"I headed over to the Campgaw Mountain Reservation in Mahwah with my four-legged hiking companion. We parked in a large gravel lot just before the maintenance yard lot off Fyke Road. From the lot, we walked 500 feet south before coming upon the trailhead of the blue blazed Rocky Ridge Trail on our right. In about 200 feet, we bore right at the loop split, choosing to go clockwise. Crossing the powerline cut, the blue trail became a 20-foot-wide woods road. That steady incline climbed up the mountainside about 1,500 feet before becoming a narrow winding woods path, still well blazed, and leading up the Campgaw’s summit area. The summit high point was a small rocky area with a thorn bush growing out of the cracks in the rock. There were no views to be had from that point. We continued north on the blue trail. Just before it makes a 90 degree turn east, running parallel to the ski slopes, I wandered into the ski slope area to take some pictures. Impressive views to the east in the valley below can be had from that point. Back to blue, making a left down the mountain, the trail hugs the slope area for a few hundred feet, and then leads southeast where it merges with the orange trail bef..." — michaelzandonella • Oct 6, 2025