We will leave Friday Evening from the American Musuem of Natural History and camp out. On Saturday, we will hike up Slide Mountain and possibly camp up on the mountain. On Sunday. we will hike back to the car and ride back into the city.
This Hike is a Mandatory Overnight. We will travel to the Catskills in a car, not a train. It is vital that you tell me that you will join us by the End of this Week; March 15.
We need to make arrangements for transportation so I need to know ASAP.
If you are interested, E-mail me at Sixblobo@yahoo.com.
I will need your name, phone number and a Emergency Phone number.
Also, if this will be your first overnight hike, please mention that to me.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask aswell.
Here are a few notes about the hike:
Catskills Area:
- Devonian period-original layer of rocks. (Sedimentary)
- Paleozoic Era
- About Hundred peaks are 3,000 feet
What Would you most likely find:
- Grayish Sandstone and Conglomerates
- Beech, Birch, Hemlock and Maple trees
Catskill Hiking Information:
- Chances of Snow: November through May
- Camp sites: are usually 150 feet from streams, water sources and marked trails
- Convenient to bring backpacker stoves
- Trails Markers:
- Blue Blaze run North & South
- Red Blaze run East & West
- Yellow Blaze run Diagonal or connect to other trails
Trails
Burroughs Range Trail- Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Mountains
- Location of Parking Lot : Woodland Valley Road off NY 28.
- Nearest Town: Phoenicia
- Our Trail: Red Blaze- 9.1 miles long than a Right on Phoenicia-East Branch Trail (Yellow Blaze) to Woodland Camp Ground
- Campsite: Woodland Valley
- Slide Mountain 4180 feet; Quartz like pebble indicates only Catskill peak not covered by glaciers in ice age
- Cornell 3906 feet
- Wittenberg 3800 feet; popular peak and nice views of Ashokan Reservoir
- About 13 miles in total
Giant Ledge - Panther- Fox Hollow Trail
- Parking lot 1.6 miles south of NY 28 on Fox Hollow Road
- Nearest town : Allaben
- Our Trail: Blue Blaze (Fox Hollow Trail )
- Panther Mountain 3720 feet; views over Slide, Wittenberg and Giant Ledge.
- About 7 miles in total.
These are the plans for the March Overnight Hike.
We don't have to do the full length of each trail.
Any suggestions e-mail me: Sixblobo@yahoo.com
Alvaro