Today we hiked Hackers Falls and Cliff Trail Loop, which is supposed to be about 3.7 miles long, according to All Trails. We managed to do a little more. We arrived at Raymondskill Falls parking lot around 9:30am, put our microspikes on and crossed the road. The last time we hiked to the falls we…
If you’ve never visited Delaware Water Gap to see Dingmans Falls and Silverthread Falls, now is the time. It has been on our list for a while, but we have never made it. We were supposed to go to Lowe’s, but someone decided just to keep driving, and before we knew it, we were in…
While driving through Forestburgh we noticed a new NYSDEC sign for Fish Hatchery Trail from Cold Spring Road. We came home, got ready and went back to check out the trail. It was 25 minutes after eleven when we started walking and the sky was grey. The Fish Hatchery trail starts behind the kiosk and…
The last Catskill Fire Tower Challenge hike we did with Kara was Overlook Mountain and Echo Lake trail. The last time we came to Overlook fire tower, it was still winter and everything was white and frozen. This time it was a rainy, fall morning. We decided we were not going to let the rain…
On Monday we completed Hunter Mountain fire tower. This time we took the blue trail instead of the red Devil’s path trail. If you’re going to hike Hunter Mountain via Becker Hollow Trail know that it is shorter but a 2,240 feet elevation gain. For two miles you just keep going up until you get…
On Thursday, we hiked Balsam Lake Fire Tower and Red Hill Fire Tower with our friend. She only has 2 more towers to complete before getting her Catskill Fire Tower Challenge patch. The first tower we did was Balsam Lake Mountain. For us, this was the third time hiking this trail and it felt the…
Have you ever hiked the Devil’s Path? This is a roughly 24 mile hike from east to west of the trail that we want to complete this year. According to AllTrails, it takes about 15 hours to complete. The starting point is up to you. You can begin or end at Prediger Road Trailhead to…
