"Catskill 6 with Tony and Susan. Dropped off Tony’s car at the new parking lot, just a short distance down Peekamoose road, then I shuttled us back to Moonhaw road where we met Susan. A straight forward stroll on the herd paths opting for the upper route between Friday and BC as a short cut. After hitting Lone and heading toward the P-W trail we opted to do the work around rather than going down the “chute”. Over at the summit rock on Peekamoose we discovered a rather large and recent deposit from a healthy (large!) bear. On our descent down toward Peekamoose road we had to avoid stepping in numerous piles of bear poop. The new path between the old PA and New was a pleasant walk of maybe a quarter mile( at most ). The new lot is a major improvement, been needed for years." — Nimblefoot • Sep 15, 2025

"An epic final hike for the Catskill 3500 Club with my brother. Table required work, but once you regain the ridge after hitting Peekamoose, the ridge trail is remarkably simple. Foolishly scrambled to find the canister on Lone, only to learn that it is a couple of hundred feet past the summit, and right on the trail. All other canisters were easily located along this route. Kept losing the herd path between Rocky and Balsam Cap, but it was easy enough to find our way. The final ascent up Friday was beautiful and brings you to a delightful lookout of Cornell and Wittenberg. The descent from Friday along this route is a pure bushwhack with no distinguishable herd path. Followed the stream down so as to avoid being whacked by the bush. The first mile along the stream was the greatest challenge of this loop, as it takes mental energy to successfully navigate and it is a momentum killer. The Fisherman's Herd Path eventually becomes clear and thankfully we were able to sustain a decent pace. Unfortunately, this is were my phone died (a trail first!) after I foolishly neglected to put it on airplane mode after Friday. Grateful to the mountains for their many blessings to cap off my Catski..." — Peak-abu89 • Aug 7, 2025

"The classic “6” on the bushwhack range out of Denning TH. Headed out the Fisherman’s path along the Neversink to whack up to the canister on Friday then it was the usual herd path romp across the peaks. While descending the herd path towards the “pregnant tree” I suddenly heard voices after seeing no one for over 3 hrs. Once Misty Mountain Hopper(dog) arrived I knew who they were. Friends Beth, Chris G., and my Korean sister Mimi were pleasantly surprised to see me popping out of the woods doing the same hike. After some chitchat, and offer to join them, we went our separate ways. With our different speeds and number of rest breaks I will soon be several hours ahead of them. The rest of my day was all herd paths, basically unmarked trails, until I reached the Peek-Table trail. Didn’t see another hiker for the next 4 hrs. Back to Denning TH around 4pm after leaving just before 8am. Changing into dry clothes was nice though I could have used a quick dip before changing." — Nimblefoot • Jul 30, 2025

"Beth, Mimi and I joined Chris and his energetic dog Misty(Misty Mountain Hop) for a saunter across the bushwhack range from Moonhaw to Peekamoose TH. A suddenly cool day( low 40’s) with blustery winds creating a lot of noise and putting the windchill down near 30* after days of shorts and t-shirt weather…arrgh! Additionally we enjoyed snow showers that alternated with brief bouts of wonderful sunshine. What we lost in views do to cloud cover we gained with flowering trilliums( purple and painted), trout lillies, Dutchman’s breeches then only on Peekamoose we found the ramps." — Nimblefoot • Apr 27, 2025

" Mimi(aka Ginseng Candy) and I joined Chris and his dog Misty Mountain Hop for a stroll of the Catskill Six. Starting out of Moon Haw PA and traversing the summits of Friday, Balsam Cap, Rocky, Lone, Table and Peekamoose. A very casual pace and numerous rest breaks put out to Peekamoose TH at 8:40 pm after leaving Moon Haw at 8:14 am. A fun and hilarious 12 hrs with two friends while seeing only one other hiker on our ascent of Friday." — Nimblefoot • Mar 23, 2025

"Did the Catskill 6 with Tom2, Rebecca, Joanne and Tony. We met at the Peekamoose TH at 6:30 then shuttled over to Moonhaw PA for a 7am start with temp around 10*, but no wind, with snowshoes on our feet. The snowshoes stayed on all day as we re-broke old tracks and broke some new tracks between peaks or taking short cuts. Once on the Peek-Table trail, which was fully broke out, we could saunter more expediently. As we neared the P-T trail we spooked a Cottontail rabbit which was a nice sight not often seen. Of course it had to “show off” by moving quite rapidly through the woods." — Nimblefoot • Feb 11, 2025

"Did the Catskill Six from Moonhaw to Peekamoose with Tom2, Mimi, Susan and Lori. Wore micro spikes to Lone mountain, peak #4, then switched to snowshoes to get over Table and Peekamoose. At the view on Peek we switched back to spikes though ‘shoes would have been better as we hit many deep drifts. As we neared Reconnoiter Rock spikes were fine until the snow thinned so bare boots were more comfortable with the rocks. Tom led initially toward Friday then Lori took over to do a new shortcut linking the two herd paths. She continued with the nav and trail breaking duties over to Table. Tom and I led others down off of Peek which was initially quite challenging with many drifts, fading light and the trail unbroken. Long fun day with good friends, just shy of a 12 hr saunter." — Nimblefoot • Jan 13, 2025

"Nice warm day to do the Catskill “6” with Tom R., Susan, Lori and Mimi. After meeting at the Peekamoose TH at 6:30am I drove us all back to Moonhaw PA to begin our saunter back to Peekamoose mountain. Mid week hike so we didn’t see a soul. Herd paths are getting more numerous and easier to follow without any Nav device. Always a pleasure to just engage in the Art of bushwhacking, observing the land, rather than the Science of staring at a track on a phone and following the progress of a blue dot. No headlamps were harmed on this venture as we managed to reach Peekamoose road shortly after 4pm despite numerous summit stops to enjoy treats and bevs. Low clouds obscured many of normally great views so we fully appreciated the ones we did get. T shirts and shorts in November…..very nice!" — Nimblefoot • Nov 6, 2024

"Did the Catskill “6” as a loop starting and ending at Denning TH. Used the Fisherman’s Path to get out to a jump off point to whack up to the canister on Friday. From there it was all herd paths acrossed the next three peaks, Balsam Cap/Rocky/Lone, to get to the Peek-Table trail. A quick out and back to Peekamoose then onto Table. Now it’s all downhill to the Neversink, with a few small ups, and out to the car for an 8hr saunter. Met a bunch of friends in the PA who were doing the Denning 4 of Rocky, Lone, Peek and Table, and started right after me. They took the same route as I only to jump off the Fisherman’s Path earlier. Surprisingly I caught up to them on Rocky, their first peak and my 3rd, as they took a more casual pace. After a bit of chit chat I headed off for Lone just ahead of them and never saw them again despite taking a 25 min break at the Lone canister for lunch and let them catch up." — Nimblefoot • Oct 3, 2024

"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