Congratulations to everyone who completed the Harriman Hike! That was a full day of hard work, fresh air, and trail navigation. Our stats varied depending upon tracker, but we clocked somewhere between 10.2 - 11.2 miles, enjoyed an elevation gain between 2,100 and 2,600 feet, and get this ... took 27,500 steps, at least according to Stacey's tracker. Regardless, this hike squarely ranks first in length, total ascent, and duration - the sun was just setting behind the mountain as the last group was crossing the field to the Elk Pen parking lot.
Highlights were extensive, here are just a few
Everyone made it back! A few got a little lost and at one point Lou headed down the wrong trail, but for such an extensive trail system we did very well. Special thanks to Sheila for her keen eyes and Barbara for her cartography skills.
Everyone completed the rock scramble, awesome job! Not sure if it was peer pressure or willpower, but many hikers take the side route so we'll pat ourselves on our backs.
Lichen Trail for the win. We were originally planning on skipping this section as no one in the group had tried before, but a few hiking websites mentioned how great it was and it did not disappoint.
Group tea-pot stretches at Bowling Rocks
Finally, the last section of trail along the river was quite lovely, hopefully folks weren't too tired to enjoy it.
Some pictures below (click to enlarge), but be sure to look here at the full album, some really great photos. This one and all albums are also permanently linked to the right. As usual, please share any pictures and will add them.
The reward for first up the initial incline was a break atop this rock
Island Pond, definitely a place to come back to in peak foliage next year
Unfortunately a dark photo, but look closely and you will see our group trekking up the hill.
The stony faced fellowship heading into the Mines of Moria - courtesy of Stacey
The "lemon squeezer" - courtesy of Lee
The rock scramble after the lemon squeeze
Crossing a stream on the Long Path
A stream crossing on Long Path - courtesy of Stacey
Jeff either contemplating the meaning of life or thinking on chicken pot pies
Lunchin' on Lichen - courtesy of Stacey
The Fire Anchor - courtesy of Stacey
"Bowling Rocks" courtesy of Stacey
Bob attempting the tea-pot
Lee exploring the abandoned iron-ore "Boston Mine"
One of several cascades along the route (courtesy of Stacey)
Hike Date - Saturday, February 22nd For this hike we'll head back to where it all began.... sort of. Instead of hiking to the summit of Mt Tammany as we did in our first hike, we'll take in some great views of Tammany as we hike to the summit of her sister, Mount Minsi. This hike is entirely on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap and additional highlights of this route include a few minor rock scrambles, and a lovely Rhododendron tunnel (or 2, or 3), and a better than average fire road. We'll also test our navigation skills by ending on a lovely un-blazed section called Table Rock Start Time - 9:00 AM Length - Appx 5.9 Miles (It's winter!) Elevation Gain - ~1000 feet Difficulty - Moderate to Challenging Expected Duration - 3-5 hours Park Trail Map - NPS Trail Map Our Route - Our Route Parking Location - A gravel lot off of Lake Road in Bangor, PA. GPS Coordinates: 40.979850, -75.142087 and...
We are hiking right above where the Hudson Rover is no longer visible on the map (go to Manhattan, look at the squiggly curve line north of it, where are a few miles north of where the small curve ends). The ground will undoubtedly be wet from all the rains this week, but the shower activity looks to be limited enough to still hike. As Jeff said, I will post something early tomorrow morning if the hike is canceled, but for now it remains a go.
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