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ADK Mohican Hikes September-November 2015

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

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Saturday, September 12 HIKES and STUFF (Joint with WTA)

Sunday, September 6 8-10 miles and strenuous. This linear hike climbs to the western ridge, works its way across then down, Attention Leaders and Hikers and continues back up to the eastern ridge before When car-pooling, it is recommended that a charge of $.40 returning to the cars. A shuttle will be required. For per mile be equally divided among passengers, including the further information or to register contact Bob Fiscina at driver, and that everyone shares in the tolls. Trip tales go to [email protected]. Rain cancels. No beginners [email protected]. To enter the leader lottery, send your signup sheets to Jeanne Thompson, P.O. Box 219, please. Somers, NY 10589-0219 Saturday, September 12 Canoe/Kayak - Croton River (Joint with WTA) Wilkinson Memorial Trail (Joint with WTA) This is a favorite: an easy, enjoyable flat water paddle 9 miles, moderate to strenuous. This hike will cover on the Croton River. We will launch at the Croton RR the full length of the Wilkinson Memorial Trail. Expect station and paddle under 9A heading into the river on some steep ascents and descents and over 2000' the incoming tide as this is a tidal river. We will take elevation gain, which we will do at a moderate pace. advantage of high tide to explore the river, its side Sweeping views of the Hudson and beyond as we hike channels and the estuary. If warm enough, we may along Scofield Ridge and up to the Mountain swim at the gravel beach. Check on space in leader’s summit. This hike requires a shuttle--meet the leader canoe. Bring binoculars, lunch, and swimsuit. To on Route 9D at the large parking lot across from the register, call leader Jane Smalley 914-276-0413 or e- Wilkinson trailhead (about 3 miles north of Rt. 301) for mail [email protected]. a shuttle to the start of the hike. To register or for questions, call/email leader Steve Singlak, 845-641- Sunday, September 13 4132, [email protected]. Hoeferlin Trail (Ramapo State Forest) (Joint with WTA) Sunday, September 6 11-12 miles, moderate. Contact leader for meeting Hike and Swim (Joint with time --carpooling from North White Plains train station. WTA) This hike, in the nearby Mahwah/Oakland area of NJ,

will be done at a 5 miles, moderate. We leisurely pace. will hike in the forest, see We’ll visit all of the a waterfall and "Jupiter's viewpoints along boulder," and enjoy a the Hoeferlin swim at Sutherland Memorial Trail, Pond. Short shuttle have lunch on involved. Meet at 9:30 Matapan Rock and a.m. at North White an afternoon break Plains train station, or contact leader to meet at at Ilgenstein Rock, then wind our way towards the cars trailhead. To register, contact leader Carolyn Hoffman, via an assortment of other trails and woods roads. [email protected], home 914-948-0608, cell on Leader: Eileen West [email protected]. Short day of hike only 914-420-5778. shuttle required; rain cancels.

Monday, Labor Day, September 7 Sunday, September 13 Leatherman’s Loop, Pound Ridge Reservation Morning Hike and Lunch at the Monastery (Joint with WTA) (Joint with WTA)

4-5 miles, easy to moderate. This will be about a three- 4 miles, moderate. We will meet at 9 a.m. at the Pelton hour hike where we will visit the Leatherman’s Cave Pond Picnic parking lot on Route 301 just off the and you can decide for yourself whether the Taconic Parkway. After a 2-3 hour hike around Leatherman’s Legend is fact or fiction. To register, Canopus Lake on the AT, we will go to the Buddhist contact Carol Harting at 845-669-6731 or Monastery in Kent, NY for a vegetarian lunch ($6) and [email protected]. a tour of the grounds and buildings. The largest statue

of the Buddha in the Western hemisphere is located

there. For information and to register, contact Carole

Ehleben, [email protected] or 914-205-3207.

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mile west of Route 9). The parking area is on the south Saturday, September 19 side of Snake Hill and is marked. From there, we : Bonticou Crag and Table shuttle to . Lunch is at the South Redoubt Rocks (Joint with WTA) (a Revolutionary War stronghold). It offers a majestic view of West Point and the Hudson. This view alone is 7-8 miles, moderate. worth putting up with the leader. To register, contact The difficulty of this hike Howard Millman via email at [email protected] depends on the route or 914-439-8031. selected. The leader will do the Bonticou rock Saturday, September 26 scramble but anyone AT Series Hike #1 in Connecticut may choose to go around it. There is a $12 Having finished all 88.5 miles of the Appalachian Trail day use fee so in NY, I plan to lead a new series comprising the 52.3 carpooling is miles of the trail in CT. Our first hike begins at Hoyt suggested. Register Road and continues north to Kent. A fairly strenuous with the leader Jane hike of 11.5 miles, we will traverse the Schaghticoke Restani at and Algo mountains with views of the valley below, [email protected] by follow the gorge of the Housatonic River and cross the Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Ten Mile River. For meeting time and place, contact leader Kathie Laug at 203-348-3993 or e-mail Saturday, September 19 [email protected] Sterling Forest (Joint with WTA) Saturday, September 26 6 miles, moderate. We will start at the Visitor’s Center Three Lakes/A.T. Loop and climb up to the fire tower, then hike along the ridge with spectacular views of the lake. Easy return 6-7 miles, moderate. This circular hike in Fahnestock along the lake. To register, contact leader Catharine Memorial Park passes two lakes and features multiple Raffaele, 914-948-4061, [email protected]. ups and downs through wooded areas. Meet leader at Carpooling from North White Plains train station at North White Plains at 9:00 a.m. or at the large 9:30 a.m. Canopus Lake parking lot on Route 301 at 9:45 a.m. If you need details, contact the leader Elena Burova by Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Noon phone 914-837-4235 or e-mail at [email protected]. This is a WTA hike.

Sunday, September 27 Mountain Lakes Park Island Pond Loop (Joint with WTA)

Sunday, September 20 6-7 miles, Garrison Forest Trails (Joint with WTA) moderate. Starting at Elk Pen we will 7 miles, moderate. Spectacular Hudson Views! New begin on the AT Trails! No Bushwhacking! This is one the area's best and then work our kept secrets: shaded, secluded, historical. Although way over to Island the trails are Pond where we will short, we will enjoy the fall colors use an around the lake. abandoned Out on the A-SB trail. To register, contact leader Sarah (unmarked) Davis at 917-501-1322 (cell), 212-873-4018 (home) or connector email at [email protected]. trail and begin the hike in the Castle Rock Unique Area. We'll need to shuttle - meet at 9:30 a.m. at the recently completed Garrison School Forest parking area on Snake Hill Road (about 1/2 mile east of Route 9D, one

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Sunday, September 27 includes St. Johns Ledges which has a fine view of the Cranberry Lake Preserve Housatonic Valley and the town of Kent, and Caleb’s Peak with fine views to the south. Total distance is 3-4 miles, easy to 11.1 miles. For meeting time and place, contact leader moderate. This is a Kathie Laug 203-348-3993 or e-mail two-to-three hour [email protected]. hike through a North White Plains Saturday, October 10 preserve in an area Black Rock Forest (Joint with WTA) of quarry used to build the Kensico 8.5 miles, moderate to strenuous. This loop hike Dam a century ago. Trails go past various ponds, passes five ponds and climbs to three of the highest woods, rock formations, bridges and the foundation of summits in the forest: Black Rock, Hill of Pines and an old quarry building. To register, contact leader Jean Rattlesnake Hill. For further information or to register, Dolen, 914-948-4585. contact Bob Fiscina at [email protected]. Rain cancels. No beginners please. Saturday, October 3 Dr. Dolittle Hike #5 (Joint with WTA) Sunday, October 11 Goshen/ Loop (Joint with WTA) 6 miles, moderate to strenuous. Great views on this Harriman hike starting at the Anthony Wayne lot, 7 miles, moderate. We will park at Tiorati Circle in encompassing Fawn, Timp-Torne, Appalachian Trail, Harriman and do the Goshen and Stevens Mts. Loop, Cat’s Elbow, a shelter and more, as we continue to traveling along on the ever popular AT and visit places with an animal in their name. To register, trails. To register, contact Carol Harting at 845-669- contact leader Debbie Farrell at [email protected] 6731 or [email protected]. or call 914-282-9942. Sunday, October 11 Saturday, October 3 Rockwood to Rockefeller Baxter Preserve in North Salem This will be an easy to moderate hike of approximately 2-3 miles, easy. Join the “Easy Walkers” on this six miles and four hours on flat carriage roads and beautiful autumn hike, following trails in this North rolling hills. To register, call the leader Jean Dolen, Salem preserve through meadows and fields and 914-948-4585. around a pond. Meet the leader at 10 a.m. To register, Saturday, October 17 contact leader Adeline Natiello at Camp Smith Trail (Joint with WTA) [email protected] or 914-669-5536. 4.5 miles, strenuous. Steep, steady climb to Anthony's Sunday, October 4 Nose from the toll house, rewarded by almost constant Hook Mountain Circular Hudson views. Will involve a shuttle. Meet at 9 a.m. on Route 9D just north of the Bear Mountain Bridge for a 6 miles, moderate. The day will begin with an easy shuttle to the toll house. To register or for questions, northward hike along the Shore Path, and progress call/email leader Steve Singlak, 845-641-4132, with a ridge walk on the Long Path, ascending to the [email protected]. Hook Mountain summit with its spectacular views of the Hudson and returning on trails and local streets to Saturday, October 17 our starting point. To register, contact leader Jean High Tor (Joint with WTA) Dolen, 914-948-4585. 5 miles, easy to moderate. We will do an out and back Saturday, October 10 hike along the Long Path to the highest point in the AT Series Hike #2 in Connecticut Palisades, and read part of the play about stopping quarrying from destroying High Tor, as we enjoy This is the second in a series spectacular views over the Hudson. Meet at 9:30 a.m. of hikes to cover all of the at North White Plains train station. To register or to Appalachian Trail in CT. Much meet at trailhead, contact leader Carolyn Hoffman, of the trail in this section [email protected], home 914-948-0608, cell on follows an old road paralleling day of hike only 914-420-5778. the Housatonic River. It also

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Sunday, October 18 through fields and a forest. For meeting time and from Cold Spring to Beacon information, contact one of the co-leaders: Alice (Joint with WTA) Benash, [email protected] or 914- 723-8722; Lillian Wolfe-Brown, [email protected] or 914-668-3184. 7 miles, strenuous. Starting on Route 9D at Rain cancels. Carpooling from North White Plains train Breakneck Point, we will climb the face of Breakneck station. This is a WTA hike. Ridge and continue to the summit with multiple rock scrambles, constant ascents and descents, and Sunday, October 25 spectacular views the entire way. We will take the Fort Montgomery, Torne, and More Breakneck Ridge trail to its end at the South Beacon (Joint with WTA) Fire Tower, then descend the Casino Trail to the Mt. 6.2 miles, moderate. View fall colors in the Hudson Beacon parking lot. Email the hike leader for meeting Valley at Brooks Lake Park, from Popolopen Torne time/place. Leader: Sheila Khatibi, and along Popolopen Gorge. Visit the remnants of the [email protected]. Short shuttle required. No American Revolution encampment at Fort beginners please. Rain cancels. Montgomery State Historic Site. Meet leaders at the

Brooks Lake parking area at 10:15 a.m. From the west Sunday, October 18 side of the Bear Mountain Bridge, take 9W north 0.3 Autumn Leaf Hike at Minnewaska mile and turn left on Firefighters Memorial Drive. Go

0.4 mile to the Brooks Lake parking area on your left. 8-9 miles, Arrangements can be made for those coming by train moderate. This to be picked up at the Peekskill station. Contact circular hike uses leaders in advance for information. Leaders: Jane and the Upper Walt Daniels 914-245-1250, [email protected]. Awosting and

Hamilton Point Sunday, October 25 Carriageways, Mountain Lakes Camp and features

scenic views, 5 miles, easy to moderate. This is a three-to-four hour waterfalls and hike through a County park with a partially restored lakes. If adventurous, we can take a wooded trail from camp from the olden days. Yurts and log cabins, the lake over to the Hamilton Point trail, or just follow bonfire pit, bathrooms, dining hall, etc. Trails are the carriage road there. Meet the leader at 8:00 a.m. beautifully marked through the camp, with some view at the Mt. Kisco Park & Ride (Exit 4 off Route 684). areas. Bring lunch and water. To register, contact $10 per car parking fee unless you have an Empire leader Jean Dolen, 914-948-4585. Passport, so carpooling is encouraged. To register, contact leader Jean Dolen, 914-948-4585. Saturday, October 31

Tiorati History Hike (Joint with WTA) Saturday, October 24

Southern Harriman Tuxedo Circular 6.5 miles, moderate. The Tiorati area has among the 8 miles, moderate. This hike begins on the Ramapo- richest history in Harriman. In the 1930's, Bear Dunderberg trail, then reaches Parker Cabin Mountain Mountain Spring Water was bottled there. The with its scenic views. We descend on the Triangle trail remains are still there, including a bottle dump. Close and make a lunch stop at Lake Skenonto before by are two of the most impressive mines in the returning on a variety of trails. For time and meeting Hudson Valley. We will hike through beautiful woods, place, contact leader Marvin Pasternak at over streams, and around wetlands, to visit these [email protected], 718-261-7199. Rain cancels. places. Lunch will be at a lesser used shelter. There This is a WTA hike. will be some hills, and brief off trail exploration. Meet the leader at 9:30 a.m. at the Lake Tiorati parking lot. Saturday, October 24 To register, contact leader Mark Jelléy, Jordan Pond, Fahnestock Loop [email protected], 914-261-0987. 6-7 miles, easy to moderate. This scenic hike in Fahnestock State Park is a perfect fall outing, passing several ponds and winding

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Saturday, October 31 Sunday, November 1 Baxter Preserve in North Salem Wonder Lake State Park in Putnam County

2-3 miles, easy. Join the 6 miles+/-, Easy-to- “Easy Walkers” on this moderately but NOT beautiful autumn hike, for first-time hikers. following trails in this North Mostly level around the Salem preserve through lake with some hills meadows and fields and around a pond. Meet the too. About 3-4 hours. leader at 10 a.m. To register, contact leader Adeline To register, please call Natiello at [email protected] or 914-669-5536. leader Barry Leibowitz by 5 p. m. on the day Sunday, November 1 before the hike at 845- Post-Halloween Hike: Dobbs Ferry to Sleepy 278-2479 (home) or Hollow, Following the Legend (Joint with WTA) 914-774-5321 (cell). Rain cancels. 8 miles, easy hiking into the unknown. Saturday, November 7 This hike, mostly on Trail Work in Harriman State Park the Old , will start It's time for the annual fall maintenance on our 2.5 mile out happily enough, section of the SBM Trail in Harriman State Park. This as we walk from the is a nice way to give back to the trails we use all year. site of the former Please consider giving it a try. To register or for more Keeper’s House in information, contact Kathie Laug at Dobbs Ferry to [email protected] or call 203-348-3993. Lyndhurst. There we’ll begin reading excerpts from Washington Irving’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. As the Saturday, November 7 story unfolds, we will follow the route, as best we can, Black Rock, Hogencamp, and Surebridge taken by Ichabod Crane through Tarrytown and Mountains in Harriman (Joint with WTA) Sleepy Hollow on the fateful night when he met the Headless Horseman. As sundown approaches, we’ll 6-7 miles, moderate to strenuous. Starting from Route walk through the burying ground of the Old Dutch 106, we will spend a lot of time on the Ramapo- Church and visit the graves of the author and some of Dunderberg, and a little bit on other trails. If there is the characters in the story. The plan is to (hopefully) time and ambition, we can do the Lemon Squeezer. return safely to our cars via the Old Croton Aqueduct. Rain cancels. No first time hikers please. Carpooling Bring a flashlight or headlamp, “just in case”. Meet from North White Plains train station. To register, leader at the Sleepy Hollow H.S. parking area on contact leader Mike Kaplan via email at Route 448, just east of Route 9, at 10:30 a.m.--we will [email protected]. shuttle from there to the start of the hike. To register, contact leader Eileen West at Sunday, November 8 [email protected]. North-South Lake State Park

Sunday, November 1 7 miles, moderate. This Central Park Walk, NYC hike explores a segment of the Long 6 miles, easy to moderate. Explore Central Park from Path/Escarpment Trail the north end to midtown, see the historic monuments in one of the most along the way, and enjoy the park’s spectacular scenic areas of the Chrysanthemum blooms. Take the Metro North . Harlem Line to 125th Street. To register and for details, Vistas to include Artist’s contact leader Jean Dolen at 914-948-4585 Rock and more with trails through the woods and along the ridge. $10 per car parking fee unless you have an Empire Passport, so carpooling is encouraged. To register, contact leader Jean Dolen, 914-948-4585.

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Sunday, November 8 for hot chocolate and cookies. For details and to Harriman High Point and Dr. Dolittle register, contact Carole Ehleben, (Joint with WTA) [email protected] or 914-205-3207.

6.5 miles, moderate to strenuous. Touch Harriman’s Sunday, November 15 highest point and a marine animal too, on a hike which Cornell Mine-Doodletown Circular visits some less traveled but historically and geologically intriguing features and varied vistas. To 5-6 miles, moderate. We will start this hike with a register, email Debbie Farrell at [email protected], steady climb up the Cornell Mine trail in Harriman 914-282-9942. State Park, then have lunch at the viewpoint before descending on the 1777 and other Sunday, November 8 trails in an exploration of Doodletown. For meeting Marshlands Conservancy (Joint with WTA) time and information, contact one of the co-leaders: Lillian Wolfe-Brown, [email protected] or 914-668- 3-4 miles, easy. Enjoy a two-hour hike in this Rye 3184; Alice Benash, [email protected] or 914-723- preserve on a network of trails through a field, a 8722. Rain cancels. Carpooling from North White deciduous forest and a salt marsh. Meet leader at Plains train station. This is a WTA hike. 10:00 a.m. at the Conservancy parking lot, located at 220 Boston Post Road near the Rye Golf Course. To Sunday, November 15 register, contact leader Leslie Millman by e-mail at Edith Read Sanctuary [email protected]. Cell number is for day of hike changes only: 914-552-7720. 2-3 miles with options to extend, easy. Wooded trails, a marsh, a lake, the Long Island Sound and a bamboo Saturday, November 14 forest. The planned hike is two hours, but we can add Three Bridges, Bear Mountain and the River more walking on the boardwalk for another hour or (Joint with WTA) two. To register, contact leader Jean Dolen, 914-948- 4585. 8 miles, moderate plus. We will go up the Major Welch Trail which has rock slabs; the rest is a Saturday, November 21 moderate exploration. To register, contact leader North Point at Storm King (Joint with WTA) Jane Restani at [email protected] by 5 p.m. Friday evening. 4 miles, moderate to strenuous. This loop hike to the summit just south of Storm King has a steep initial Saturday, November 14 ascent rewarded by wonderful views of the Hudson Hook Mountain (Joint with WTA) Highlands. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Stillman Springs trailhead on Rt. 218. To register, contact leader Minu 6 miles, moderate. We will hike along the ridge with Chaudhuri, 914-391-5918 or [email protected]. spectacular views of the Hudson, and then enjoy an easy return on the shore path. To register, contact Saturday, November 21 leader Catharine Raffaele 914-948-4061 or Turkey Mountain and Hilltop Hanover Farm [email protected]. Carpooling from North White (Joint with WTA) Plains train station at 9:30 a.m. 4-5 miles, easy to moderate. First join us for a short

hike up Turkey Mountain on the Saturday before Saturday, November 14 Thanksgiving. It is an easy but steep climb to the BRLA Trails, Clark Preserve, and After-Hike summit with splendid views of the Croton watershed, Treats , and City. The trailhead is in

Yorktown on Route 118. Watch for a sign for Peter 4-5 miles, easy to Pratt’s Inn and across the road is the turn into Turkey moderate. We will Mountain Park. Second, and close by, we will hike a start from my home in loop in Hilltop Hanover Farm. Meeting time is 10 a.m. Bedford, do some To register, call leader Jane Smalley 914-276-0413 or easy hiking for two- e-mail [email protected]. to-three hours on

horse trails, passing

by a lovely country estate, and head into the Clark Preserve to make a loop back to my house

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Sunday, November 22 Saturday, November 28 Rockefeller Park - Main Entrance Irvington Woods - Dog Friendly Hike (Joint with WTA) 5-6 miles, easy to moderate. This is a three-to-four hour hike which may lead to Stone Barns for food. 4-5 miles, easy to moderate. Delightful woodlands, Bring lunch or buy lunch. There are picnic tables lake, historic Hermit's Grave, ruins of estates. This is indoors and outdoors. Fee to park. For meeting time a dog-friendly hike, welcoming well-behaved dogs on or information, call Jean Dolen at 914-948-4585. leashes. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at North White Plains train station. To register or to meet at trailhead, contact Sunday, November 22 leader Carolyn Hoffman, [email protected], Fahnestock Circular (Joint with WTA) home 914- 948- 0608, cell on day of hike only 914- 420-5778. 9-10 miles moderate. We will make a loop starting from Route 301 at Canopus Lake, using the Sunday, November 29 Appalachian, Fahnestock, Charcoal Burners, Perkins Harriman Hike (Joint with WTA) and Cabot Trails. Then back to the Fahnestock Trail and out the way we entered. To register and for 7 miles moderate. We will start from Kanawauke Circle meeting time/place, contact leader Sheila Khatibi, parking area, with a short road walk. Then we take a [email protected]. Heavy rain cancels. short-cut up to the Dunning Trail. The rest of the day we will do mostly ridge walking. To register contact Thursday, November 26, Thanksgiving Day leader Sarah Davis at 917-501-1322 (cell), 212-873- Friday, November 27 4018 (home) or email at [email protected].

No hikes are scheduled but Sunday, November 29 if anyone would like to lead Around the County - Bedford to Lewisboro. Part a hike, put out a notice on 1: Bedford (Mianus River Gorge Preserve) our yahoo group. (Joint with WTA)

Saturday, November 28 Jones Point to the Timp (Joint with WTA) 4-5 miles, easy to moderate. Last season’s “Around the County” series ended at the Bedford Village 7-8 miles, moderate to strenuous. Starting at Jones Green, placing us right on course to visit Mianus River Point, we take the R-D up and Gorge just down the road. Enjoy the meandering trails continue over Bald Mountain to the Timp. Return via in this preserve, many of which parallel the rushing the Timp Torne trail. Many Hudson River views, waters of the Mianus River, on this late November hike particularly if the leader can find the alternate trail near on the last weekend before the area closes for the the top of Dunderberg. A big up at the beginning winter. There is no need to register. Simply meet at the followed by several ups and downs, done at a preserve’s parking lot at 10:30 a.m. Leader: Eileen moderate pace. Bring lunch and at least 1.5 quarts of West [email protected]. Heavy precipitation water. To register, contact leader Steve Klepner, cancels. [email protected], 914-617-9193 (home), 845-297- 7066 (cell).

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