83 years ago, the New York Times printed Raymond Torrey’s description of the Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail. Today, instead of a pretty stream at the Suffern end of the trail, there’s an interstate. The Palisades Parkway now cuts through the trail below...
Go Forward, Little Town in the Foothills I used to think that Tuxedo as the Gateway to the Hudson Highlands was a radical idea. But it’s been a couple weeks since Genting and its super-sized casino was bundled off, and in that short time I’ve heard and...
When You Have the Place to Yourself There couldn’t be a more perfect morning than the one I woke to on a recent Wednesday in early September. The temperature not quite sweatshirt-ready, it dawned crisp and cloudless at 6:30 am on Lake Sebago in Harriman. ...
Long Path in Slide Mountain Wilderness: 9 miles of new trail –.Reblogged from Traverse Outfitter’s Journal I like new trails, but I especially like working out the details of a new out-and-back hike. What I really like about this new trail is that there...
Park at the service area on northbound I-87 in Ramapo, New York, and pick up the trail from the southeast side of the lot. Trails for the Curious Two Saturdays ago I counted more than 100 cars in and on the road in front of the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center in Harriman...
Seized with the urge to hike to the top of something, and with the weather moody and mercurial, I thought I’d jog up Anthony’s Nose this afternoon. Good plan. It didn’t take ten minutes to realize this was a hike I’d have to foresake due to...
