Most of the eclipse matched those I've seen before: some darkening like dusk, or clouds before a storm. The totality was unreal. The last few seconds before totality, darkness dropped like a curtain...

I like that mountain. We park on Hopper Road past the Haley Farm, go up Money Brook, Mts. Prospect, Williams, and Fitch, over to Greylock, down to Stony Ledge, and then out to the farm. My favorite route starts at the Notch Road gate, up Bernard Farm Trail to the AT, over to Greylock, and then...

From my friends' reports, very little if any ice. Mud not really a problem in Harriman, most of the trails are rock. Don't know about whether roads are open, we arrive by bus or train. Bears are there, I've seen about a half-dozen over the years. Not really habituated to lean-tos in my...

Just saw this thread. I've gone that way to the hut, up to Carter Dome, and down Rainbow. A wonderful trail, ferns and beeches, quiet, remote. Down low it was so wet I took my boots off for stretches.

There is a detailed description on the Adirondack Mountain News facebook page, but I can't figure out how to post the link. Basically the woman was an experienced hiker on her third round of the ADK 46, she had all the equipment she needed to survive, and she hiked out with her responders. I've...

Will be biking to some viewpoint on North Hero. Will probably be cloudy.

Do the Anthony Wayne Recreation Center and Bear Mountain lots remain open in winter?

Infuriates me to see trail widening for no reason other than runners want to avoid rocks. Throughout Hudson Highlands and Harriman, runners go around rocks, ignoring the marked trail so they can tear up vegetation and erode dirt. Appreciate the work you're doing but it feels like a losing battle.

NY state has closed portions of Breakneck Ridge to protect rattlesnake habitat. I've only seen one there but it was big.

My wife and I have hiked Schunnemunk for over twenty-five years and it's never let us down. In Harriman we like the Dunderberg Mt.–Timp Torne loop that starts at a parking lot on Rte. 9, just north of the big ship anchors. Go right on the Ramapo–Dunderberg trail over to Bald Mt. and then over...

Don't forget to grab Mendon and Pico for your other lists.

We did Fort and the Brothers and then came down Coe. It started to rain, which made the slide tricky.

ditto