33 peaks above 3500 ft in the Catskills of New York. To be officially recognized by the Catskill 3500 Club, you must climb Slide, Blackhead, Balsam and Panther mountains again in winter. Only 2 hrs and change from the heart of NYC! Note: Doubletop and Graham, both over 3500 ft, were removed from the challenge in 2020 because the landowner permanently closed these peaks to the public. See more here: http://www.catskill-3500-club.org
Highest peak
Slide Mountain
4,180 ft / 1,274 m
Most prominent peak
Slide Mountain
3,280 ft / 999 m prom
Most summited peak
Slide Mountain
354 summits
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest summits
"Ran into friends Lorraine and Ed yesterday while descending Overlook mountain so we hatched a plan to do Mill Brook Ridge and Balsam Lake mountain today. Lorraine eventually backed out do to recent knee surgery and was concerned with testing the knee on a bushwhack.
Ed and I dropped off one car at the BLM TH then drove down to the first Kelly Hollow TH to begin our easy stroll up the big loop trail. At the stream crossing we began our short whack up to the Mill Brook Ridge trail then reach the unmarked, other than a dinky cairn, summit after a little more ellie gain. So far we have only experienced very short periods of sprinkles but at the summit Ed informs me of more serious rain coming in few hours so we hot foot it over to the summit tower on BLM clearing the trail of fallen branches.
Now we are eating a quick snack in low clouds and mist. Once we felt chilly enough in the damp weather we began a hasty descent down to the first car hoping to avoid some of the incoming rain. But right out of the gate we hit lingering ice with water on top….uh oh! I didn’t pack micro spikes and he was too lazy to put his on so we were like two geriatrics doing a slow steady shuffle down unti..." — Nimblefoot • Apr 10, 2024
"T-bone out and back of the Blackhead range from Big Hollow road then over to Peck road for an out and back of Windham HP. Winter-like in the Blacks with ice, wind and cold temps then we crossed the valley for spring-like temps, bright sun and no ice on WHP.
Fewer hikers out than expected most likely do to fact that is Easter Sunday.
" — Nimblefoot • Mar 31, 2024
"T-bone out and back of the Blackhead range from Big Hollow road then over to Peck road for an out and back of Windham HP. Winter-like in the Blacks with ice, wind and cold temps then we crossed the valley for spring-like temps, bright sun and no ice on WHP.
Fewer hikers out than expected most likely do to fact that is Easter Sunday.
" — Nimblefoot • Mar 31, 2024
"T-bone out and back of the Blackhead range from Big Hollow road then over to Peck road for an out and back of Windham HP. Winter-like in the Blacks with ice, wind and cold temps then we crossed the valley for spring-like temps, bright sun and no ice on WHP.
Fewer hikers out than expected most likely do to fact that is Easter Sunday.
" — Nimblefoot • Mar 31, 2024
"T-bone out and back of the Blackhead range from Big Hollow road then over to Peck road for an out and back of Windham HP. Winter-like in the Blacks with ice, wind and cold temps then we crossed the valley for spring-like temps, bright sun and no ice on WHP.
Fewer hikers out than expected most likely do to fact that is Easter Sunday.
" — Nimblefoot • Mar 31, 2024