"Loop of Big Indian and Fir from Biscuit Brook TH. P-W trail all the way up then HP to can on Big Indian. Solid herd path between the peaks and back down to the P-W trail. After a quick lunch at the TH I headed over to Denning road to climb up Red Hill via the new trail. I needed the new trail for round 2 of the All Trails challenge and the climb completes the ‘22 DEC Fire tower challenge of 6 towers and round #8 of the Catskill Fire Towers(5). The new trail has a nice easy grade you barely know your climbing up. It weaves through some rock outcrops and appears to be the handiwork of Ed Walsh’s Tahawus trail building crew." — Nimblefoot • May 23, 2022

"A twosie of Friday and Balsam Cap from Moonhaw PA in the AM then headed further up Peekamoose road to hit Ashokan HP in the afternoon. Nice blue sky in the morning that slowly transitioned to fully overcast by late afternoon with light sprinkles falling. The warmer temps brought out the black flies." — Nimblefoot • May 20, 2022

"Ed needed Dry Brook Ridge this month so I met him at the Slide Mountain motel to car pool to the TH. Before leaving I met the owner who is a Cat 35er, 46r and working on other lists besides running various businesses. I haven’t hiked out this side of the Mill Brook road PA in years and was certainly surprised how faint the trail is showing very little use. The Dry Brook leanto is certainly not a nice spot to spend a night as the current landowners adjacent to the State land have installed posted signs literally 10 feet from the leanto. Your view is a house and roughly cleared land. At the key viewpoint we wandered off trail to find the summit or at least the X on the map. There was a small pile of rocks next to a tree that might have been a cairn at one time. On our way back we visited the south peak and Peak 3040. On our way in we noticed several small fields of ramps between the TH and leanto so on the way back we harvested some making sure to pick from many plants for the least impact. A nice sunny day with clouds and thankfully less humidity than in the Hudson Valley for our pleasant stroll." — Nimblefoot • May 13, 2022

"Did an out and back of KHP and it’s little buddy Roundtop from the TH off of Platte Clove road. The profile of the two is seen from numerous points in the Catskills. The trail portion had some wet spots especially on my way back as the day warmed up. Took the herd path over to sno-mo loop trail, crossed it then up the SE ridge as usual. More folks are doing Roundtop for the Cat100 or the Grid as there are more obvious herd paths between the peaks. Completed the day with a hike up Plateau as it’s right nearby and needed for my 4-season grid(round #10)." — Nimblefoot • Apr 29, 2022

"Rained on the way up. A steady gradual climb on a gravel road. Ruins were spectacular. Very windy in the FT and pelted with snow as we came down. View of the Hudson Valley from the cliffs beautiful. " — Fitgrandma • Apr 27, 2022