"Richard, Pat, Susan and I pushed through the heat and humidity to visit the summit of West Kill in the morning. Fortunately we had a good breeze on the upper part of our climb to ameliorate the sweat fest. Back at the cars Pat treated us to cookies, fruit salad and cheese. Both Susan and Pat headed home to take of family issues while Richard and I head out to Rt 42 to climb Halcott. Our fresh dry T shirts quickly became soaked with the even warmer temps and no breeze. Once back to the cars I decided against heading back to Spruceton road to climb Rusk mtn to finish the day. I had enough heat plus I had things to do on my way home." — Nimblefoot • Sep 6, 2023

"A wet and wild hike of Sherrill and North Dome from Shaft road. The forecasted morning showers were a bit heavy, more like a downpour, but brief after I arrived at the parking lot. Once they stopped I headed up expecting to be wet most of the time on this out and back hike. More light showers came and went on my way up to Sherrill, getting me thoroughly soaked, but then on my way over to North Dome the rain clouds moved on letting the sun shine between the scattered fluffy clouds…yay! On my way back the clouds returned but no serious rain fell. To finish the day I headed up to the deep notch parking lot for quick and dry ascent of Halcott. Two hikes and not a single sole was seen or heard, I guess the less than stellar forecast kept most hikers home." — Nimblefoot • Aug 16, 2023

"Ticking off an odd twosie of Plateau and Halcott for the month of June. The black flies were quite active on the summit of Halcott in the late afternoon making the descent challenging with the bugs getting behind my sunglasses until I got down lower." — Nimblefoot • Jun 1, 2023

"Headed up to Balsam Lake, from Mill Brook road, for a Spring round of the Catskill 35. Upon reaching the fire tower clearing I decided to head over to Mill Brook Ridge just for shitz and giggles as it was nice sunny day to hike on a trail I haven’t been on for years. It’s obviously a trail that doesn’t get a lot of use as it’s not well defined in many spots. I’ve heard there was a sign marking the summit but I only found a small cairn. Cleared numerous limbs and blowdowns off the trail on my way out and back. Finished my day by scooting up Halcott to complete my Spring round and four single seasons in a row for the third time. A fine Spring day, shorts friendly but not too warm. Black flies were my hiking buddies on this hike." — Nimblefoot • May 6, 2023

"Two easy short peaks, Rusk and Halcott, in the morning with Peter, Miyon, Mimi and Barbara. We managed to get up to the canister on Rusk without spikes since the only ice patches were on the last pitch. Most of the way was bare ground. The other four put on spikes for the descent while I just whack around the ice on the herd path. Halcott was similar though we all put on the micros for the slippery frozen leaves as much as the crusty snow while whacking up and down for a direct route avoiding the usual rocky herd path. Mimi and I bid adieu to Peter, Miyon and Barbara, who had enough, before heading to Rt 47 to go tag Panther. We both lucked out and got parking spots in the lot at the hairpin curve with numerous cars parking off both sides of the road. We managed the out and back without spikes being judicious with our foot placements. Most folks that we encountered were heading out so it was no surprise upon returning to the parking lot that there were only two other cars besides our own. Time head home to refuel before going horizontal then return tomorrow so we can play in the mountains again with the early springlike weather." — Nimblefoot • Feb 19, 2023

"Original plan was to do Panther from Rt 47 then head up the road and do Slide. That went out the window when I arrived at 10 am to find the parking completely full and cars starting to park on either side of the road. I head up to the Slide TH to find a similar situation. Onto plan B - Halcott for the AM then early afternoon drive down to Shaft road to stroll out to South Sherrill(Peak 2883) for something new and different. Old woods roads on South Sherrill made the ascent much easier by going right up to the summit plateau leaving only a flat walk to the highest spot. Bare ground to just a dusting of snow down low gradually grew to about 2 inches on the summits. Definitely looking a lot more like winter. " — Nimblefoot • Jan 21, 2023

"First up was my trail maintenance on the Diamond Notch trail from end of Spruceton road to the Diamond Notch leanto. Next was to do a quick visit to the canister on Rusk and Halcott to complete the Catskill 35 in the month of November for the 4th time. Didn’t see a soul on either peak. A late start in the morning put me on the summit of Halcott after 5 pm so I was racing the dwindling daylight as I was descending. For the sake of safety and not deploy a headlamp I descended straight out to Rt 42 and did a two minute walk up the road to get back to the car." — Nimblefoot • Nov 4, 2022

"Getting Sherrill and North Dome for the month of July. Dark and cloudy at the start added to the feeling of hiking in a rain forest with all the foliage wet from early AM rain showers. On my return to Shaft road the sun was breaking through the clouds making for a more cheerful day. I had time after lunch to head further up the road and visit the canister on Halcott therefore completing my 34th 3-season round." — Nimblefoot • Jul 6, 2022

"A solo hike with Nala on a windy day with slight flurries. On and off the trail with the help of AllTrails! Saw a few guys on the way up. Bare trail with a little ice at the start. Nothing too sketchy or steep to navigate except the waterfall at the beginning!" — lfrancois • Feb 18, 2022

"Joined Richard, Susan, Barbara, Sherri and Mimi for a loop of Eagle, Haynes and Balsam. A nice sunny day with temps barely in the double digits and occasional strong winds that gave us rosy cheeks. Whacked to Eagle right out of the gate from McKenley then trails for the rest of the trip. Met a woman out by herself near the summit of Balsam who was curious about my usual bushwhack route off of Balsam. She promptly headed off from the summit obelisk while we celebrated our final peak with group photos. Miraculously we met her again on the trail just down below the leanto. Since we were back to our cars before 2pm Mimi suggested getting another peak. First it was Panther then Halcott for a shorter onesie. No other takers so it just Mimi and I off to the Rt 42 PA eating our sandwiches on the way. We were able to follow tracks to make it easier and got back before darkness so no headlamps were harmed." — Nimblefoot • Jan 10, 2022