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Anyone have info on trail conditions this week in the Catskills? How much snow is there? Going for Wittenberg and Cornell tomorrow and wonder if we will need the snowshoes after last week's rains.

Climbed Wright on Friday, Oct 25. We could see from I-87 that there was snow on the high peaks. We anticipated a little snow but got a little more. Trails down low had a dusting to an inch and were mixed snow, mud, water. Amount of snow increased gradually as we climbed, and we soon also...

Is anyone thinking about climbing Cliff in winter from the Flowed Lands side? I did that years ago by following a track I read about on VFTT, and I would like to do it again, but not solo. I was hoping someone who knows that route was planning to go this winter so I could join the climb...

On 9/27, three of us followed the weather report and headed for the views on these great peaks. Forecast was for 70 deg. & sunny in the high peaks region. Not to be. Driving north on I-87, clouds loomed to the north, though we thought that the sun would burn them off. Nope. It was cloudy all the...

Four of us got on the trail a few minutes after 7 am under overcast skies. Temps were pretty cool and one of us wore gloves and a hat. Temps varied during the day with elevation and wind but it was mostly cool ( 60 or less) all day. Happily, it didnt rain while we were hiking and the ceiling was...

Can anyone refer me to information about the hanta virus incident from last year in the High Peaks? I never saw any follow up stories etc and wold like to know what else happened: Was there any field research at the lean-to area where the virus was contracted? What do the public health people...

After the snow on Memorial Day weekend, I'm worried about a planned hike to Redfield on Saturday. Anyone know the general trail conditions in the high peaks area??

Group of 5 followed a faint track along the Fisherman's Path and up the ridge to Lone. The track was exactly on my compass bearing, so we stayed with it, right to the canister. Over to Rocky following a more definite track, but one which was pretty convoluted, though it did lead eventually to...

We have a small group of hikers trying for Lone & Rocky in the Catskills on 3/9. We would be happy to have a few more experienced hikers join us for this (mostly) bushwhack. We anticipate leaving from the Denning parking area and taking the Fisherman's Path up the Neversink till just beyond...

The weather forecast had us worried that we would be rained on, but there was no rain (or snow). Ran into a 3500 Ft Club group at the parking area. We cut off the old woods road before they did and traversed up the rt side of the ridge. We were resting near the crest of the ridge when they came...

There was not nearly as much snow from the big storm on this route as there was in the Hudson Valley. About 4-6 inches of powder over not much else, especially in the lower elevations. Three of us barebooted and then used microspikes on the Biscuit Brook Trail, following a hiker who used...

Used microspikes (essential) all the way, though could have used crampons on the upper mts. Snowshoes would have been superfluous. Trail surface ranged from just a dusting of fresh powder low down to powder over a foot or more of very hard snow at higher elevations. There was some thin ice over...

Anyone have any tips on finding the canister on Friday Mt summit in it's new location??

Wondering about hiking conditions in the Catskills: Anyone been in to Table/Peekamoose from the Denning trailhead lately? Is the Neversink crossable? Also, anyone been up Doubletop from Seager? Are the streams crossable? How's the climb up the ridge? Could someone please send me the phone number...

I have noticed that there are far fewer NY trail conditions posted on VFTT than there used to be, compared with the sane for NH. Anyone have an explanation for that? :confused: I know there are still lots of people hiking NY trails (likely more than ever!) but if you compare the NY and NH trail...

What is the mileage and elevation gain for the Santanoni Range? I have seen posts saying it is 14.5, 15.5, 17 and 18 miles. Anyone have an accurate take on that. What about the elevation gains? I realize the distances are a little different for the two different routes up Santanoni ("Express"...

Some friends and I are thinking of climbing East/Grace Memorial Day weekend. We plan to take the herd path/bushwack and climb the slide. Does anyone know if the floods of last year radically altered this route? Anything we should be on the lookout for?

I am looking for good trail descriptions of the Chic Choc Mountains on the Gaspe' peninsula in Quebec, expecially for the three 4000' mts (Mt Jacque Cartier, Mt de la Passe and Mt Comte). Google searches mostly turn up short descriptions of hiking the first one. Are there trails up the other two...

Anyone with additional info on conditions in the Catskills,especialy from hiking today (after the temps dropped!)? I am thinking about going out tomorrow to climb one of the high peaks (havent decided which one). There was a post about it being slushy a few days ago on Rusk, but things must have...

Looking for hiking companion(s) for a trip to Baxter State Park in early Aug. I hope to climb Baxter, Hamlin and No. Brother (maybe go to Fort as well). No reservation yet but plan to stay/hike on weekdays. Will make reservations when the dates are set and will try BSP first. Should arrive in...