Posted in Adirondacks, Catskills, Rock Climbing, Shawangunks, tagged new york, ny, Mountaineering, ice climbing, Rock Climbing, mountaineers, rock climbers on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’re into rock climbing or mountaineering, Mountain Project is a site for you. Right now, for New York State, it focuses on the Adirondacks and Catskills. Maybe that’s because that’s where the mountains are! On the web page, click on one of the areas listed on the left under Select Area to see an [...]
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Click here to learn about the Shawangunk Mountain area.
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Posted in Adirondacks, Catskills, Hiking, Mountaineering, New York City, Shawangunks, tagged Adirondacks, Catskills, climbing, gunks, Hiking, ice climbing, little falls, Mountaineering, new york, ny, peak bagging on December 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s a resource for peak baggers. Mountain Project allows users to enter data on mountains to climb, including winter ice climbing. Some of the areas covered currently include:
Adirondacks (42)
Adirondacks (Ice) (2)
Catskills (Ice) (1
Gunks, The (275)
Little Falls (29)
New York City (0)
Wilmington Notch - High Falls Crag (1)
Wilmington Notch, Moss Cliff
Use the selections at the left [...]
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Posted in Hiking, Shawangunks, Waterfalls, tagged falls, hike, Hiking, Nature Conservancy, new york, ny, rondout, sam's point, shawangunk, Shawangunks, verkeerkill, wallkill, waterfall, Waterfalls on October 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Poughkeepsie Journal offers this and other fall excursions:
Sam’s Point Preserve, owned by the Open Space Institute and managed by the Nature Conservancy, is a stunning expanse that covers the highest points on the Shawangunk Ridge.
There are several hikes one can take at Sam’s Point. Verkeerderkill Falls, has a spectacular waterfall that drops through a [...]
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Who says New York City is all pavement and buildings? Oh, that was me. NYC is far from my favorite place on this Earth. But, as you can read in this blog posting, only a short distance north of the city, there are wonderful hiking opportunities.
Of course, I recently wrote about my short, but [...]
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Posted in Hiking, Shawangunks on August 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I had never been to the Shawangunk Mountains before. They sit just south of the Catskill Mountains and are known as a rock climbers paradise. That much I knew. But, I was oblivious to the fact that I was heading there. Instead I thought I was heading to a resort in the Catskills for a [...]
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Become a 62er by hiking to the highest point in each of New York State’s 62 counties.
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