Date |
Time |
Meet@ |
Leader |
Hike |
Difficulty |
Description |
April 8 |
5:30pm |
Yorktown |
Walt Daniels |
Whippoorwill Park  |
Easy |
|
April 15 |
5:30pm |
Hawthorne
Yorktown |
Josh Auerbach |
Kitchawan Park Preserve |
Easy |
|
April 22 |
5:30pm |
Hawthorne |
Ann Autieri |
Westmoreland Sanctuary |
Easy |
|
April 29 |
5:30pm |
Hawthorne
Yorktown |
Frank Tip |
Rockefeller State Park |
Easy |
|
May 6 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
John Magerlein |
Doodletown |
Easy |
Several old graveyards in a former town |
May 13 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Jim Morgan |
Philips Mine |
Moderate |
An iron mine, also called copper mine, but actually used
for the sulphur content. |
May 20 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Sharee McNab |
West Mountain from Perkins Drive |
Moderate |
|
May 27 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Ken Zadeck |
Picnic Point from Beaver Pond Trail |
Moderate |
Hubbard/Perkins Conservation Area |
June 3 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Jim Morgan |
East Mountain |
Moderate |
Hubbard/Perkins Conservation Area |
June 10 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Sharee McNab
Jane Daniels |
Bear Mountain via Major Welch |
Strenuous |
Up the Major Welch and down the AT, very strenuous if hot. |
June 17 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Herb Chong |
Diamond Mountain in Harriman |
Strenuous |
|
June 24 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Walt Daniels
Jim Morgan |
Anthony's Nose/Camp Smith Traverse |
Strenuous |
|
July 1 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Frank Tip
Herb Chong |
Bull Hill Traverse via Undercliff and Lone Star |
Strenuous |
|
July 4 |
8am |
Peekskill |
Herb Chong |
Escarpment Trail - Catskills |
Moderate, about 8 miles |
A hike along the Escarpment Trail near North Lake State Campground in
the Catskills.
We will hike the beginning portion of the Escarpment Trail that skirts
the far eastern edge of the Catskills overlooking the Hudson Valley.
Highlights include the view over the Hudson, all along Kaaterskill Clove,
and various places along the trail where many famous paintings by artists
of the Hudson River School of American painting were done from. We will
pass the site of the old Catskill Mountain House hotel that burned down
in the 70's. We will also pass a nice waterfall along the Mary's Glen
Trail as we return to the cars. There is an option for a short hike afterwards
to Kaaterskill Falls, the highest in New York.
|
July 8 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Herb Chong |
Black Mountain in Harriman |
Strenuous |
|
July 15 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
John Magerlein |
Boston Mine |
Easy |
Blueberries |
July 22 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Josh Auerbach
Ken Zadeck |
Fahnestock Loop |
Easy
Strenuous |
Blueberries |
July 29 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Walt Daniels
Jane Daniels |
Schunemunk via Trestle and Otterkill |
Strenuous |
|
August 5 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Ken Zadeck
Jane Daniels |
Breakneck Ridge |
Strenuous |
|
August 12 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Josh Auerbach |
Storm King/Butterhill |
Moderate |
|
August 19 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Walt Daniels
Ken Zadeck |
Moneyhole view |
Easy |
via Chimney Trail |
August 26 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Josh Auerbach
Jim Morgan |
Popolopen Creek |
Moderate |
The bridge is still out so we are counting on
low water or it will be exciting. |
Sept 2 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Jim Morgan |
Long Hill to Torrey Memorial |
Easy |
|
Sept 9 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Walt Daniels
Jane Daniels |
Manitou Point |
Easy |
Spectacular river edge hike |
Sept 16 |
6pm |
Peekskill |
Ken Zadeck |
Hudson Highlands Gateway |
Easy |
|
Sept 23 |
5:30 |
Yorktown
Hawthorne |
Ann Autieri |
Teatown Reservation |
Easy |
|
Sept 30 |
5:30 |
Hawthorne
Yorktown |
Sharee McNab |
Glazier Park |
Easy |
Would you believe a Sequoia tree? |
Oct 10-13 |
Whenever |
Whereever |
Walt Daniels |
Annual Fall Colors trip |
Easy to Difficult |
Adirondack High Peaks Region (near Lake Placid) |