"Seven of us met at the Peekamoose TH then shuttled to Moonhaw TH to hike the classic Catskill “6”. A nice warm spring day with the wildflowers blooming that included two special occurrences, one fortunate and one not so. The ascents of Friday and Balsam Cap went as usual. We found some new blowdown on Friday which we were able to go around easily. Then we took the old high route shortcut toward BC so some folks could visit a nice view south, for the first time, that is not known as well as the one near the herd path. Between BC and Rocky, down along the flat stretch where you find numerous old fire rings, our good friend Sherri (aka Mixed Nuts ) suddenly shows up. She made a last minute decision to join us so had to play catchup by heading straight to BC and skipping Friday. Now her jubilant personality adds more excitement to our jubilant group. Lunch stop at the canister on the summit of Rocky before we engage in the second and easier half of the traverse. Early on our decent off of Rocky, on a herd path toward Lone, Richard our leader of the day takes an awkward twisting slip/fall landing hard on some roots and rocks. After a few minutes to let the adrenaline subside he tri..." — Nimblefoot • May 2, 2024

"Six of us enjoyed a nice saunter of The 6 from Moonhaw road to Peekamoose road. We heard that the crossing was quite doable without snowshoes so we left them in our cars and carried only micro spikes. Started off with bare ground then along the woods road snow/ice began to accumulate and become steady coverage. On the last pitch up to The Couch on the ridge we put on the spikes to avoid slipping and wasting energy. The spikes stayed on until Reconnoiter Rock on the far side of Peekamoose were encountered bare ground again. We ran into two solo hikers one between Friday and Balsam Cap who was the 6 as an out and back from Moonhaw, an ambitious hike of 23 miles. The other we met on our way up Rocky and he was doing the 9 for the first time, starting from Peekamoose road. A nice sunny warm day that made the snow soft but not sticky." — Nimblefoot • Feb 26, 2024

"Tina’s finish of her Catskill 3500 on a sunny , but chilly winter day with Eric, Maryellen, Chris , and Dave. Leafy trail to start up steep section. Then put on the spikes as the trail got snowier and snowier. Icy flume wasn’t bad today. Lots of downed trees to go over or under. Treed in top. Now on to Balsam Cap." — lfrancois • Feb 24, 2024

"Joined Richard, Victoria and husband Rick and Sherri for a traverse of the bushwhack range from Moonhaw Rd to Peekamoose Rd. Nice Fall day with sun and minimal wind. The seasonal temps, though normal, were cooler than we are used to at home and kept us moving all day long. Only met two other hikers on Rocky while we were engaged in having our lunch break." — Nimblefoot • Nov 8, 2023

"Did The Six with Richard, Donna and Mimi from Peekamoose road to Moonhaw road. Nice cool day with a good breeze on or near the summits made the day feel more like early Fall rather than August." — Nimblefoot • Aug 19, 2023

"A onesie of just Friday in the bushwhack range to close out the month of June. Then I had a choice of either Ashokan High Point or Red Hill to finish off the day that started rather late. After eating my lunch at the PA for AHP I decided to head to Red Hill as it was a shorter easier climb. Parked in the lot of Dinch road and used the original trail to the tower. Had the summit area to myself as I closed out my 10th round of the Catskill 5 fire towers. Hazy today do to the fires up north." — Nimblefoot • Jun 29, 2023

"Peter, Mimi, Barbara and I engaged in a traverse of the Six from Moonhaw Rd to Peekamoose Rd. Beautiful day but didn’t encounter another soul, nor the Easter bunny, until more than half way down from Peekamoose where we passed a couple with two dogs heading out. Snow rapidly disappearing, remaining 6” mostly above 3500’ and between peaks." — Nimblefoot • Apr 9, 2023

"Peter, Mimi, Barbara, Francine and I had a wonderful saunter across the Six starting from Moon Haw and ending at Peekamoose rd. Under a clear blue sky we bare booted up to Friday and over Balsam Cap then on our way over to Rocky Peter and Francine decided to put on their snowshoes for ease of travel. After lunch on top of Rocky the rest of us put on the big shoes which would stay on until way down off of Peekamoose where it was too many rocks showing through the thin snow. Lovely warm day where the only other hikers we saw was a small group doing the Nine in the opposite direction. " — Nimblefoot • Jan 28, 2023

"A loop of the 6 peaks, including the bushwhack 4, from Denning PA. After the summer-like temps last week it’s right into Fall with temps starting and ending in the 20’s this week. Took the fisherman’s path all the way out to do a whack up to the canister on Friday then it was mostly herd paths across the range to reach the Peek-Table trail. Out and back to Peekamoose then up to Table before the descent down to the P-E trail and back to Denning PA. Motored all day, with only a brief stop at the 4 canisters, chasing the clock and the pending sunset now an hour earlier. No headlamp was harmed on this venture and only one small pinky puncture from a stray branch stub." — Nimblefoot • Nov 14, 2022

"First up was a saunter up to Roundtop from Gillespie road via woods road and bushwhack. Then an out and back to the canister on KHP via herdpath after dropping straight down from Roundtop. Back to the car and off to Moonhaw road PA for a quick climb of Friday where I encountered numerous hikers descending as I was attempting to motor uphill to the turnoff at the pregnant tree. Quick visit to the canister then descend with urgency." — Nimblefoot • Oct 27, 2022