Well, 2020 was a tough year but one positive thing that came out of it was that I moved to a full work from home schedule indefinitely. What this means for me is that I no longer spend 3+ hours of each day commuting, which is a massive time savings. With all the free time I was able to commit […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~26 miles Elevation Gain = ~8,200 feet Hike Highlights = Trailhead = Prediger Road to Spruceton Road Total Time = ~10 hours moving time, 12 hours with stops It has been a while since I posted last but figured I should at least post some highlights from the last year. Even with […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~9.4 miles Elevation Gain = ~3,029 feet Hike Highlights = Wittenberg Mountain (3,780 ft) and Cornell Mountain (3,860 ft) Trailhead = Woodland Valley Total Time = 3.5 hours This past weekend I had another free Saturday so I decided to drive up and hike a couple more 3,500 ft peaks in […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~5.5 miles Elevation Gain = ~1,600 feet Hike Highlights = Balsam Mountain (3,602ft) Trailhead = Rider Hollow Road Total Time = 3 hours In honor of our engagement last year we decided to spend the anniversary on another mountain. Since we couldn’t make it back to Acadia (Since the fourth fell […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~11 miles Elevation Gain = ~4,000 feet Hike Highlights = Plateau Mountain (3,829ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (3,806ft), Twin Mountain (3,652ft) Trailhead = Roaring Kill Road Total Time = 6 hours In an effort to get myself back into tip top shape and also put a dent in my Catskill 35er list, I decided […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~7.4 miles Elevation Gain = ~1,500 feet Hike Highlights = Windham High Peak (3,524ft), Burnt Knob After a long hiatus from hiking due to renovating our new home down to the studs, I was able to make it back out for a local hike in the northeast. I had previously been […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Parking near the snowplow turn around on the south side of Rt 3 Miles round trip: ~4 Total Elevation Gain: ~1,100 ft One High Peak: Vly Mountain 3,530 ft Total Time: ~2.5 hrs I managed to get 2017 started off right with a trip up Vly mountain in the Catskills totally up and down […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Rt47 DEC Parking Area Miles Round trip: ~7 Total Elevation Gain: ~1560 ft 1 High Peak: Panther Mountain 3,720 ft In an effort to slowly complete our Catskills High Peak list we went with Panther mountain which is one of the four peaks required to be climbed in winter to complete the Catskill […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead – Becker Hollow Trail on Rt 214 5.4 miles total 2,219 ft of elevation gain 1 Peak over 3,500 and 4,000 ft – Hunter Mountain 4,046 ft ~3 hrs After completing my multi year journey to become an Adirondack 46er you would think it would be time for a well deserved break and […]
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