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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