My wife and I are from Oregon and new to the area. We wanted to go hiking/camping for 4-5 days at the end of August, maybe find a nice trail that reminds us of home. Any suggestions on where to go for a first trip in the area, possible with some nice running water to swim in?
I'm planning a point to point hike in the Catskills and would appreciate any recommendations for transport from our car drop off to the beginning of the hike. Please email me names & phone numbers or post them here. Thanks.
Although my Henry Shires Tarptent, a Cloudburst is quite the spacious tent for it's size, not sure if I would go as far as saying it is the ideal backcountry tent. It might be, depending on where you tent to camp or where you may be backpacking, outwest, northeast, down south, etc. The thing is the size is a plus but also a boon, as it is sometimes hard to find a good backcountry site that will fit it. Heck, there are some actual designated campsites that it wont fit in because of it's length.
I've also had problems with the silnylon fraying quite badly and some of my guyline anchors are ripping. However, this is after a backcountry camping trip in Wrangell St. Elias at elevations of 8000-9000ft with some pretty heavy gusts 30-40 gusts, estimated.
Jay
You might/should want to delete or put a forwarding link to the old forums which never worked too well and is now inactive:
http://66.37.7.139/plus/plus.mirage?who=nynjtc
It will help show any old timers that there is a new forum here....
Jay
Hi Dave, above is the link to the TC web page for Pyramid, the trails there are not in our North Jersey Map set. They will be in a new mapset that's in the works. The Pyramid Mtn Visitor Center has a trail map available, newly revised. If you can't pick it up prior to your hike, you can easily figure out a loop hike once you get there. I'm not familiar with the trails so can't recommend anything, but there are a couple of new trails that extend away from the Center; you can park a car at Kincaid Rd and Powerville Rd and hike through if you wanted a longer hike. There are people at the Center that can help you. It is a good place for rookie hikers. Also, there's the Tourne in Mountain Lakes, one big hill with really great views, a wildflower trail, and then you can hike on all the other trails to get a longer hike out of it. There's a very large beaver dam with their newly created lake along one trail. Maps at the kiosks.
Hi, I'd like to do a hike on pyramid mountain, and while I like to just strike out and explore new territory, I'll probably be bringing other people and therefore should have some idea what to expect and where to go. I haven't checked but I have the trail map set for north jersey and I believe the mountain is on there. I was wondering if anyone could give me some mileage, difficulty ratings, and an overview of the hike. (i'm not sure if there are multiple trails or just one big loop). Alone I'll hike anything, but if I do bring my friends I would be looking for a 5 maybe 6 mile hike, easy-moderate, with at least one decent destination for people to take pictures or whatever. If this kind of hike is not possible there, then I would still appreciate a description of any kind and I'll just save the hike for when I'm not bringing rookies.
Hi,
I live in Suffern NY and I am looking for some moderate difficulty nature hikes. I love taking my 2 girls out with me: one in a stroller and one in a back carrier. I walk up Ramapo Mountain frequenty and it works out well, but I'm looking for some new scenery. Are there similar hikes in or around Rockland County. Doesn't have to be paved but not too rocky so that I can get the stroller through. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
http://www.nynjtc.org/park/pyramid-mountain-1
Hi Dave, above is the link to the TC web page for Pyramid, the trails there are not in our North Jersey Map set. They will be in a new mapset that's in the works. The Pyramid Mtn Visitor Center has a trail map available, newly revised. If you can't pick it up prior to your hike, you can easily figure out a loop hike once you get there. I'm not familiar with the trails so can't recommend anything, but there are a couple of new trails that extend away from the Center; you can park a car at Kincaid Rd and Powerville Rd and hike through if you wanted a longer hike. There are people at the Center that can help you. It is a good place for rookie hikers. Also, there's the Tourne in Mountain Lakes, one big hill with really great views, a wildflower trail, and then you can hike on all the other trails to get a longer hike out of it. There's a very large beaver dam with their newly created lake along one trail. Maps at the kiosks.