Date |
Time |
Meet@ |
Leader |
Hike |
Difficulty |
Description |
Tuesday
Apr 6 |
6 pm |
YKT |
Clarke |
Cliffdale Farm |
Moderate |
Part of Teatown Reservation |
Tuesday
Apr 13 |
6 pm |
YKT |
Morgan
Zadeck |
Bald Hill (Ykt) |
Easy |
Yet another Bald Hill, this one in Yorktown. |
Tuesday
Apr 20 |
6 pm |
YKT/HAW |
Clarke |
Westmoreland Sanctuary |
Easy
~2 miles |
A nature preserve near Mt. Kisco |
Tuesday
Apr 27 |
6 pm |
YKT/HAW |
Tip |
Rockefeller State Park |
Easy |
Leader's choice. |
Tuesday
May 4 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Tip |
Manitou Ramble |
Moderate |
Down to the river and skirt its edge on a narrow shelf. |
Tuesday
May 11 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Daniels |
Popolopen Gorge |
Easy
3 miles |
Walk beside a creek instead of up a mountain. |
Tuesday
May 18 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Chong |
Diamond Mt. |
Moderate
4.2 miles |
Hike to a former fire tower site in Harriman. |
Tuesday
May 25 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Morgan |
Indian Hill |
Easy |
Hike new area near Sterling Forest. |
Tuesday
Jun 1 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Morgan |
Lemon Squeezer |
Moderate
4.4 miles |
Includes a rock scramble that kids love. |
Tuesday
Jun 8 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Cesar |
Bluebird Trail |
Strenuous
4.1 miles |
A new trail on Storm King |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Morgan |
Breakneck return via Notch |
Strenuous
4.2 miles |
The steepest hike we do with short alternate routes for those
who don't like exposure to heights. |
Tuesday
Jun 22 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Cesar |
Bear Mt via Major Welch |
Strenuous
4 miles |
Panoramic views on the way up and at the top . If the weather
is hot, much harder. |
Saturday Jun 26 |
10am |
Exit 18 NYS Thruway |
Chong |
Minnewaska |
9+ miles |
Minneswaska State Park horse trail
parking lot and head in toward Lake Awosting. from there, we will go out along the Long
Path and visit Rainbow Falls, Castle Point, and Lake Awosting. for those who want to,
there is swimming at Lake Awosting on a rock beach. |
Tuesday
Jun 29 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Daniels
Zadeck |
Ottterkill, Trestle & Jessup |
Strenuous
3.5 miles |
The Otterkill and Trestle are new trails at the north end of
Schunemunk |
Sunday
Jul 4 |
Dusk |
Peekskill |
Chong |
Anthonys Nose or Bull Hill |
Moderate |
Watch the fireworks. The exact place depends on what the
fireworks schedule for Bear Mountain and Peekskill are. |
Sunday
Jul 4/5? |
9 am |
Peekskill |
? |
Overlook & Fishkill Ridge |
Strenuous
10+ miles |
A new trail up the north end of the Fishkill Ridge. |
Tuesday
Jul 6 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Chong |
Mount Misery from Route 9W |
Moderate
3.5 miles |
Actually not that miserable |
Tuesday
Jul 13 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Cesar
Zadeck |
Fahnestock Loop |
Easy - 2.5
Strenuous
5.4 miles |
Two hikes in one - easy out and back to the blueberries or
long fast loop |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Magerlein |
Boston Mine |
Moderate
2.3 miles |
Has had many blueberries in the past, but no guarantees. You
may get your feet wet. |
Tuesday
Jul 27 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Tip |
Camp Smith Trail from Bridge to Toll House |
Strenuous
4.3 miles |
More views per mile than any hike we do. |
Tuesday
Aug 3 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Daniels |
AT - Arbutus Corners & Coppermine |
Moderate
3 miles |
Potentially a new trail, for now partly off trail with a visit
to an old copper mine where there are good views. |
Tuesday
Aug 10 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Daniels |
Moneyhole View |
Moderate
4.1 miles |
Walk in the woods with a view at the end, Fahnestock Park |
Tuesday
Aug 17 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Tip |
Sugarloaf Mountain |
Strenuous
2.8 miles |
A bump north of Breakneck Ridge with good views at the top.
Some rock scrambles. |
Tuesday
Aug 24 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Chong |
West Mt. via AT & 1777 |
Moderate
3.5 miles |
A circular hike over the north end of West Mountain in
Harriman. |
Tuesday
Aug 31 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Magerlein |
Beaver Pond |
Easy
2.2 miles |
Hike to a nice pond in an isolated area of Hubbard/Perkins. |
Tuesday
Sep 7 |
6 pm |
Peekskill |
Magerlein |
Long Mountain
Torrey Memorial |
Easy
1.9 miles |
A memorial to the originator of the Long Path is carved in the
rock at the top where there are good views. |
Tuesday
Sep 14 |
5:30 pm |
YKT |
Clarke |
North County Trailway |
Easy
3.2 miles |
An easy walk from Yorktown to Rt 118/129 with an extension to
the Croton Reservoir. |
Tuesday
Sep 21 |
5:30 pm |
HAW |
Cesar |
Rockwood Hall |
Easy |
Easy stroll with great river views on old estate. |
Friday
Oct 8, 9, 10 |
Weekend |
Wherever |
Daniels |
Fall Colors Trip |
Easy-
Difficult |
Adirondack High Peaks Region (near Lake Placid) |