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RIP VAN WINKLE HIKERS

Frederic Church painting showing the view from Olana, looking southwest toward the Hudson and Catskills beyond.


Spring 2006
Hiking Schedule


Monday, March 20, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Mystery (surprise) Mountain (3500' plus summit)
Moderate +, 6.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845)246-8616
Note: Snowshoes and Crampons required

Saturday, March 25, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Mine Kill State Park in Gilboa
Easy walk, 5.0 miles, all day
For more information call: (845) 246-6208

Monday, March 27, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Huckleberry Point (2800’)
Moderate, 5.0 miles, 3.5 hours
For more information call: (845)338-8772 OR (845) 246-7616

Monday, March 27, Bi-monthly Meeting
Meet - 7:00 PM
Atonement Lutheran Church, Saugerties, NY

Monday, April 3, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Blackhead Mountain (3940’)* and possibly Black Dome Mountain (3980')
Strenuous, 4.5 miles, 6.o hours For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Monday, April 10, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Twin Mountain (3640’), ascent 1,680’
Moderately Strenuous, 4.4 Miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-7616

Wednesday, April 12, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Clermont State Park
Easy walk, 5.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 758-6143

Monday, April 18, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Wittenberg ( 3780‘) and Cornell Mountains (3906’)
Strenuous hike, 9.0 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8546

Saturday, April 22, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
President Martin Van Buren Homestead (Kinderhook)
Easy walk, 4.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-4116

Monday, April 24, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Panther Mountain (3720’), ascent 1620’
Moderate +, 7.0 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 876-4738

Monday, MAY 1, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM,br> Doubletop Mountain (3860’), ascent 1850’
Strenuous bushwhack at a moderate pace, 5.5 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Monday, May 8, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Dry Brook Ridge (3460’), ascent 2000’
Moderate to difficult, 7.0 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Wednesday, May 10, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Easy walk, 5.0 miles, all day
For more information call: (845) 246-7174

Saturday, May 13, Trail Maintenance
Call for time and meeting place
Long Path (Kaaterskill High Peak)
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, May 15, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Big Indian (3700’) and Fir (3620’) Mountains
Strenuous bushwhack, 10.0 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-1823

Saturday, May 20, Novice/Trail Maintenance
Meet - 9:00 AM
Esopus Bend Nature Preserv (Saugerties)
Easy (bring clippers)
For more information call: (845) 247-0664

Saturday, May 20, Trail Maintenance
Call for time and meeting place
Thomas Cole Mountain
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, May 22, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Sugarloaf Mountain (3800’), ascent 1850’
Strenuous hike at a moderate pace, 6.2 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, May 22, Bi-monthly Meeting
Meet - 7:00 PM
Atonement Lutheran Church, Saugerties, NY

Monday, May 29, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Hunter Mountain (4040‘)
Moderately strenuous hike, 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-1823



Please call the hike coordinator (phone numbers listed above) for more information on meeting places and hike details.

Many of our hikes originate from Sawyer Savings Bank, 87 Market Street, Saugerties, NY. Directions to the Sawyer Savings Bank: From I-87 (Exit 20), proceed east on route 212/32 approximately one mile to a fork in the road. Make a left onto Market Street at the fork. The bank will be on your immediate right. Click Here for a map of Saugerties. The red X represents the location of Sawyer Savings Bank.

For hikes to the Central/Western Catskills (areas accessible primarily via Route 28), we will often meet at the rear of the the Black Bear Restaurant (formerly the Mountainside) parking lot, Route 28 and Maverick Road.

Meeting sites vary however - please call the hike coordinator to be sure of the exact meeting place.



Hikes are divided into advanced, intermediate and novice levels.

* The figure given represents the elevation of the summit. The total ascent of the hike will be less.

Trail Maintenance = special maintenance hikes
(see Trail Maintenance in the Main Menu)

Rain Dates will be the following Monday for Monday
hikes, and the following Saturday for Saturday hikes.
There is no regular rain date for Wednesday hikes.

Hiking involves certain inherent hazards, and persons
participating do so at their own risk.




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