"A new season and new reason to visit the summit of Doubletop and its neighbors Balsam Lake and Graham. After a casual jaunt up DT from Seager Tom, Mimi, Yong Ae and I relocated our cars to Mill Brook road PA for a jaunt up to the fire tower on BLM. We enjoyed our lunch at the picnic table in the sun replete with home made ginger tea thanks to Yong Ae. Finished our day with a side trip up to the communication ruins on the summit of Graham. The trees, shrubbery and various undergrowth are almost fully obscuring the view back to BLM, definitely need to use the cinder block viewing platforms." — Nimblefoot • Sep 22, 2020

"A quick out and back to DT from Seager then again to Graham from Millbrook road. Hillsounds on both hikes as there was a good crust on top of a broken track on both peaks. Saw no one on DT then on my way into Graham I met a father and young daughter returning to there car. One more peak, Panther, for my first and only single season winter 35 and triangle patch this year." — Nimblefoot • Feb 19, 2020

"Another late start(~11am) for doing a scattershot of Doubletop and Halcott. Broke out a track from the black bear to the summit canister. Quick descent and back out to Seager in order to get over to Rt 42 and hopefully start up for Halcott by 3pm. Didn’t quite work out, left just after 3:30, following a variety of tracks made by postholers. Eventually I just made my own track to the can, which was slow work in the fading light, reaching it by 5:15pm. Fixed one of my snowshoes with a stainless steel zip tie then committed to quick descent with headlamp reaching the PA by 6:08pm. At least I got to enjoy the star filled sky and revel in the fact that I was done with the round with only one day left." — Nimblefoot • Dec 19, 2019

"Solo loop of Big Indian and Doubletop from the Seager PA. Met Mike and Ellen Dwyer on the whack between Big Indian and DT. They were doing the same two peaks, in reverse order, for Ellen’s 2nd Grid. Then a few minutes after reaching the canister on DT Lou Berrios strolled in from Graham. We had a 15 - 20 minute chat then he headed down or so I thought. I followed about 10 minutes later after I got my sandwich out at 2:20pm. Once my wet feet warmed up I cruised back to the Seager PA hoping to catch up to Lou and the Dwyers on the way but it turned out that I was the first to arrive back. Changed into dry clothes and footwear then prepped for the 2+ hour drive." — Nimblefoot • Nov 11, 2019

"Met up with Tom, Anna, Yong Ae and Peter in the Seager PA for a climb of Doubletop. Additionally we were joined by a new friend Carolyn from Suffern who wanted to meet some fellow Catskill peak baggers. Fortunately she got to enjoy one of Yong Ae’s lunches of Kimchi, Korean pancakes with dipping sauce, cherry tomatoes and cherries for dessert. Since it was a fairly leisurely day I had to save Bearpen and Vly for tomorrow." — Nimblefoot • Aug 16, 2019

"Hiked a couple of peaks for the month of July after the holiday weekend. Quite a bit of hiker traffic on the trail to Panther on my way out and back then on Doubletop I had the peak to myself." — Nimblefoot • Jul 8, 2019

"Tom, Peter and I did a nice stroll from Burnham Hollow road to Millbrook road visiting the five summits of Fir, BI, DT, Graham and BLM. By the time we hit the old cinder block building on top of Graham we were glad to leave the bushwhacking behind and enjoy some trail hiking to finish the day. On Fir we bumped into Mark P. another early finisher of the Catskill All Trails Challenge. He joined us for the hike over to Big Indian then headed right on the P-W trail for Eagle while turned left to head toward Doubletop. Graham completed my 31st round of the Catskill 35." — Nimblefoot • Jun 8, 2019

"We climbed only one peak today but it was a milestone for Anna( Daisy ) and Yong Ae ( Wildflower ). It was the completion of their first four season grid in stylish fashion as usual including a gong. A feast of kimchi pancakes, Sushi, chicken patties, ginger snaps, brownies, cannolis and orange segments for a fresh finish. The bevs included ginger tea and champagne. After a lengthy rehydration break in the PA we were off to Brios for pizza. Yong Ae surprised us with two more boxes of bakery goodies for dessert...phew!....no need for dinner tonight. Peak #24 for the Spring Trillium patch." — Nimblefoot • May 25, 2019

"Rob and I enjoyed a crisp, windy day exploring the woods and whacking our way up and over 3 Catskill peaks. Our gain for the day was ~3800' over 14+ miles. The blue skies, fun stream crossings, crunchy snow and howling wind made for a great adventure!" — deb-and-rob • Feb 9, 2019

"Five members of Hikers Anonymous was joined by Christy for a hike of Doubletop on a lovely day. The PA was basically all ice but fortunately the trail was still mostly snow. The depth and consistency has changed over the last couple of days and nights do to the abnormally warm temps. We wore snowshoes all day so to preserve the current packed trail and track and not put any more divots into it. Nice easy whack following old tracks and making some new ones for efficiency. We enjoyed the nice view down into the valley and over toward Margretville area. The day felt more like early spring than early February especially when the clouds drifted away to reveal a bright sun. When we got back down to the black bear and trail we were treated to a sighting of a small Fisher or Mink scampering up the slope on the other side of Dry Brook. It was still fairly early in the afternoon so I drove over to the Rider Hollow PA for a quick hike to Balsam while the others headed home after a wonderful day doing a “onesie”. " — Nimblefoot • Feb 5, 2019