Search results

vftt.org

Help Support vftt.org:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. D

    Last Minute Harriman State Park Beta

    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...
  2. D

    Trail From Bog Brook Rd To Wildcat D/E Col?

    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.
  3. D

    NY hiker clung to tree above Adirondack cliff after sliding hundreds of feet

    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...
  4. D

    11 days and counting - Eclipse in Northern NH - Where you going to be ?

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

    Harriman State Park Winter Parking

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

    Microspikes are wear items

    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.
  7. D

    NH Rattlesnakes Article

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

    Looking for backcountry camping opportunity near waterfalls.

    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...
  9. D

    The Vermont 4ks

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

    Mt OJI Trail Route

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

    Sleeping bag age?

    My Marmot from 1984 still works okay.
  12. D

    Kezar Ponds Gorge

    The lake itself is a wonderful place to swim.
  13. D

    Please help ID these mountains

    First photo, first range left to right: Armstrong, Gothics, (Sawteeth in bkgd), Saddleback, Basin, Haystack (Little Haystack below summmit). Next range: Colvin, Blake, Pinnacle Ridge. You can see part of Elk Lake behind Pinnacle Ridge. Back range: Dix, Hough, Macomb. Second photo: slides on...
  14. D

    Franconia Ridge Loop - sneaking a peak at the new trail work

    Sorry to disagree but I was disappointed by the New York / New Jersey Trail Conference work on Bear Mountain. Yes there are a lot of steps, unnecessary for the most part in my opinion. Their reroutes take hikers away from some of the best views on the mountain. Trails on the summit are now paved...
  15. D

    Sugarloaf to Abraham Traverse - July 9, 2023

    In the same vein, be sure to grab Hamlin after Baxter. We did Fort, Brothers and Coe clockwise, which meant descending a very slippery slide at the end of the day. Something to consider.
  16. D

    Sugarloaf to Abraham Traverse - July 9, 2023

    We did that hike from the Crocker Cirque almost twenty years ago. The plank was there then. I'd do Vermont before Baxter and the Saddlebacks to save up the better summits.
  17. D

    if you go out in the woods today . . . .

    It's an okay lake, there are nicer ones around. The good part is that you can get there by train, and there is a trail around the lake. The bad part is that apart from nearby Cat Rocks, not much for views or elevation.
  18. D

    Two Nights at Crocker Cirque Camp, Carrabassett Valley, ME - July 7-9, 2023

    I loved that campsite, my wife and stayed there while doing those same mountains. We were in our tent late at night and heard a moose walking by. It's a large enough site to get away from thru-hikers if you want. By that stage in their journey the north-bound ones can be pretty nuts.
  19. D

    Nice Weather, for Ducks ;)

    Very bad in Hudson Valley, up to 10 inches reported in West Point vicinity. Route 218 around Storm King washed away. Rail lines closed both east and west of Hudson River. I am guessing that trails around Breakneck, Beacon, Manitou, Bear Mountain, and Harriman are closed.
Top