Saturday, June 3, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
"Trail's'S Day" hike to Balsam Lake Mountain (3723’)*
Moderate, 6.0 miles, 3.5 hours
For more ionformation call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, June 5, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Bearpen & Vly (3600'/3529) Mountains
Strenuous, 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (607) 363-7267 or (845) 246-7616
or (845) 246- 4590

Tuesday, June 6, Trail Maintenance Hike
Meet - 8:00 AM
Thomas Cole Mountain
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Thursday, June 8, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Mossy Brook (admission charge)
Easy to moderate hike, 5.0 miles
For more information call: (845) 246-4590

Saturday, June 10, Trail Maintenance Hike
Meet - 8:00 AM
Long Path (Kaaterskill High Peak Section)
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, June 12, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Halcott Mountain (3550’)
Moderate +, 5.5 miles, 4.5 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-7987

Monday, June 19, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Minnewaska Park – Lake Awosting (600’ascent)
Moderate, 6.0 miles, all day event
For more information call: (845) 246-4082 or (845) 246-4590

Saturday, June 24, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Ulster County Park
Easy, 5.0 miles
For more information call: (845) 246-2945

Monday, June 26, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
North Dome and Sherrill Mtns (3610’ and 3540’)
Strenuous bushwhack, 8.0 miles, 7.5 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-1823

Monday, July 3, Intermediate/Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Sam's Point Preserve - possible hike to the Ice Caves
(a refrigerated environment), blueberry pickers loop with remnants
of shacks & Lake Maratanza, and Verkeerder Kill Falls
Moderate hike, time/distance to be determined by hikers
For more information call: (845) 246-7616

Monday, July 10, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Westkill Mountain (3880’)
Moderate, 8.0 miles, 5.5 hours
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Wednesday, July 12, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Rotary Park and the and Maritime Museum in Kingston, NY
(optional Boat ride to Lighthouse – fee involved)
Easy, 5.0 miles
For more information call: (845) 246-4590

Monday July 17, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Minnewaska State Park (Hidden Pond)
(For the Adventure of your lifetime, we'll try once
again to find it with our Guide, Fred Otte!)
Moderate, miles & time will depend upon our success
For more information call: (845) 246-7616 or (845)687-2236
or (845) 462-8305

Monday, July 24, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Hunter Mountain (4040’) and optional
bushwhack to Southwest Hunter Mountain (3740’)
Moderate + hike plus optional bushwhack, 5.5 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8546

Monday, July 24, Bi-monthly Meeting
Meet - 7:00 PM
Atonement Lutheran Church, Saugerties, NY

Saturday, July 29, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Five Rivers Environmental Park, Delmar, NY
Easy, 5.0 miles
For more information call: (845) 246-7174

Sunday, July 30, All Invited
Meeting time to be determined (call below #'s)
From North Lake to North Point along the Escarpment Trail
(Hike to the same vistas that inspired the noted artists of
the 19th Century Hudson River School, stopping at some of the
famous painting sites such as Sunset Rock.
Afterwards - North Lake Picnic & Swim
Moderate, 5.0 miles, 4.0 hour hike + picnic/swimming
For more information call: (845) 876-4738 or (845) 246-7616 or (845) 246-4590

Monday, August 7, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Kaaterskill High Peak (3655')
Moderate plus bushwhack, 7.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Wednesday, August 9, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Onteora Lake at Bluestone Wild Forest
Easy, 4.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For further information call: (845) 246-7174

Monday August 14, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
George Landis Arbortoreum, Esperance, NY
Easy+, 5.0 miles, 3.5 hours
For more information call: (845) 417-8097 or (518) 895-8474

Monday August 21, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Bearpen (3600') and Vly (3529') Mountains
Strenuous, 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (607) 363-7267 or (845) 338-8772

Saturday August 26, Novice
Meet - 8:00 AM
Black Creek Forest, Town of Esopus, NY
Moderate, 3.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-6459

Monday August 28, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Lake Awosting Circular in Minnewaska Park
This will be a hike with optional swimming.
Moderate, 10.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call (845) 255-0614 or (845) 246-7616

Monday September 11, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Balsam Cap (3623') and Friday (3694') Mountains
Strenuous Bushwhack, 7.5 miles, 7.5 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Monday September 11, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Stissing Mountain and Thompson Pond, Pine Plains, NY
Easy+, 4.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-4590 or (845) 246-7616

Wednesday September 13, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Greenway Heritage Trail in Barrytown, NY
Moderate, 3.0 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 758-6143

Sunday September 17, All Groups
Meet - 1:00 PM
Hudson Valley Ramble: “Eagles Keep” in Dibbles Quarry
Family Friendly moderate hike, 2.0 miles, 3.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Monday September 18, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Blackhead (3940') Black Dome and Thomas Cole Mountains
Moderate+ hike and (trail maintenance on the way down
from Thomas Cole), 10.0 miles, 7.0 hours
For more information: (607)363-7267 or (845) 338-8772

Monday September 25, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Sugarloaf (3800') and Twin (3640') Mountains
Strenuous, 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-7987

Monday September 25, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Huckleberry Point Loop
1100 to 1300 ft. elevation gain
Moderate, 6.4-10 miles, 5-7 hours
For more information call: (845) 687-2236 or (845) 679-6293

Monday, September 25, Bi-monthly Meeting
Meet - 7:00 PM
Atonement Lutheran Church, Saugerties, NY

Saturday, September 30, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Innisfree Garden, Millbrook, NY
Easy, 4.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 247-0064

Monday, October 2, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Table (3847’) and Peekamoose (3843') Mountains
Strenuous, 10.0 miles, 9.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

Monday, October 9, Intermediate
Meet - 9:00 AM
Annual Len Sperl Memorial Hike: Kaaterskill High Peak (3655’)
Moderate +, 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246- 7616 or (845) 876-3609
or (845) 266-8445

Wednesday, October 11, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Buttercup Farm Sanctuary
Easy, 3.0 miles, 3.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-2945

October 13 through 15, All Groups
2006 Fall Hiking Weekend
Lake Placid and the Adirondack High Peaks Region
Package deal includes lodging, meals, and hikes
Click Here for further information

Monday, October 16, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Balsam Mountain (3600’)
Moderate +, 5.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (607)363-7267 or (845) 338-8772

Monday, October 23, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselarville
Easy +, 4.5 miles, 3.5 hours
For more information call: (518) 895-8474 or (845) 417-8097 or (845) 246-4540

Saturday, October 28, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Hand Hollow Conservation Area in New Lebanon
Easy, 5.5 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 758-6143

Monday, October 30, All Invited
Meet - 9:00 AM
Seventh Annual Halloween Club Costume Hike at
the Esopus Bend Park, Saugerties
DRESS IN COSTUME
Easy, 3.0 miles
For more information call: (845) 246-8616 or (845) 247-0664

Saturday, November 4, Trail Maintenance Hike
Meet - 8:00 AM
Long Path from Platte Clove to Palenville
For more information call: (607)363-7267 or (845) 338-8772

Monday, November 6, Intermediate
Meet - 8:00 AM
Ashokan High Peak
Moderate + hike: 8.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 687-2236 or (845) 679-6293

Monday, November 6, Advanced
Meet - 7:00 AM
Big Indian & Eagle Mountains
Strenuous bushwhack, 7.0 miles, 6.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-8616

Wednesday, November 8, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Twin Royal in Elka Park, ascent 1000'
Moderate, 2.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-7616

Monday, November 13, Advanced
Meet - 8:00 AM
Windham High Peak (3524') from Route 23
Moderate +, 6.6 miles, 4.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 246-1823

Monday, November 13, Intermediate
Meet - 9:00 AM
Echo Lake & Overlook Mountain (3140') from
Platte Clove Mountain Road
Moderate +, 8.5 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (518) 895-8474 or (845) 246-7616 or (845) 417-8097

Saturday, November 18, Novice
Meet - 9:00 AM
Ogden Mills Mansion
and lunch at the Culinary Institute of America
Easy, 2.0 miles, 3.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 758-0769

Monday, November 27, Advanced
Meet - 8:30 AM
Minnewaska State Park in the Shawangunks
Moderate, 6.0 miles, 5.0 hours
For more information call: (845) 338-8772

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

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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