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I know that this might be suited for a trip report, but I really wanted to share with people here my pride for doing the traverse (multi day) after having started hiking in earnest only this year. So, just wanted to follow up on my previous posts on starting to hike in earnest earlier this...

Yesterday I hiked around Bonticou Crag (I'll hike up the crag next time I visit) and could not stop wondering how it was formed. It truly is a weird rock formation, especially for a place in the lower hudson valley. I tried looking online to find an explanation as to how and why it formed, but...

I'll keep flooding you with questions. After we complete the presi traverse, my friends want to hike in the Pemi Wilderness, but they only have two nights and three days and want to use the huts. We were originally thinking of a Pemi Loop, but it seems that it's very difficult to do a 2 night 3...

Hi...My group is doing a presi traverse starting on July 22, 2012. We were planning to do a hut to hut traverse, but huts are full. We were able to get a reservation at Lake of the Clouds on Sunday, July 22, but that was it. We wanted to do Lake to Madison on Monday, but we're not going to be...

Well, I just completed my first overnight hike. I started hiking in earnest this spring. At that time, I set a goal of doing the hut to hut presi traverse in late July. Since then, I've been hiking twice a week. Most of my hikes have been 5 to 9 miles and relatively strenuous. 900 to 1,900...

I'm preparing for an overnight hike tomorrow of the Burroughs Range Loop with a spur to Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain. The plan is to either start a the Slide Mountain Parking or Giant Ledge Parking and hike east, do the spur to Giant Ledge and Panther and then keep going to Woodland Valley...

Hi All...I've been lurking for a while and finally decided to write my first post. I started hiking in earnest this spring and I'm now in full prep mode for a 3 day presidential traverse using the huts. All of my hikes this year have been in the lower Hudson Valley. I'm planning to head up to...