The natural next challenge to tackle after the 35 Catskill 3500ers. Includes sub-3,500 ft peaks to round out the Catskill's Hundred Highest. Includes 67 peaks instead of 65 because 3 peaks tie for the spot of 100th highest... and guess what: you need to climb them all! Note: some of these summits are on private property; please get permission from landowners before climbing. Challenge created by Alan Via and detailed in his excellent guidebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Catskill-67/242140155838222
Highest peak
Mill Brook Ridge
3,480 ft / 1,060 m
Most prominent peak
Mount Pisgah
1,765 ft / 537 m prom
Most climbed peak
Overlook Mountain
300 climbs
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest climbs
"Helping a gridding friend from NH get one the four required peaks for Catskill 3500 completion. Also invited Ed from Long Island and local couple Ellen and Mike. After enduring a sudden snow squall at the PA, while prepping our layers and packs, we had a beautiful sunny day with blue sky to enjoy the out and back saunter. We carried and used both micro spikes and snowshoes but the snow is still not deep enough or the right consistency to enjoy using the ‘shoes. The numerous rocks and boulders are not covered enough so it’s rough on both pieces of gear. We got to experience the full “wind tunnel effect” on the stretch of trail between Giant Ledge and Panther in both directions. It’s one of the windiest spots in the Cats. Ed and I stopped in at Brios in Phoenicia for a slice and soda before our long drives back home." — Nimblefoot • Jan 28, 2025
"Tom2 and I did the Spruceton straight shot from Shaft road PA to the West Kill PA on Spruceton road. A brisk day temperature-wise to saunter over Sherrill, North Dome and West Kill with minimal fluffy/powdery snow on the ground. Saint Anne’s gets added as a bonus peak, sort of a speed bump on the way to West Kill. All day we switched from bare boots to micro spikes to snowshoes and back again. Snowshoes were mainly used to get up and over North Dome and West Kill. Descending ND toward the Devils Path was a royal PIA with the ‘shoes just sliding in the powdery snow on the many steep pitches. The spikes might have been better but I doubt it. Just need much more snow that is packable to fully enjoy snowshoeing.
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"A fun loop hike of Roundtop and KHP with Tom2, Mimi and Danielle. We were able to drive to the very end of Gillespie road unlike the last time I did Roundtop in early Dec ‘24 after the big snow storm “before” winter. Wearing micro spikes and carrying snowshoes, in case of any deep drifts, we ascended straight up RT to the cairn which wasn’t buried this time. Over to the view then straight down the fall line to the low point between the peaks. The lose fluffy snow made the descent a spirited plunge as we were in controlled slides most of the time. An easy saunter up to the can on KHP, no visit to Hurricane ledge or the upper airplane crash, then returned on our broken track. We side swiped RT, bearing to the left, for less ellie gain and mileage. Micro spikes all day so the ‘shoes went unharmed." — Nimblefoot • Jan 10, 2025

"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
"Tom R. and I originally planned to do both Roundtop and KHP for a shorter day time and mileage-wise. First up we had to park approximately half way between the two PAs on Gillespie road. The plow driver stopped going all the way to the end of the road and created a new “winter lot”. At 6am and quite dark I couldn’t tell how driveable the rest of the road was so we parked in the new lot. Upon snowshoeing the road to begin our whack it turned out to be driveable to all the small lots at the end.
Since we knew the snow was deep we opted to take a longer and less steep approach from the old woods road. The snow ranged from day-old mashed potatoes to light and fluffy. Additionally we found all kinds of snowshoe traps and holes between rocks to fall into and spend energy to get out of. So right away we knew we had a lot of work ahead us as we made our way to the W/NW ridge. Closer to the summit we had the usual rock bands/ledges to go around or through via some steep ramps. After 2+hours we finally reached the gentle saunter to the summit cairn. During our brief rest break we both came to the same conclusion that we didn’t have enough juice to push a trench over to KHP and back to our..." — Nimblefoot • Dec 6, 2024