"Six of us started on the infamous triple biscuit loop out of the Biscuit Brook TH. A long slog up to S-DT, with two Brook crossings, wearing micro spikes and carrying our snowshoes. Before the final series of climbs four decided to switch to snowshoes with the snow getting deeper. Mimi and I stayed with the spikes to be more lighter and nimble of foot. While they switch foot gear I broke trail up to the summit allowing them easier navigation. After a quick break we descended down a few levels to begin our traverse to Pigeon Peak and onto the P-W trail. At this point Susan called it a day, tiring already, and took the trail back to the TH. Now the five of us had a short stroll to the herd path up to Big Indian to find our first canister of the day. To get to Fir we simply followed the tracks from a friend of ours(Maple) who did a different hike out of Biscuit Brook TH. Somehow we managed to get onto some other set of tracks that wandered around a lot but at least got us to our third and final peak. Much more traffic up to Fir, in recent days including today, so we had a nice winter “sidewalk” down off of Fir back to the P-W trail. Didn’t take long for the snow to thin out with..." — Nimblefoot • Feb 19, 2024

"Original plan was to do the triple biscuit, loop of S-DT, Big Indian & Fir, from the Biscuit Brook TH. The recent snowstorm spoiled my plans with just enough snow to make things tricky especially where there was ice under the snow. The depth was not enough for snowshoes, too clumsy with microspikes so it was basically bare boots all day. With poor navigation, off my game, and slower pace I only got S-DT then the mighty Pigeon Peak followed by the long slog out the P-W trail to the car. With the trail unbroken and numerous trees weighed down with snow I was glad to have daylight. " — Nimblefoot • Jan 30, 2024

"Did a triple biscuit with Mimi, Rebecca, Tom, Carl and Romas. Loop of S-DT, Big Indian and Fir out of Biscuit Brook PA. Still no real snow only a dusting here and there with the occasional patch of ice. Within the first hour Mimi fell into some deep water while attempting to cross Pigeon Brook on our way to S-DT. She changed into dry socks and I gave her my gore-tex pants to wear as her pants were totally soaked. The climb to S-DT helped her to dry out her upper layers while she got re-warmed from the effort. Fortunately the temps were not overly cold and there was no wind." — Nimblefoot • Dec 23, 2023

"Mimi and I did the Triple Biscuit- South DT/ Big Indian / Fir- for the Fall single season patch. The three peaks also filled some holes in the month of November of my 5th grid. We climbed up Pigeon Peak on our way over to the P-W trail from S-DT. A few snowflakes fell in the morning otherwise a cool day with the sun playing peek-a-boo behind the clouds. With our slower than normal pace and numerous rest breaks we finished in the dark trying to use our night-eyes to follow the trail but finally succumb to the use of headlamps for the last 10 minutes." — Nimblefoot • Nov 11, 2023

"A onesie of S-DT from Beaverkill road PA using the Neversink-Hardenburgh trail then a whack. Soaked in a sweat fest on the way up then on my descent had endure an hour long T-storm making me feel like I went through a car wash without the car. Finished the hike out with sunny dry weather allowing for a proper clothing swap before heading home. Wanted to tag Balsam Lake mtn also but short on time with a late start from home. Peak #418 of 420 for the 4th." — Nimblefoot • Jul 7, 2023

"Triple Biscuit on a wet day with on/off showers. Loop of South Doubletop, Pigeon, Big Indian and Fir mountain out of Biscuit Brook PA. We managed to get a summit of S-DT in while the rain took a hiatus then on our traverse over to the P-W trail the showers returned for the remainder of the day. After a wet whack over Pigeon peak hitting the trail and having herd paths for the rest of the loop was a nice change for ease of travel and less wetting from the foliage. Not surprising the only other hikers seen all day were two guys with a small dog having lunch on the herd path up to Big Indian who did a twosie of BI and Fir then planning to do Halcott to finish the day." — Nimblefoot • Apr 30, 2023

"A rather cool and damp day with some wind thrown in to make it feel more colder after being spoiled with 60s-80s for highs. A light dusting of snow on the ground when Richard ( aka Easy Way) and I bushwhacked S-DT starting with a walk along Black Bear road then onto the Neversink-Hardenburgh trail. A bit of juxtaposition with snow on the ground and in the air for brief periods while Troutlilies and red trilliums looked only days away from blooming. On our way down the snow had melted except what got caught in the expanding leaves of false hellebore." — Nimblefoot • Apr 19, 2023

"Peter, Miyon, Mimi, Francine and I doing the ever popular triple biscuit loop out of Biscuit Brook PA. A winter storm blew in Friday night into early Saturday AM giving us a bit of a “white knuckle” drive to the PA as Rt 28 was not fully plowed then Rt 47 was worse. Fortunately at the 6AM hour there were very few cars on the road. Doing it clockwise by whacking off the P-W trail just beyond the Frost Valley property line to S-DT then over Pigeon peak on our way over to the P-W trail. Up to Big Indian over to Fir then back down to the P-W and out to the cars. Breaking or re-breaking the trail or track most of the day. Fortunately a couple broke out a track up the herd path to BI right before our arrival then we teamed up for the stroll over to Fir. Somewhat fortunately some hikers “bare booted “ Fir from Biscuit Brook during the day but didn’t follow the herd path very well or at all. Their track was hard to walk on with snowshoes for most of our crew so we just used it as a hand rail and made a new track too tired to constantly find the usual HP. A nearly 12 hour extravaganza with the new snow and no reasonable bushwhack tracks that we normally would expect. The fresh fluff was..." — Nimblefoot • Mar 11, 2023

"Did the triple biscuit of Fir, Big Indian and South Doubletop from Biscuit Brook PA. Strolled over Pigeon Peak on my way to S-DT from the P-W trail. Went around it on my way back which ended up to be a long stroll through beech saplings and hobblebush, not exactly a lot of fun, but at least I hit the trail down much lower and closer to the PA." — Nimblefoot • Nov 2, 2022

"Getting the South Peak of Doubletop and Balsam Lake mountain to close out the month of October for the 4th time. These two peaks puts me at 1668 out of 1680 for the 4th Catskill 420 grid. Did the harder peak, S-DT, first by taking the Neversink-Hardenburgh trail out to just past the stream crossing and wilderness boundary line then whacked up to the summit. First up to the col between it and High Falls Ridge then straight up the ridge. The last pitch was steep but short and I found a herd path heading right to the top. Then dropped down to the property line to find the wilderness boundary sign but someone has either stolen it or threw it somewhere. Back to the car to grab a fresh bottle of water then it was a slow grind up to the fire tower on BLM. As I expected the summit area was a ghost town when I reached it at 4:20 pm. A quick peek at the three bench marks before returning to the car." — Nimblefoot • Oct 30, 2022