Climb the 5 peaks with firetowers in the Catskills of New York. A subset of the Adirondack/Catskill Firetower Challenge. See more at https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/76620.html
Highest peak
Hunter Mountain
4,040 ft / 1,231 m
Most prominent peak
Hunter Mountain
2,140 ft / 652 m prom
Most summited peak
Hunter Mountain
343 summits
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest summits
"Eighteen us convened on the summit of BLM to celebrate Richard’s(Easy Way) Catskill 420 Grid. After Richard’s celebratory saunter under an arch of trekking poles we proceeded to gorge on a variety of cookies, muffins, banana bread, baklava, cheese/salami/crackers, YooHoo etc.
Some folks headed home with just a onesie, some headed on to Mill Brook Ridge, a small group filled the remainder of the day with a climb of Windham HP. I headed out solo to climb Red Hill to complete my 11 round of the Catskill 5 Fire Towers and get my 3rd tower towards the 2024 DEC Fire Tower challenge. Striped down to a smaller pack and less layers as the day warmed up nicely with the bright sunshine. Still used micro spikes do to ice in the more shady areas and slippery crust patches on the climbs." — Nimblefoot • Mar 24, 2024
"Eighteen us convened on the summit of BLM to celebrate Richard’s(Easy Way) Catskill 420 Grid. After Richard’s celebratory saunter under an arch of trekking poles we proceeded to gorge on a variety of cookies, muffins, banana bread, baklava, cheese/salami/crackers, YooHoo etc.
Some folks headed home with just a onesie, some headed on to Mill Brook Ridge, a small group filled the remainder of the day with a climb of Windham HP. I headed out solo to climb Red Hill to complete my 11 round of the Catskill 5 Fire Towers and get my 3rd tower towards the 2024 DEC Fire Tower challenge. Striped down to a smaller pack and less layers as the day warmed up nicely with the bright sunshine. Still used micro spikes do to ice in the more shady areas and slippery crust patches on the climbs." — Nimblefoot • Mar 24, 2024
"Bearpen and Vly in the AM then BLM in the afternoon to finish the day. All day alternated between full overcast with snow showers and blue sky with bright sun. Windy most of the day. Only spikes today snowshoes stayed in the car." — Nimblefoot • Jan 14, 2024
"A loop of the two Hunters and Rusk after clearing two small blowdowns on my adopted section of the Diamond Notch trail. Getting some peaks for a winter round before the “Big Storm” comes in a day or two. Overnight flurries that continued into the early AM put a dusting of snow on the ground hiding the various ice patches leading to micro spikes going on and off all day. Wonderful day looking like a winter wonderland on the ground and blue patches with bright sun in the sky." — Nimblefoot • Jan 5, 2024
"Rebecca and I joined Mimi for her final three peaks needed to complete her single season Fall round. Vly and Bearpen in the morning followed an ascent of BLM in the afternoon where Tom joined us. On the summit of BLM Rebecca presented Mimi with her Fall triangle patch from Hikers Anonymous(Ha!). Only micro spikes were carried, leaving the snowshoes in the car, and used only by two of us on BLM for better grip." — Nimblefoot • Dec 16, 2023