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Hiking Panther Mountain for Catskill 3500 Challenge
Three years ago we hiked Panther Mountain with family members on a nice June morning. We did not sign up for the Catskill 3500 Club challenge then but did talk about it with the two family members that completed it. One member was only ten years old at that time! He truly put us to…
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Hiking Slide, Cornell and Wittenberg
For a while we’ve wanted to start the Catskill 3500 and we finally did with, Slide, Cornell and Wittenberg under our belts. We started our journey at Oliverea Road where the parking lot was already starting to fill up. Some hikers just woke up from their pitched tents and were getting ready for their adventures.…
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Hiking Hackers Falls and Cliff Trail Loop
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…
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Hiking Fish Hatchery Trail from Cold Spring Road
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…
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Overlook Mountain and Echo Lake
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…
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Did you hike the Devil’s Path?
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…
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Hiking Mount Tremper Tower
Since we want our friend to complete the Catskill Fire Tower Challenge, we took her hiking Mount Tremper tower first. This is one of the easiest hikes for me since the trail is just a continuous uphill. There are no downhills and uphills that would make this problematic. This might be a little boring for…