Mud? Ice? High water at stream crossings?
This is the place to let the trail community know what you encountered, where and when (be as precise as possible). Suggestion: Make the trail or park name your subject.
To report serious trail problems that need Trail Conference attention, including illegal trail use issues, visit our Contact Us page. Problems reported through our Contact Us page get to the maintainers fast and reliably. Problems reported on the forum below may help fellow trail users avoid problem areas until they get fixed, but not all maintainers read this regularly.
Status of bridges
1. The Sterling Ridge Trail/Highlands Trail bridge across the Wanaque River has been out since 2011, when Hurricane Irene swept through the area. The Trail Conference has been working closely with NJ State Parks to replace this bridge, and due to several factors including the length of the bridge, it has been a significant undertaking. Progress is being made, so we hope in the near future to be able to provide a better timeframe of when this bridge may be completed.
2. The Crossover Trail bridge was closed around 2014 due to being in poor condition, and the park closed that section of trail between Sloatsburg Road and Ringwood Manor. The park's hope was to reopen that short section once the bridge had been rebuilt, but this has not yet occurred. Alternative ways to reach the Cooper Union Trail include the Shepherd Lake or Skylands Manor parking lots, or roadside parking along Morris Avenue at the bridge where the Crossover Trail crosses.
~Jeremy
TC Cartographer
Long Path Otisville to Wurtsboro ridge state forest
Suffern to Bear Mtn. Trail - Rt. 106 to Bear Mtn. Inn
Suffern to Bear Mtn. Trail - Ramapo Equine Center to Rt. 106
Suffern to Bear Mtn Trail- Suffern to Ramapo Equine Center
We generally post only hike descriptions to the website
Slide Mountain
Some ice persists
Slide Mtn Hike in early March
CAT35
RPH Shelter / Parking
Responded to privately with
Southern Harriman Trail Report
7 hills between reeves brook and hts
High Mountain
Anthony Wayne trail in Harriman State Park
Anthony Wayne Trali is wet
Finding [email protected] state boarder HELP
Trail Maps
Trail mileage on maps
I apologize for the delayed response, but I wanted to respond to your point about trail mileages.
Currently, 4 of our map sets indicate trail mileage on the map fronts: Catskill, Harriman-Bear Mountain, South Taconic, and West Hudson. As you mention, this feature is very useful for planning and navigating, and many people continue to praise the decision to include these mileage numbers on these maps.
As we revise other maps that do not yet have mileage numbers, we are deciding whether to add the mileages on a map-by-map basis. Some maps with dense trail networks would be very difficult to accurately label with mileages, while others may be more doable, so we hope to be able to bring this feature to additional maps in the future.
~Jeremy
TC Cartographer