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Just under 2.5 hours drive from NYC this morning in light traffic. Left trailhead register 7:47 am solo, pack-less but with essentials in short pockets. I wore my Flyer vest as it was in the mid 40s but to have it just in case the weather would turn, not predicted to happen. As it turned out, I...

Dry except for small, standing mud hollows: nothing deep. All streams passible. Bugs manageable. I didn't use repellent and only had a few mosquito bites.

I am considering doing the Slide, Wittenberg Cornell Loop as a trail run from CR 47 on Monday, the 6th as the day bodes well weather wise from here. My concerns are about water: crossing streams in light of the recent rain, and drinking. I want to travel light and the trail descriptions in the...

One of my brothers and I want to try a day trip from Elk Lake to Marcy via Haystack from Pather Gorge, possibly throwing in Gray and Skylight. We will take to light the prior post warning of the limited space in the Elk Lake parking lot. I understand this is an ambitious out and back /w monster...

I do a fair amount of road biking throughout the Gunks. There are places where the Catskills appear in the distance, looking north. However, I am ignorant as to what I am looking at. Is there a source that shows the profile of the Catskills from different directions so that I might ID them? Thanks

My brother Steven and I did MacNaughton/McNaughton yesterday under bluebird conditions. I use the double name as my old 46er peaks climbed printed list has it as Mac while the sign at the top has it as Mc. We entered via Upper Works, starting at 6:30 am, getting to the carin at the foot of the...

After doing these High Peak incursions over the last 39 years for me and more than that for my brother Steven, we have noticed the reversal of difficulties on trailed and trailless hikes. Trailless used to be done with a compass and map. Herd paths were not to be trusted. Now with the 46ers...

How is the season shaping up bearwise?

NY Times page B1. today, February 23, the question of the existence of NY State cougars makes the paper of record. The main point is not whether they exist but is it a sustainable population? Although, with all the sightings by respected witnesses, evidence of cat kills is lacking...