"Out and back hike of the Burroughs range from Slide Mountain TH. Still plenty of hard icy spots and icy stretches making the use of spikes a good idea. Unfortunately I only brought my sacrificial spikes, which have become quite dull, so I had some slides but no spills. Off and on wind all day reducing the temperature comfort." — Nimblefoot • Mar 29, 2024

"Richard, Mimi, Rebecca, Tom and I did a traverse of the Burroughs range from Slide Mountain TH to Woodland Valley. Warm but not too warm so no melting or slush. Carried snowshoes but only wore micro spikes all day for the packed snow and ice. For a Sunday with nice weather the range was basically a ghost town. Other than a couple and two guys hiking separately, on their way out from Slide, we saw no other hikers all day. Richard closed out February his 11th month of his 420 grid. " — Nimblefoot • Feb 11, 2024

"An out and back hike of the Burroughs range from Slide Mountain PA. The trail was mostly clear of ice but there was spots that were unavoidable so the micros went on and off a number of times which got to be a bit annoying. Where is winter? warm temps!" — Nimblefoot • Dec 26, 2023

"Mimi, Barbara and I met in the Woodland Valley PA then I shuttled the three of us up to Slide Mountain PA where we began our stroll of the Burroughs range. Comfortable hiking temps and the trails were good in terms of mud/water pooling. Most folks we passed were heading in the opposite direction either doing some sort of overnight trip or day hiking the range. We had the summit area of Slide and Cornell to ourselves then joined the small “crowd” on Witt for our lunch break. The final descent to Woodland Valley was the usual tedious task even with the shortcut but we maintained a positive mindset as it was a nice casual day with good friends." — Nimblefoot • Nov 5, 2023

"Richard and I traversed the Burroughs range from Woodland Valley to Slide Mountain PA. We kept pace speedy as to avoid the potential rain dropping after 2 pm. The low cloud cover helped as it kept us from lingering at any of the many views points. " — Nimblefoot • Aug 28, 2023

"An out and back of the Burroughs range from Slide Mountain PA. Before having lunch at the splendid view on the Witt I spent 10 minutes throwing off charred wood from three fire rings and unburned logs with a green tree mixed in that some twits piled up. Still need to remove the coals from the three fire rings. There goes the neighborhood(!). Removed/cleaned up a number of blowdowns in the trail. Beautiful day and only saw a couple of other hikers out. " — Nimblefoot • May 9, 2023

"Back to the Burroughs range this time with Mimi and Peter, aka Buttercake and General Porpoise. Traveled across with just spikes on a beautiful day with wintry temp on the start then right into Spring sunshine. Snow disappearing quickly in just over a week from our last traverse." — Nimblefoot • Apr 8, 2023

"Mimi and I took a saunter across the Burroughs range. We were joined by Barbara for Slide then she headed back in order to Panther mountain. Nice day of blue sky and sun but a bit chilly like it’s still winter with temps in the teens and a like breeze. It’s Spring (50s/60s) at my house in the Hudson Valley and Mimi just got back from Greece so the cold was definitely a slap in the face. " — Nimblefoot • Mar 31, 2023

"Peter, Mimi, Miyon and I enjoyed a fine saunter across the Burroughs range. A nice change for me since lately I’ve doing solo O & B’s from the Slide mountain TH. Another day with just micro spikes and leaving the snowshoes in the car with the snowpack quickly settling and slowly melting out. On our climb of Slide, just beyond the 3500’ sign, Nima(aka Joe F.) caught up to us while doing a much more rapid O & B of the range, getting in his “miles”. We would see him again at the spur path to the Cornell summit opening. He mentioned how the Crack was a bit tricky to use, we opted for the workaround to the left which did have an icy crux spot. Someone had left a dinky 3mm cord in the Crack which is hard to use with gloved hands and it’s dependability is suspect. We reached Witt just prior to noon, perfect for a bit of lunch in the sun taking in the fine view. Despite all the icy sections the often tedious descent went well especially using the shortcut to reduce the mileage. The only hard part was when to remove the spikes for good because we kept finding small icy spots spread out a long ways. Rocks become your new friends until nearly the register box." — Nimblefoot • Feb 11, 2023

"An out and back of the Burroughs range from Slide Mountain road. Mostly cloudy skies in the AM kept the temps down but threatened afternoon showers. Mid afternoon the cloud cover parted in spots to reveal wonderful blue sky and sun but still threatening some rain. Only a few sprinkles came down otherwise a fine cool day. A variety of other hikers and backpackers out on the peaks." — Nimblefoot • Sep 20, 2022