"Mimi and I did a loop of the two Hunters starting on the Devils Path and finishing on the Spruceton trail. A beautiful blue sky sunny day that started off in the single digits then warmed up to nearly 30*. We went light by leaving the snowshoes in the car and taking only micro spikes which never got used. Nice quiet day where we only saw two other hikers all day." — Nimblefoot • Dec 26, 2024

"Dean and I parked at the Mill Brook Road trailhead and took the longer, more gradual old supply road to the tower. 2" of fresh snow covered every branch. 32° at the bottom and 11° at the summit. Zero view from the tower due to low cloud cover. Micros door to door. This completes my Catskill tower challenge and my Adk/Catskill Tower Challenge. GPS mileage showed 7.04 miles rt, not the posted 5.5 miles." — garyogden • Dec 19, 2024

"Hiked with brother Dean today. Upon arriving we realized that the last 3/4 mile to the trailhead is a seasonal road. It is a steep ice and snow, unplowed decent so we opted to park up top at the snow plow turn around. Trail was ice and snow covered and frozen hard. So it was micro spikes door to door. Skies were blue @18°. The tower cabin was locked but the view from beneath was 360° of beautiful. The thermometer on the rangers cabin at the summit read 12°. A nice, short hike but a long, long ride." — garyogden • Dec 13, 2024

"Ice only near the summit, I had my microspike. Negligible quantity of ice on the summit. There is a narrow bridge without a guardrail near the beginning of the trail that must be crossed." — pierredenommee • Nov 15, 2024

"A loop of Eagle and Balsam from the McKenley Hollow trailhead. Took the usual woods road/bushwhack up to Eagle rather than the trail(s)then planned to whack down from the Balsam summit rock to the O-M trail and out to change things up a bit. Once I hit Balsam and chatted with a couple and their 4 dogs I mindlessly went down the trails out of habit. Probably I good thing as the fallen leaves would have made the whack down rather slippery putting more strain on aching knees. To finish up the day I headed over to Red Hill to ascend to the fire tower via the newer trail. The PA is quite small and managed to get the last parking spot literally only minutes before the next car arrived. Since it was Friday and the tail end of Fall colors I was not surprised. Fortunately the day warmed up nicely, like normal early Fall, so I was able switch to shorts. Such a relief for the 4 mile round trip. This hike completed my monthly grid of Red Hill and ironically October looks like the most popular month to hike Red Hill." — Nimblefoot • Oct 18, 2024