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38 summits • 6.7 mi • 1,724 ft gain • 4 hr 37 min
2 summits • 22.6 mi • 7,892 ft gain • 15 hr 53 min
2 summits • 7.4 mi • 1,791 ft gain • 4 hr 24 min
2 summits • 9.0 mi • 1,746 ft gain • 4 hr 59 min
1 summit • 11.3 mi • 2,479 ft gain • 6 hr 16 min
1 summit • 15.8 mi • 60,732 ft gain • 10 hr 28 min
1 summit • 19.1 mi • 3,856 ft gain • 11 hr 53 min
Latest summits
"A twosie of Halcott in the am and Westkill in the pm with Dr. Smith. Nice to be able eat lunch in the warmth of the car going between THs when the temp is at 12*. Spikes on both peaks though snowshoes would have been a benefit on West Kill where a descending Can Man indicated their need as he grumpily passed us. On Halcott the crusty snow was great for plunge-stepping short cuts." — Nimblefoot • Jan 17, 2024
"Spruceton straight shot of West kill, Saint Anne’s, North Dome and Sherrill with Richard, Sherri, Kelly and Maple. Winter-like hike with about an inch white fluff on the ground. Micro spikes on and off all day. Sherrill completed my 60th round of the Cat35." — Nimblefoot • Dec 6, 2023
"Morning ascent of West Kill from Spruceton road followed by trail maintenance on my adopted section of the Diamond Notch trail. About 1/2 inch of white fluff on the ground at the higher elevations on the peak. " — Nimblefoot • Nov 15, 2023
"Richard, Pat, Susan and I pushed through the heat and humidity to visit the summit of West Kill in the morning. Fortunately we had a good breeze on the upper part of our climb to ameliorate the sweat fest. Back at the cars Pat treated us to cookies, fruit salad and cheese.
Both Susan and Pat headed home to take of family issues while Richard and I head out to Rt 42 to climb Halcott. Our fresh dry T shirts quickly became soaked with the even warmer temps and no breeze. Once back to the cars I decided against heading back to Spruceton road to climb Rusk mtn to finish the day. I had enough heat plus I had things to do on my way home." — Nimblefoot • Sep 6, 2023
"Nine of us hiked from the end of Spruceton road to Shaft road. It was nice to do the section of the Devils Path between the two peaks of West Kill, haven’t been through there in years. Fortunately the black flies were not a problem today as temps stayed on the cool side." — Nimblefoot • Jun 5, 2023
"Hiked from the Diamond Notch Nothern Terminus. Many people out, but most stopped at the falls.
I met a guy from the city and he tagged along to the peak.
Bugs were crazy on the trail as the day went on. Must remember to bring bug spray in my pack." — HeyJoe • May 29, 2023
"Original plan was to do West Kill, the two Hunters and Rusk in a loop. With a late start and a casual pace all day I decided to call it a day after getting to the canister on SW Hunter. To avoid hiking up the Devils Path and to save time with a direct route I whacked up to SWH from the bridge at Diamond Notch falls. Need to make improvements to avoid the thick treed areas with rock outcroppings otherwise the route was a nice change.
Bumped into Tom and Sarah(aka Mochi Combo and Beginner on Ha!) on my way up West Kill. They were out doing the West Six, Sherrill to Rusk, then adding Halcott as a cherry on top for long day." — Nimblefoot • May 16, 2023
"Did my trail maintenance duties on the DN trail then scooted up to West kill for the month of April. Since my silky saw and loppers were in my pack I took care of some the branches that interfered with easy passage on the DP to West Kill. Sure nice to be back warmer temps are Wednesdays chilling temps and snow that were a throw back to late winter requiring the use of layers…..what!!! Today three women were ascending West Kill wearing just a bra top…..well alrighty!
" — Nimblefoot • Apr 21, 2023
"Doing West kill for the month of March of the 5th grid. Then down to the Catskill Visitor center to see what’s new and pickup a few brochures before visiting the Esopus Fire Tower for the 2023 Fire Tower Challenge. Finally up to Overlook for fire tower #4 of 6 of the FT challenge.
Because of my late start, 9:30 am, I missed helping breaking out the DP to West Kill which was nicely done by the folks just ahead of me. To add some fun I detoured off the trail near the spring to bushwhack down to the end of Spruceton road as a shortcut. The dense cement-like snow made the plunge a bit challenging.
On Overlook the usual parking on Meads road was full so I dropped down to the new, lot which is much larger, then headed up from there and adding 0.7 miles each way. The remainder of the Overlook Spur trail was a combination of boot-packed track and mine field of deep gopher holes which slowed forward progress considerably." — Nimblefoot • Mar 18, 2023
"A twosie of Hunter in the morning and West Kill in the afternoon. Old crusty snow with about an inch of new fluff on top so it was bare boots all day with the micro spikes riding on the pack. A crisp temperature of 10 degrees at 9 am rising up to 22 degrees at 4 pm. Only met one other hikers at the summit of Hunter. Cleared a lot of tree debris off the Devils Path heading up West Kill from ice and wind storms back in December." — Nimblefoot • Feb 1, 2023
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