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Hunter Mountain Fire Tower Challenge

ByHiking Biking Trails February 20, 2022October 4, 2022

One of the Catskills fire tower challenges that I wanted to delay doing was Hunter Mountain fire tower. In the summer when we did it, I was sweating, huffing and puffing and remember miles of uphill trail. Perhaps in the summer it seems worse that it is because of the mosquitos and heat. This time…

Fire Tower Challenge

Catskills Fire Tower Challenge to Overlook Mountain

ByHiking Biking Trails February 16, 2022May 15, 2022

When we first did the Catskills fire tower challenge we completed it in two days. There were 5 fire towers on the list but a new one has been added recently, the Upper Esopus. So while there are six fire tower challenges in the Catskills, our Peakquest scratch off only includes five. Since we never…