New York mountains

"Wore the snowshoes from trailhead back to trailhead. Came in from Rider Hollow, a few inches at the parking area and 18-24" across the summit ridge. The trail was broken out up and across to Balsam, but not over to Eagle. It was a fun afternoon of breaking trail to Eagle. I will sleep well tonight." — Right-On • Nov 24, 2024

"Started at Square Falls Trailhead and bushwhacked directly up the slopes. Moderately thick woods most of the way, with about 2' of snow crowning the upper reaches. No views. Took us about 2 hours to do this 1.5 miles." — elimihuta • Nov 23, 2024

"Rebecca and I did the Blackhead range and Windham High Point in two separate out and back hikes. Originally we were going to do the peaks in a horseshoe hike from Peck Road to Barnum Road but once a third member of our party had to back out we change to the old school way. We did the Blackhead Range first from Big Hollow road starting with Blackhead then the other two. The new switch back just below the open ledge on BH is a nice improvement but now they need to improve the final ascent to the ledge. The loose stone on top of the larger rocks is still inviting many slips and falls. On our descent from Lockwood gap we ran into a friend of ours ascending with her dog. Fortunately for Rebecca she found a hiking companion for the next day so she wouldn’t have to do Sherrill and North Dome solo. Right before we took off for WHP from Peck road a hunter returned to the PA. Upon chatting with him he informed us that there wasn’t many others out hunting. Over the years there has been a steady decline for that particular area. Rebecca was a bit concerned about bears while pointing to the picture of one inside the kiosk. I told her it was only a paper bear and was no threat, the hunter..." — Nimblefoot • Nov 19, 2024