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OUTINGS SCHEDULE · SUMMER 2021 · JULY · AUGUST · SEPTEMBER Thursday, 7/1 B+ 8 B+ start by hiking the Bare Rock Trail. After a short break we will Hudson Highlands Circular CEG 2000+ ft continue on the Bare Rock Trail to the Fire Tower Trail, then Bob Fiscina [email protected] onto the West Valley Trail to view an abandoned beaver dam. Meeting place and start time provided upon registration. From there we continue on the Fire Tower Trail to a rock We will do a loop encompassing the Undercliff, Breakneck scramble and then lunch enjoying a view of the valley. Next Ridge, Notch and Nelsonville trails. Rain cancels. TC East is an easy walk to the Sterling Forest Fire Tower. After a short Hudson Trails Map 1 02. break we return to the car park via the Fire Tower and Fire Tower Connection Trails. Call 91 7-31 9-31 66 before 7:30 AM if Tuesday, 7/6 B 6.7 B the weather is questionable. TC Sterling Forest Trails Map Almost Perpendicular Loop CEG 1 705 ft 1 00. Roland Autran [email protected] 201 -886-91 1 9, (c) 201 -699-3388 Tuesday, 7/20 B 8.4 B 9:1 5 AM sharp at the Skate Park, 54 E Village Rd, Tuxedo Park, Hasenclever Mine CEG 1 500 ft NY (GPS 41 .1 93228, -74.1 82439). We will hike the Ramapo- Geoff Fonseca [email protected] Dunderberg and Blue Disc Trails to Almost Perpendicular 845-390-1 937 and return on the Kakiat. This moderate to strenuous hike is 9:00 AM at Lake Skannatati parking lot in Harriman State described in Chapter 8 of Circuit Hikes in Harriman by Don Park. We will hike the ASB, Red Cross, and Beech Trails and Weise. Severe inclement weather cancels. TC Southern the Long Path. Precipitation of any kind cancels. TC Harriman Trails Map 1 1 8. Northern Harriman Trails Map 1 1 9. Tuesday, 7/1 3 B 5.5 A Wednesday, 7/21 B 6.5 B Bear Mountain Appalachian Trail Loop CEG 1 700 ft Boston Mine & Stahahe High Peak CEG 1 382 ft Peter Reiner [email protected] Roland Autran [email protected] 845-323-7697 201 -886-91 1 9, (c)201 -699-3388 9:00 AM in the Bear Mountain Inn parking lot off Rt 9W. 9:1 5 AM sharp at the parking lot on Rt 1 06. You can find it at Parking fee charged. The hike will begin on the Appalachian 1 369 Kanawauke Road, Southfields, NY. We will hike the Trail climbing up to Perkins Tower. The return will be on the Nurian, R-D, Lichen, A-SB, White Bar, and Dunning to Green Major Welch Trail over Bear Mountain and around the lake. Pond, and the Nurian Trail to Island Pond Road to get to This is a strenuous hike. Rain cancels hike. TC Northern Stahahe High Peak and back to the parking lot. This Harriman Map 1 1 9. strenuous hike is described in Don Weise’s Circuit Hikes in Harriman page 75. Severe inclement weather cancels. TC Wednesday, 7/1 4 B 6/8 B Northern Harriman Trails Map 1 1 9. In The Woods Roland Autran [email protected] Thursday, 7/22 B 6.5 B+ 201 -886-91 1 9, (c) 201 -699-3388 Butter Hill/Stillman/Bluebird Loop CEG 1 200 ft Active hikers will receive a group email from leader by Peter Reiner [email protected] previous Saturday for location, time and other details of the 845-323-7697 hike. Others can contact the leader (by email) by 6 PM on 8:30 AM at the hikers parking lot on Rt 9W by Storm King Monday. State Park. Hike up Butter Hill past the ruins to the Bluebird and Stillman Trails. Lunch on top of Storm King Mt. with Thursday, 7/1 5 B 5 B+ great views. Rain cancels hike. TC West Hudson Map 1 1 3. Storm King Mountain CEG 1 300 ft Henry Barkhorn [email protected] Tuesday, 7/27 B 4.5 A 646-853-0824 Palisades Interstate Park, Giant Stairs 1 0:00 AM from Highlands Trail parking off Bayview Ave. (Rt. Roland Autran [email protected] 21 8) south of Cornwell Landing. We will hike the Highland, 201 -886-91 1 9, (c)201 -699-3388 Stillman and Bluebird Trails. Terrific views of the Hudson 9:1 5 AM at the parking lot on the State Line Lookout on the from Storm King Mountain and Butter Hill. Steady rain Northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway. This hike is cancels. TC West Hudson Trails Map 1 1 3. strenuous. Severe inclement weather cancels. TC Hudson Palisades Trails Map 1 09. Saturday, 7/1 7 B 7.5 B To Bare Rock The Long Way CEG 1 240 ft Ross Linegar [email protected] 91 7-31 9-31 66 7:30 AM at Sterling Forest Visitor’s Center upper lot. We’ll Pre-registration by email is required for all outings. Click here for the registration form. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS LIMITED TO 1 5. PARTICIPATION IS RESTRICTED TO NORTH JERSEY-RAMAPO MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING FIRST, THEN OTHER ADK MEMBERS, THEN ADK-NJR GUESTS AND OTHERS. TO REGISTER, EMAIL A COMPLETED "RELEASE OF LIABILITY" FORM TO THE LEADER BETWEEN 48 HOURS AND 7 DAYS PRIOR TO THE OUTING. ALL SECTIONS, INCLUDING THE TOP, MUST BE COMPLETED. 8 OUTINGS SCHEDULE · SUMMER 2021 · JULY · AUGUST · SEPTEMBER Thursday, 7/29 B 6 B (P8) off NY Rt 1 7A. Rain cancels hike. TC Sterling Forest Map Lunch on Diamond Mountain 1 00. Paul Margiotta pjmm1 1 [email protected] (c)201 -693-6705 (morning of hike only) Tuesday, 8/1 0 B 6.8 B 9:30 AM at Lake Sebago boat launch off of Seven Lakes Modified Lake Sebago, Diamond Mountain Drive. We will do a loop utilizing the 7 Hills and Buck Trails, Roland Autran [email protected] Pine Meadow Road and T-MI Trail. We will take a short 201 -886-91 1 9, (c)201 -699-3388 detour to a scenic vista on Diamond Mountain for lunch. TC 9:1 5 AM sharp at the parking lot at end of Johnsontown Southern Harriman Trails Map 1 1 8. Road in the town of Sloatsburg, NY off the Seven Lakes Drive in Harriman Park. We will hike a variety of trails from the Saturday, 7/31 B 8 B+ White Bar going North and then to Lake Sebago using the T- Schunnemunk Challenge CEG 2221 ft MI crossing Seven Lakes Drive, to Diamond Mountain on the Ross Linegar [email protected] Seven Hills then on the HTS to the T-MI, and the White Bar 91 7-31 9-31 66 returning to the parking lot. This moderate to strenuous 7:00 AM at Otterkill Road parking lot. We’ll ascend by Trestle hike is a modification of the hike’s description from Don Trail to Western Ridge then down Sweet Clover to Barton Weise’s “Circuit Hikes in Harriman” page 1 9. Rain cancels. TC Swamp Trail and then up the Ridge to Ridge Trail to join the Southern Harriman Trails Map 1 1 8. Jessup and take the White Trail to view one of the park’s attractions, ‘The Megaliths’. Then we continue along the Thursday, 8/1 2 C 4.2 C- Jessup to the Otterkill and back to the car park. Not for Tallman Mountain State Park CEG 200 ft beginners. Call cell before 6:00 AM if the weather is Mario Medici [email protected] (pref.) questionable. TC West Hudson Trails Map 1 1 4. 201 -396- 9391 1 0:00 AM at the Tallman State Park parking lot. Driving north Tuesday, 8/3 B 8.5 B+ on Rte. 9W (1 .1 miles north of Oak Tree Road), turn right on Ledges and Lakes Rockland Road at the sign "Tallman Mountain State Park.” TC Roland Autran [email protected] Hudson Palisades Trails Map 1 09. There is no charge for 201 -886-91 1 9, (c)201 -699-3388 parking on weekdays. 9:1 5 AM at the parking lot called “Skatepark” behind the Tuxedo Train Station on E. Village Road in Tuxedo. We will Saturday, 8/1 4 B 9 B+ hike the Ramapo-Dunderberg, Tuxedo-MT Ivy, Triangle, Wildcat Mountain and Indian Hill Loop CEG 21 1 0 ft Victory, and White Bar Trails. This strenuous hike is described Ross Linegar [email protected] in Chapter 9 of Don Weise’s Circuit Hikes in Harriman. Severe 91 7-31 9-31 66 inclement weather cancels. TC Southern Harriman Trails 7:00 AM at the commuter's parking lot at intersection of Rt Map 1 1 8. 1 7A and Rt 1 7 (GPS 41 .2296200 - 74.1 842800). We will hike the Wildcat Mountain Trail, Furnace Loop, and Indian Hill Thursday, 8/5 B 7.5 B Loop, enjoying lunch in the shaded glen. We then rejoin the Island Pond Lemon Squeezer Loop CEG 1 800 ft Furnace Loop and return to the car park by retracing our Henry Barkhorn [email protected] steps on the Wildcat Mountain Trail. Call cell before 7:00 AM 646-853-0824 if the weather is questionable. Not for beginners. TC 9:30 at the Elk Pen parking lot. We will hike the AT over the Sterling Forest Map 1 00 (P5 parking). north end of Island Pond, through the Lemon Squeezer, then return on the Long Path, White Bar, Dunning, Nurian and Tuesday, 8/1 7 B 8.5 B Stahahe Brook trails.
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