"Final hike with Ed before we move to Lake Tahoe in four days. Back home for lunch then Ed helped my wife and I in packing the U-Haul containers in our driveway. The PA was full and along 9D was filling up at 9am, two hours later it was worse, though the trails weren’t overly crowded until the end of our loop." — Nimblefoot • Oct 18, 2025

"Beautiful early-fall afternoon for a HUGE loop of Storm King and Butter Hill. Started at the Stowell Trailhead in Cornwall (on Bayview Ave right after Dock Hill). Nice walk up to the Highlands Trail with beautiful bridge/staircase built into the rock face. Trail becomes a very thin, very rocky ledge until curving around before the summit for some great viewpoints of the Hudson; Mt Taurus/Breakneck Ridge, and even Schunnemunk! I hit the summit, but then turned back around and followed the white-blazed trail down to the trailhead on route 9W. Quick snack and I’m back up the INSANELY CHALLENGING BUT GREAT Butter Hill trail (orange-blazed); essentially just a steep rock scramble back up to both summits! Back down via the Bluebird and Stowell/Highlands trails." — cmck23 • Oct 3, 2025

"Beautiful early-fall afternoon for a HUGE loop of Storm King and Butter Hill. Started at the Stowell Trailhead in Cornwall (on Bayview Ave right after Dock Hill). Nice walk up to the Highlands Trail with beautiful bridge/staircase built into the rock face. Trail becomes a very thin, very rocky ledge until curving around before the summit for some great viewpoints of the Hudson; Mt Taurus/Breakneck Ridge, and even Schunnemunk! I hit the summit, but then turned back around and followed the white-blazed trail down to the trailhead on route 9W. Quick snack and I’m back up the INSANELY CHALLENGING BUT GREAT Butter Hill trail (orange-blazed); essentially just a steep rock scramble back up to both summits! Back down via the Bluebird and Stowell/Highlands trails." — cmck23 • Oct 3, 2025

"Nice ~50-minute (one way) up-and-back to the summit from the Dunderberg Turnpike trailhead via the Appalachian Trail / Whiteblazes. Using this route to train for the Catskill 3500s :D This route was a great little challenge in the hotter weather and direct sun, but the entire Harriman state park is pretty accessible for all abilities; I will definitely be bringing friends who consider themselves novices on this route to hype them up for some bigger peaks!" — cmck23 • Sep 28, 2025

"Over to Blue Mountain reservation to do loop of Spitz and Blue to kill time while two real estate agents came to our house with their clients to do a looky loo tour. Not quite “Tarzan hot” but still a rather warm day right around the noon hour. Stayed under a 3 mph pace for a steady easy stroll meeting some deer, mountain bikers getting a lunch time ride in but no snakes or other hikers. " — Nimblefoot • Aug 13, 2025