Backpacking the Windham High Peak – Blackhead Mountain Range loop makes a beautiful 2 to 3-day outing. Passing over 6-peaks and 3-subpeaks makes for a …
Backpacking the Windham – Blackhead Mountain Range Loop
The Batavia Kill lean-to is situated near the Batavia Kill Trail in the Catskill Mountains. It is currently decommissioned and awaiting reconstruction.
Batavia Kill Lean-to
5 Kid-pleasing lean-tos in the Catskills
As a kid, one of my most memorable experiences was camping. Living on Long Island, we did a lot of hiking and camping in Harriman …
Blackhead Mountain Catskill Mountains
Blackhead Mountain is a peak in the Catskill Mountains, more specifically in the Catskill’s Blackhead Range or Chain. When viewed from the Hudson Valley, the …
Trail update: Batavia Kill Trail and Lean-to
It’s been a while since I’ve been up in the Black Dome Valley. I read that the original Batavia Kill lean-to had been decommissioned and …
Hiking the Catskill’s Acra Point Loop
In the shadow of the big peaks that line the Black Dome Valley (aka Big Hollow Valley) in the Catskills sits Acra Point. This 3100′ peak is located just north …