Cortlandt Manor Man Preps Breakneck Hikers as Trail Steward

About 700 people head to Breakneck Ridge on any given Saturday or Sunday during the summer. It’s Brett Schollman’s job to give them the confidence they need to scramble up the mountain successfully.

“We did it at the request of the New York State Parks, which has been having a challenge with Breakneck Ridge Trail,” Hank Osborn said, citing popularity. Osborn is the East Hudson program coordinator for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. “There’s so many people using it that the likelihood of people getting lost or hurt was pretty high.” ...