Rip Van Winkle Hikers Schedule

Monday October 25, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Location: Appalachian Trail (8 mile segment in Sheffield, MA area) Distance: 8.0 miles, 5.0 hours, moderate
For Further Info Call: (845) 246-5670

Monday November 1, Intermediate and Advanced joint hike
5th Annual Halloween Costume Hike (open to all)
Meet - 9:00 AM
Location: Overlook Mountain (3140') from Mead Mountain Road
* Please dress in costume.
Distance: 5.0 miles, 3.0 hours, moderate (at a slow pace)
For Further Info Call: (845) (845) 246-7158 or (845) 246-4145

Monday November 8, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Location: "Waterfall Hike" (Awosting Falls and other falls
along the Peters Kill, in Minnewaska State Park), from Peter's Kill parking Lot (off Rtes 44/55)
Cumulative ascent along the trail of 800'
Distance: 3.0 miles, 3.0 hours, moderate
For Further Info Call: (845) 462-8305

Monday November 15, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Location: Indian Head Mountain (3573'), ascent 1800',
from Platte Clove Conservancy Trailhead
Distance: 7.0 miles, 4.5 hours, strenuous
For Further Info Call: (845) 246-7616

Monday November 22
Meet - 7:00 PM at Atonement Lutheran Church, Saugerties
Bi-Monthly Meeting

Friday November 26, Novice and Advanced joint hike
Annual Full Moon Hike (open to all)
Meet - 5:15 PM at the Sawyer Savings Bank parking lot
Location: Overlook Mountain (3140') from Mead Mountain Road
Distance: 5.0 miles, 3.0 hours, moderate (at a slow pace)
For Further Info Call: 845) 246-7158 or (845) 246-7174

Additional Novice and Advanced group Oct/Nov hikes will be announced.

You may use the following link to download and print an MS Word format August/September schedule. This 'paper' schedule is issued via email to club members and handed out to those present at the bi-monthly club planning meetings.

The meeting place for 'all' hikes is at the rear of the Sawyer Savings Bank parking lot, 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, at 87 Market Street.

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), it may be possible to meet the group at the rear of the Mountainside Restaurant parking lot, Route 28 and Maverick Road. This must be pre-arranged with the hike leader.

For Further Information on any of the above hikes call:

Bob Saturn, President, (845) 246-7158

Sally Colclough, Membership Chairman, (845) 246-2945

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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