"Set out to visit the summits of the Torne and Sugarloaf mountain to complete my 14th round of the Hudson Highlands Peak Challenge. Nice short romp up to the memorial cairn on top of The Torne to take the expansive view. Sadly the cairn seems to get bigger every time I visit and I noticed the military folks have installed new ropes, which are stouter and longer, to assist family members to safely reach the top. Relocated to east side of the river to eat lunch at the Washburn trail PA then redline the two trails in Little Stony Point. Moved up Rt 9D to hike up the Wilkinson trail to Sugarloaf but found it was still closed for restoration after a fire several years ago. I still hiked the trail to see how they re-routed it and found more signs stating the mountain is off limits. For a consolation prize of sorts I redlined the newish NH, Nimham Trail, which runs from the Wilki to the Break Neck Ridge trail. A lot of nice rock work on the whole trail and a few scenic spots." — Nimblefoot • Apr 4, 2022

"A scattershot of Frog Hill, The Torne and Black mountain on a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine and very comfortable temps. The hot and humid weather looks done for the year…woo Hoo!" — Nimblefoot • Sep 10, 2021

"Peak #3 after visiting Sugarloaf Hill on the east side and Butter Hill on the west side of the Hudson thereby getting great views across the river. Relocated the car to the PA on Mine road and headed up the eastern side of the loop on Popolopen Torne in Bear Mountain SP. The easiest hike of the three but still a good climb with some rock slabs to bound up. A guy came up behind me wearing headphones and was so winded he couldn’t talk or seem to catch his breath. Either he was slightly asthmatic or red-lined it too much on the final climb, just hope he got enjoy the fantastic views after putting all work in getting to the top." — Nimblefoot • Oct 5, 2018

"Out hitting some local small peaks on a nice summer morning. Visited Butter Hill and Storm King mountain from the newly improved parking area off Rt 9W first then visited The Torne from Mine road on my way back home. One of the local property owners has a sign up warning the riff-raff folks not to use spray paint on trees and rocks.....interesting and sad one has to take such measures. On top the memorial cairn has gained more rocks at its base and names ,of those lost, on top. Both flags were flying with the slight cooling breeze. On my descent I saw more 5 - lined skinks of various sizes scurrying off rocks and into crevices than I’ve ever had. " — Nimblefoot • Aug 21, 2018

"Out for a short local hike with Sharon to check the fitting of new boots prior to traveling out to Colorado. Did a loop out Brooks lake, up and over The Torne, and out the Gorge trail. The summit cairn has gotten much larger and there is a small solar panel installed to keep a spot light on the two flags." — Nimblefoot • Jul 2, 2017

"Sunset hike to finish of a full day of hiking in the Hudson Highlands. Stuck around the summit awhile, toasted to a day well-spent outside, and climbed down in the moonlight. Forgot to hit resume on the GPS tracker on the decent. Oh well. " — wacbravo • Apr 9, 2017

"Out for a quick hike to start the day. Cloudy and light rain but still a wonderful view. Appears that the military folks have further cleared the summit of briars and low brush making the summit more bald and added a solar spot light to the memorial cairn." — Nimblefoot • Nov 9, 2016

"After visiting Dunderberg and Bald Mtns in Bear Mtn SP I tried to hike Bear Mtn itself but the free parking lot on 7 Lakes Dr was full so had to go to plan B.....The Torne. Did the loop up and over from Mine road." — Nimblefoot • Dec 27, 2015

"Did a couple of easy hikes, The Torne and Anthony's Nose, to stretch out the legs after a long fast hike yesterday.. Memorial cairn on top seems to be getting bigger with more donations of rocks and personal momentos to those who have fallen on foreign soil. On my way up I passed a gentleman bringing a boulder to the top for the Navy." — Nimblefoot • Sep 16, 2015

"Quick hike up to the memorial on another cloudy damp day in the Hudson Valley. Looked like more items have recently been added to the memorial cairn on top. Still got nice views." — Nimblefoot • Apr 9, 2015