"Easy hiking day visiting some fire towers and a single peak for my grid. Very warm day(70’s) so I was glad I wore shorts. After tagging Roundtop from Gillespie road I headed down to Phoenicia to climb Tremper, my #4 out of 6 for the ‘24 DEC Fire Tower Challenge. A quick stop in Phoenicia to pickup some fluids then out to the Catskill Visitor Center for an easy stroll to the Upper Esopus fire tower,#5 of 6. Continued on to Woodstock to drive up to the Meads TH for the final climb of the day, Overlook. On my descent I ran into two friends who had driven down from ADK Loj in Lake Placid after Mondays eclipse viewing. We finalized a hike for the next day which is unfortunately forecasted to be cooler and a bit wet with showers(ugh). Overlook completed my fire tower challenge now it’s time to report to the DEC and get my patch." — Nimblefoot • Apr 9, 2024

"Seven of us headed out from the end of Gillespie road and took the usual woods road to right to reach the property line. From there up to the Snowmobile trail as usual then headed gradually up toward KHP going around RT for a change of pace. Onto the herd path to the canister on KHP with flurries in the air and a thin layer of quickly melting snow on the ground. Back down the herd path to the base of RT then again for a change of pace we headed straight up to the view that looks toward KHP before strolling up the final pitch to the summit cairn. We celebrated with food treats and the handing out of Single Season winter patches to three individuals thanks to the home office of Hikers Anonymous. We Hike A Lot It’s Not A Problem. A quick descent, with spikes on for extra grip in the slippery leaves, down to the Sno-mo trail then down to the woods road and out to our cars. A short and easy day with plenty of laughs and giggles. Clouds with flurries to sunshine then back to clouds and flurries, almost Spring! " — Nimblefoot • Mar 20, 2024

"Despite the brisk temperature of 2* Kelly, Rebecca, Tom and I enjoyed a romp of the Majestic Roundtop and Kaaterskill HP. The presence of the bright sun and absolute absence of wind helped us enjoy the day, particularly the view of KHP from Roundtop. Fortunately Gillespie road was plowed all the way to the end eliminating any road walking to start. We made the executive decision to go with just spikes and leave the snowshoes safely in the cars but upon leaving the old woods road and ascending towards RT we all thought “huh maybe we should’nt have” as we broke through the crust into the powder. More snow the decision will be easier as right now it’s borderline." — Nimblefoot • Jan 15, 2024

"Leading Itty Bitty to RT and KHP through 6 inches of fresh fluff to finish her single season Fall round. Gillespie wasn’t fully plowed so I parked at the first PA then we walked the 0.4 miles to the PA at the end of the road. Beautiful sunny blue sky day to play in a winter wonderland. Barefooted all day in slippery snow that hid underlying rocks and sticks that provided plenty of potential of slips and falls. " — Nimblefoot • Dec 12, 2023

"My second hike of the day. Came in from the west. Reached the snowmobile trail and bushwacked up Roundtop from the SW. Eventually reached the summit and followed a faint herd path off the WNW side of the mountain. Lost the herd path at lower elevation, so I bushwacked back to the snowmobile trail. I followed that, then bushwacked back to my car. Being my second hike of the day, I was quite tired after this one!!!" — newenglandwarrior • Sep 21, 2023

"Getting KHP and Roundtop for Itty Bitty for her single season summer round with a loop from Gillespie road. Bushwhack to the sno-mo trail and up to the old Twilight trail to reach the canister on KHP. Herd path over toward Roundtop then whack to the canister-free summit. After a bite to eat we whacked down to the old woods road which we used to stroll out to the car. Wet under foot from overnight/early AM rain while the sky provided blue and puffy clouds making a nice day with an old friend." — Nimblefoot • Sep 12, 2023

"Visiting the summits of Panther, in the AM, then Roundtop to complete my 4th grid. Many other hikers coming and going on Panther despite it being a Tuesday. Roundtop as expected was a ghost town except for the two folks I talked to in the very beginning who were returning from KHP." — Nimblefoot • Jul 11, 2023

"Richard, Tom, Susan, Yong Ae and myself did a loop of KHP and Roundtop from Gillespie road. A mix of an old woods road and bushwhacking to reach the sno-mo trail, which was drier than usual so we took it all the way to the old twilight trail up to KHP. After signing it was HPs and some whacking to reach the summit of Roundtop. We had a civilized lunch at the summit cairn replete with tablecloth, paper plates, chop sticks, two containers of Kimbop, a container of pickled ginger and homemade ginger tea compliments of Yong Ae. There was also cookies, cherries and candies to complete our respite. After packing everything up we engaged in a spirited plunge down to the woods road and out to our cars." — Nimblefoot • Jun 21, 2023

"Out and back of Roundtop and KHP from end of Gillespie road followed by a scoot up to the tower on Overlook. The usual PA on Meads road, across from the Monastery, was totally full so I headed on to drop down to the new larger lot adding 1.4 miles to the hike. Overlook was one hot hike in the afternoon. " — Nimblefoot • Apr 14, 2023

"Peter, Francine, Donna, Mimi and I did a loop of RT and KHP from the end of Gillespie road. Warmed up nicely today and was much clearer sky so we actually see where we were going compared to yesterday’s cold overcast windy day with minimal visibility. We all stayed upright wearing just micro spikes as the snow and ice were more forgiving. No unplanned slides today. After lunch I did a solo hike of WHP to finish up the day. A fair amount of ice on the trail that was covered by a thin layer of snow but I managed to do most of the round trip bare booting." — Nimblefoot • Feb 26, 2023