ADK Mohican Hikes December 2016-February 2017 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB

ADK Mohican Hikes December 2016-February 2017

Come join our club on one of our hikes listed on the following pages. No matter what your level of hiking, there is something for everyone.

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while care will drop off like autumn leaves." John Muir

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB FOUR THOUSAND FOOTERS

Westmoreland Sanctuary is on Chestnut Ridge Road, off Route 172 west of I-684, Exit 4

to register, contact the leader Bob Fiscina at [email protected]. No beginners please. Rain cancels. Attention Leaders and Hikers Sunday, December 4 Osborn Loop (Joint with WTA) When car-pooling, it is recommended that a charge of $.30 per mile be equally divided among passengers, including the driver, and that everyone shares in the tolls. Trip tales go to We will start from Manitoga and hike along the Osborn [email protected]. To enter the leader lottery, send your Loop. We may or may not make the climb up to signup sheets to Jeanne Thompson, P.O. Box 219, Somers, NY Sugarloaf South depending on weather and trail 10589-0219 conditions. This will be a moderate hike of about 4 hours plus lunch, 5-6 miles. Traction devices may be Jones Beach in the Winter required. Contact Carol Harting to register at [email protected].

Saturday, December 10 Woodstock, NY (Joint with WTA)

5 miles, moderate. This is a pre-holiday hike on Will and Catharine Raffaele may organize a winter trip Overlook Mountain to Jones Beach if weather conditions are favorable. followed by a walk The beach in wintertime is wild and beautiful. Some around Woodstock for years snowy owls have been sighted. If you are stopping or gawking, interested in receiving information about this trip, email and most likely soup or [email protected]. other goodies at Bread Alone. To register, e-mail Jane Restani at Saturday, December 3 [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 9. Mohican Holiday Party Carpooling likely from I-84, Exit 19 Park and Ride, and I-87, Exit 18 Park and Ride.

Saturday, December 3 Saturday, December 10 Dennytown History Hike: Ruins, Mines Mountain Lakes Camp and Beavers (Joint with WTA)

5-6 miles, easy to moderate. This is a three-to-four 7-8 miles, moderate. The Dennytown area of hour hike on carriage roads and wooded trails with a Fahnestock was once a thriving settlement. We'll see few short steep hills through a County park with a those remains, and along the way we'll discover three partially restored camp from the olden days. Bring Mines and the remains of an old Mill. Can you find the lunch and water. To register, contact leader Jean obscure mill stone? The area has several beautiful Dolen, (914) 522-4310. Qualifies for the Westchester lakes and ponds, all with extensive beaver activity. 100 (No. 57). We'll see at least five beaver dams and lodges. The rest of the hike crosses streams, passes mountain Sunday, December 11 laurel, and rambles along marked and unmarked trails. WTA HOLIDAY PARTY/HIKES There is significant off trail on this hike, but no pushing See front page for details through briars. Meet at the A.T. parking lot about a half mile south of Sunk Mine Road on Dennytown Road at Sunday, December 11 10 a.m. To register, contact leader Mark Jelléy at Catfish Loop in Fahnestock [email protected] (914) 261-0987. 5 miles, moderate with gentle ups and downs. This will

be a circular hike on the Catfish Loop in Fahnestock Sunday, December 4 State Park, starting (and ending) on Dennytown Road. Reeves Meadow Circular (Joint with WTA) The parking area is 1.2 miles down Dennytown Road coming from Route 301. To register, e-mail Carol 9 miles, moderate to strenuous. This circular will Harting at [email protected]. include the Pine Meadow, Seven Hills, Stony Brook and the complete HTS trails. For further information or

Saturday, December 17 contact leader Carolyn Hoffman at Angle Fly Preserve (Joint with WTA) [email protected] or (914) 948-0608 (home); (914) 420-5778 (cell on day of hike only). 5-6 miles, easy to moderate. Come hike in this lovely Westchester preserve. The network of trails extends Saturday, December 31 roughly 10 miles and spans the entire preserve Early New Year’s Eve (Joint with WTA) property. The hike will be about 3-4 hours including lunch. To register, call leader Jane Smalley (914) 276- Meet at 2:30 p.m. at North White Plains (NWP), or 3:00 0413 or e-mail [email protected]. Qualifies for the p.m. at the Rockwood Hall State Park trailhead on Westchester 100 (No. 53). Rockwood Road, just west of Route 117. Two miles, mostly level. A return to the Pocantico Hills former Sunday, December 18 estate lands (now part of the Rockefeller State Park Rockefeller in Sleepy Hollow (Route 117) Preserve) for our traditional sundown toast to the old year within sight of the Hudson River. Alcohol-free Easy to moderate on carriage roads with rolling hills. beverages will be offered, and afterwards we’ll Approximately 5-6 miles, 3-4 hours or longer if we eat continue the celebration with an optional dinner at a at Blue Stone Café. There is a $6 fee to park the car restaurant to be decided. Event coordinator Carolyn without an Empire Passport. To register, call Jean Hoffman at [email protected] or (914) 948-0608. Dolen at 914-522-4310. Please notify Carolyn in advance if you are coming to either the hike or the dinner. Inclement weather postpones the hike for 365 days. Saturday, December 24 Around the County - Lewisboro to North Salem Sunday, January 1 Part 1: Lewisboro (Joint with WTA) New Year’s Day Walk and

Plunge, Greenwich Point, CT 7 miles, easy to moderate. This year’s Around-the- (Joint with WTA) County series begins with a continued exploration of Join us at 10:30 a.m. for a 3+ mile hiking areas in the upper portions of Lewisboro. First walk, followed by a celebratory swim we’ll do a circuit on some of the Mount Holly Preserve (or just cheering), and followed by trails, and then take a short drive to Marion Yarrow refreshments. No need to register. If you need Preserve, where our thru-hike will begin. After directions, e-mail Jane Restani at [email protected]. exploring the trails in Yarrow, we’ll head into the

Mildred Greirson Sanctuary. Then it’s out to local roads affording views of the surrounding hills as we Saturday, January 7 wind our way north to connect with the Brownell and Goshen Mountain, Harriman State Park Marx Preserves, where today’s hike will end in time to Circuit Hike #17 get home and await Santa’s arrival this evening. To register, contact leader Eileen West for meeting time A moderate hike circuit hike utilizing the AT and R-D and place via email at [email protected]. Rain trails with good views from Goshen Mountain and cancels. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (Nos. 23 Stevens Mountain. Contact leader for meeting time and 27). and place. Contact Kathie Laug at 203-348-3993 or Sunday, December 25 email [email protected]. Caroling with Carolyn on the White Plains Heritage Trail (Joint with WTA) Sunday, January 8 Lasdon Park, Katonah, NY 6 easy miles in town, with a few neighborhood hills and 2-3 miles, easy. Stroll through war memorials from sites involved in the Revolutionary War days to today, then walk on American Revolution. Meet winding pathways through a field of beautiful trees, at 9:45 a.m. at the Stop & leading us to the Chinese garden with a pond and Shop parking lot in North pagoda. To register, contact the leader Jean Dolen at White Plains on Reservoir (914) 522-4310. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 Road near the intersection (No. 34). of Route 22 (North Broadway). We will shuttle to the start of the hike on Battle Hill. Contact the leader if you need to be picked up from the train station. Heavy snow cancels; snow that’s light is a delight. To register, 3

Sunday, January 8 Sunday, January 15 Wonder Lake State Park in Putnam County Kensico Cemetery Tour

Acquired by New York in 1998 and expanded in 2006, 4-6 miles, easy to moderate. this park covers over 900 acres in both the towns of There are many points of Paterson and Kent. The hike will cover 6 miles+/-, interest in this 460-acre Easy-to-moderately but NOT for first-time hikers. cemetery including There is the main lake, a smaller pond and some hills. gravesites of celebrities, About 3-4 hours. To register, please call leader Barry structures with architectural Leibowitz by 5 p. m. on the day before the hike at 845- interest and special 278-2479 (home) or 914-774-5321 (cell). Snow shoes landscape features. Sturdy or traction aids, such as MICROspikes® or shoes, water and lunch STABILicersTM may be required, depending on trail recommended. Meet at 10 conditions. Rain or snow covered roads cancels. a.m. in the parking lot of the Administration Building at Saturday, January 14 273 Lakeview Avenue, Valhalla. Directions: Taconic Gentleman’s Farm in Fahnestock (joint with WTA) Parkway to Lakeview Avenue. Turn west, pass the monument shop, cross the railroad tracks and turn 7 miles, easy to moderate. The “easy to moderate” right into the parking lot. If you need a ride please rating of this hike depends on exactly what's on the contact the leader in advance. Inclement weather may ground. We go past three lakes with a modest cancel. To register, contact leader Sue Soni at elevation gain, hiking mostly in the woods with an [email protected] or (914) 747-2452. This excursion through open fields. To register, contact is a WTA hike leader Steve Klepner, [email protected], (h) (914) 617-9193, (m) (845) 297-7066. Saturday, January 21 Pine Meadow Lake (Joint with WTA) Sunday, January 15 Blue Mountain Reservation and Depew Park 5-6 miles, easy to moderate. Hike or snowshoe around (Joint with WTA) Pine Meadow Lake in Harriman. Bring stabilizers if needed. Starting from the Reeves Brook Visitor Center on Seven Lakes Drive, we will go to the Lake and then hike around it, adjusting for conditions. To register, contact leader Mike Kaplan, [email protected]. Possible carpooling from North White Plains. No first time hikers please.

Sunday, January 22 Hook Mountain (Joint with WTA)

6 miles, moderate, with easy return on shore path. Lovely views from the ridge. Snow and ice may make this a more rigorous hike. To register, contact leader Catharine Raffaele, (914) 260-0343 or [email protected]. 6-7 miles, easy to moderate. Hike enters the reservation behind a school and segues into this Sunday, January 22 historic park, going around a lake and through a sugar Cranberry Lake Preserve maple stand before looping back into Blue Mountain. Rolling forest lands, valleys, ponds, stream, boulder 3-4 miles, easy to moderate. This is a two-to-three erratics, etc. Possible summit of Blue Mt. with Hudson hour hike through a North White Plains preserve in an views depending on ice/snow conditions. To register, area of quarry used to build the Kensico Dam a contact Debbie Farrell [email protected] or (914) century ago. Trails go past various ponds, woods, rock 282-9942. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (No. 48). formations, bridges and the foundation of an old quarry building. To register, contact leader Jean Dolen, (914) 522-4310. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (No. 51) 4

Sunday, February 5 Saturday, January 28 Fahnestock Winter Park Around the County - Lewisboro to North Salem, Part 2 (Joint with WTA) 4-6 miles, easy to moderate. Cross-country ski on groomed 6-7 miles, easy to moderate. Continuing our trails if the winter provides exploration of preserves in the town of Lewisboro, we’ll adequate snow. Otherwise, we begin with a hike through Rose/Rockshelter and Five can hike or snowshoe. Ponds. Then we head into North Salem, where we’ll Information about admission and check out the trails in two small preserves (Halmi and rental fees can be found on the Park’s website at: Hearst-Mead) before entering Mountain Lakes Park. http://nysparks.com/parks/147/fees-rates.aspx. To Our route in Mountain Lakes stays close to the Park’s register, call the leader Jean Dolen at (914) 522-4310. western border and goes directly to the main parking Sunday, February 5 lot (we’ll return in a few weeks to fully explore this large Harriman Hike (Joint with WTA) County preserve). For meeting time and place, contact leader Eileen West via email at 6-7-mile, moderate hike, leaving from Lake Sebago [email protected]. Rain or heavy snow parking off of Seven Lakes Drive. Starting on Seven cancels. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (Nos. 57 Hills Trail to Diamond Mountain, we will visit Pine and 95(a). Meadow and Wanoksink Lakes, then out on the Buck Sunday, January 29 Trial. Appropriate footwear, lunch and sufficient water Mountain Lakes Camp required. To register contact leader Sarah Davis,

[email protected], 212-873-4018 (h), 917-501- 5-6 miles, easy to moderate. This is a three-to-four 1322 (c). hour hike on carriage roads and wooded trails with a few short steep hills through a County park with a Saturday, February 11 partially restored camp from the olden days. Bring Around the County - Lewisboro to North Salem lunch and water. To register, contact leader Jean Part 3: Mt. Lakes Park (Joint with WTA) Dolen, (914) 522-4310. This is an ADK hike. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (No. 57). 7-8 miles, moderate. On this hike, one of the few “non- shuttles” in our Around-the-County series, we return to Saturday, February 4 Mountain Lakes using its eastern access point at Devil’s Den, Weston, CT Sturges Park in Ridgefield, CT. We’ll do a figure-8 route that incorporates the highlights of this 1,082 acre Devil’s Den is the largest Nature Conservancy preserve including Spruce Lake, Mt. Bailey (the preserve in Connecticut and contains sites of historical highest point in Westchester County), and the rugged and archeological significance. We will do the Grand white trail with its sweeping views of the surrounding Tour of the park utilizing all the outer trails with an area. Traction devices may be needed for this hike. extension to the Great Ledge, a high rock formation For meeting time and place contact leader Eileen with a spectacular view of the Saugatuck Reservoir. West via email at [email protected]. Rain or About 7-8 miles. For meeting time and place, contact heavy snow cancels. Qualifies for the Westchester leader Kathie Laug at 203-348-3993 or email 100 (No. 57). [email protected]. Saturday, February 11 Pound Ridge Reservation (Joint with WTA) Saturday, February 4 Cross-Country Ski or, If No Snow, Dog-friendly The leader is going to repeat this easy hike which was Walk on OCA and in Rockefeller (joint with WTA) done in the summer because it is such a perfect morning “walk” in the woods in the winter. Since it is Ski location TBA, at the closest site with sufficient on carriage roads, there is no elevation. We can do the snow. To register, contact leader Carolyn Hoffman, red “ski” trail which is 5.6 miles or the yellow which is [email protected], home (914) 948-0608, cell on 3.6 miles depending on the weather and the group. Of day of hike only (914) 420-5778. course, if there is snow, you can bring your snowshoes or skis. Contact Carol Harting at [email protected] to register.

Sunday, February 12 Sunday, February 19 Harriman Hike (Joint with WTA) Scandal and Snowshoes - Money Hole Mountain Hike (Joint with WTA) Moderate 6-7 miles. After a short road walk from Kanawauke Circle parking area, we will hike on ridges Fahnestock's Money Hole Mountain trails have an mainly on the Dunning and R-D trails. There will be intriguing history. So interesting, in fact, the leader plenty of beautiful views. To register contact leader won't even need to make up a story. Suffice to say it Sarah Davis at 917-501-1322 (c), 212-873-4018 (h) or includes lust and greed. So, with adequate snow we'll [email protected]. snowshoe about 3+ miles with modest elevation gain. No scrambling, no exposure, no zombies. Without Sunday, February 12 snow, we'll hike 5+ miles depending on temperature Edith Read Sanctuary, Rye, NY and wind chill. Mostly open, picturesque, tranquil woods, smooth trails, some modest views. Meet at 2-3 miles, easy. Wooded trails, a marsh, a lake, the 9:45 a.m. in the parking lot of the Bird and Bottle Inn Long Island Sound and a bamboo forest. The planned (1123 Old Albany Post Rd., a/k/a Route 9) Garrison, hike is two hours, but we can add more walking on the NY 10524). We'll caravan to the trailhead from there. boardwalk or if we eat at the Tiki Bar. To register, To register, contact leader Howard Millman, contact leader Jean Dolen, (914) 522-4310. Qualifies [email protected], (914) 439-8031. for the Westchester 100 (No. 16). Sunday, February 19 Saturday, February 18 Rollin’ on the River with Abe (Joint with WTA) Slide Mountain (4000' +) (Joint with WTA) 4 miles, easy. Join us on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s speech in Peekskill, where the old Depot is one of two surviving original locations visited on the 16th President's inaugural journey (February 11-23, 1861). A side stroll to the site is part of a four-mile hike along Hudson River trails, including the newly opened Southern Waterfront Park & Trailway, Annsville Creek Preserve, Peekskill Landing, Charles Point, etc. Optional group recitation of Abe's five-sentence speech (top hats not required). Brief refueling stop for cheesecake-on-a-stick or other baked goodies is also optional. Carpooling from North White Plains is 6.5 miles, strenuous. Weather permitting, we will available. To register, contact the leader, Debbie check off a required winter peak for Catskill 3500' Farrell, at [email protected] Qualifies for the aspirants or for anyone who likes this hike. The Westchester 100 (No. 79). preferred route (1800' elevation gain) is up the Long Path and down the front side, but the route depends Saturday, February 25 on conditions and group members. Winter gear Mount Taurus Ramble (Joint with WTA) required. E-mail Jane Restani at [email protected] by Friday, February 17 at 5:00 p.m. to register. We will 6-8 miles, arrange carpooling. moderate to strenuous. This Saturday, February 18 hike will follow Marshlands Conservancy (Joint with WTA) various trails on Mount Taurus, 3-4 miles, easy. Enjoy a two-hour hike in this Rye including the preserve on a network of trails through a field, a summit. The deciduous forest and a salt marsh. Meet at 10:30 a.m. moderate to at the Conservancy parking lot, located at 220 Boston strenuous rating depends on what is on the ground. Post Road near the Rye Golf Course. To register, Traction aids likely to be required. To register, contact contact leader Leslie Millman by e-mail at Steve Klepner, [email protected], (h) (914) 617- [email protected]. Cell number is for day of hike 9193, (m) (845) 297-7066. . changes only: (914) 552-7720. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (No. 9). 6

Saturday, February 25 Rockefeller Preserve (Joint with WTA)

5-6 miles, easy to moderate. Peaceful stroll through winter woods. Sheltered lunch stop at Stone Barns with option of purchasing hot beverage from concession stand. To register, contact leader Catharine Raffaele, (914) 260-0343 or [email protected]. Qualifies for the Westchester 100 (No. 59).

Sunday, February 26 Southern Harriman Circular

6-8 miles, moderate. We will be hiking in beautiful Harriman State Park, using the Tuxedo/Mount Ivy, Stony Brook and Kakiat trails. Traction devices may be necessary, depending on ground conditions. Please email the leader, Judith Hirschman, for exact time and meeting place, at [email protected]. Foul weather, excessive rain/snow/ice cancels. This is a WTA hike.

Sunday, February 26 Snow Shoe at Richter Park in Danbury, CT

Snow shoe (conditions permitting) on a beautiful golf course with ups and downs. If there’s no snow, there is the option of a beginner hike (on a wooded trail) of about 2 hours. Will start at 10:30 a.m. To register or for more information, contact leader Rosanne Schepis (203) 417-5552 or [email protected].