Red Hill

"Eighteen us convened on the summit of BLM to celebrate Richard’s(Easy Way) Catskill 420 Grid. After Richard’s celebratory saunter under an arch of trekking poles we proceeded to gorge on a variety of cookies, muffins, banana bread, baklava, cheese/salami/crackers, YooHoo etc. Some folks headed home with just a onesie, some headed on to Mill Brook Ridge, a small group filled the remainder of the day with a climb of Windham HP. I headed out solo to climb Red Hill to complete my 11 round of the Catskill 5 Fire Towers and get my 3rd tower towards the 2024 DEC Fire Tower challenge. Striped down to a smaller pack and less layers as the day warmed up nicely with the bright sunshine. Still used micro spikes do to ice in the more shady areas and slippery crust patches on the climbs." — Nimblefoot • Mar 24, 2024

"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

"Bushwhack and trail loop of Eagle and Balsam out of McKenley Hollow PA. Short hike up Red Hill from Denning road to fill in the afternoon. Beautiful day of sun and very warm temps( 60’s to 70’s). Snow and ice nearly all gone and some ramps are already popping up." — Nimblefoot • Apr 12, 2023

"Loop of Big Indian and Fir from Biscuit Brook TH. P-W trail all the way up then HP to can on Big Indian. Solid herd path between the peaks and back down to the P-W trail. After a quick lunch at the TH I headed over to Denning road to climb up Red Hill via the new trail. I needed the new trail for round 2 of the All Trails challenge and the climb completes the ‘22 DEC Fire tower challenge of 6 towers and round #8 of the Catskill Fire Towers(5). The new trail has a nice easy grade you barely know your climbing up. It weaves through some rock outcrops and appears to be the handiwork of Ed Walsh’s Tahawus trail building crew." — Nimblefoot • May 23, 2022

"2nd Catskills hike! 4.5 miles, 1233 feet of elevation gain. Great steward at the summit, well maintained trail (did the new DEC trail from the Claryville lot.) Enjoyed the natural spring near the summit." — EmilyDoucet729 • Aug 7, 2021

"Climbed 2/16/2021. 4.0 miles roundtrip. Elevation gain 1083ft. Hiked the new Denning Rd (blue) Trail. (Not Dinch Rd Trail (yellow)). Good snow pack and trail is completely broken in all the way to the top. Warm day, 37degres. Very little wind except at the top. Used snowshoes all the way up. Gradual climb up to the 1.4-mile mark where it intersects the Dinch Rd Trail (yellow). After that it was a moderate climb. The cab was locked. Had a nice outhouse with TP and a light at the top. The ranger cabin at the top was locked " — Tree2topper • Feb 16, 2021

"Took the new trail from Denning. It was 4 mile round trip, so longer than the other trail. It was very pleasant and gradual. It was a very cold and windy day. This was 5/5 Catskill fire tower for me. I noticed a brewery in the town of Denning. I might have to come back in fairer weather. It was a very nice but long drive. " — bethmorgan • Jan 23, 2021

"A quick scoot up West Kill in the morning then Red Hill in the afternoon after a bit of driving. Drove on fresh oil and stone at the end of Spruceton road put down on Wednesday the 15th. On my way to Red Hill drove by the infamous Blue Hole which was a bit zoo-ey with cars parking everywhere and people walking to the swimming hole. The boys in green(DEC) were on site doing some pricey paperwork and keeping the peace." — Nimblefoot • Jul 16, 2020

"Met up with Tom, Anna, Peter and MiMi at Deep Notch PA for a leisurely ascent of Halcott. We enjoyed a Korean noodle dish with beef, shiitake mushrooms and fish cake on the summit thanks to MiMi. Back at the PA we enjoyed some cannolis with our seltzer’s before parting ways. To finish my day I headed over to Red Hill PA to do a quick hike up to the tower to take a selfie for the new fire tower challenge. Despite numerous cars, even in the winter lot, I managed to find a spot in the parking lot. Quite a few groups hanging out at the summit enjoying the afternoon." — Nimblefoot • Aug 3, 2019

"we were looking for a few short hikes with the pups and decided on Red Hill and Tremper. We did the short climb of Red Hill and then started our drive toward Tremper. However, on the way we were passing a lot of favorite trailheads and as we approached Panther we thought the day was just too nice to pass up this fabulous hike - so we pulled in and off we went. A great day to be in the woods!" — deb-and-rob • Mar 24, 2019