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A group of us planned this hike one year for a New Year's eve hike. I don't think any of us made the true summit. I realized this when I hiked this as I went much further than we did that night.

It is a primarily moderate, 1.2-mile hike to the first summit. It begins at a moderate grade as it passes under a power line, then there's a continuous climb over switchbacks for 0.8 miles, where the Beede Farm Trail comes in on the left.

Go straight and work up a few steep steps to the first open rock.…

My son and I hiked Seymour mountain yesterday after getting a late start. We arrived at the summer trailhead and signed in at 8:18. There was one other hiker ahead of us that we would not see until we were halfway up Seymour. We met him coming down.

We quickly booted to the first large brook crossing, where we put on our microspikes due to ice-covered rocks. From there, we left them on to the summit to save time. This proved a good decision as we ran into more and more flow ice as we gained…

I had hiked this for the first time with Cindy and Jim, eventually going back and hiking with my son.

From the beginning, the hike is along an old jeep road through conifers and eventually hardwoods once you get down near the marsh. The trail is overgrown to the width of a foot trail. The trail used to continue straight where what is now underwater; even in the dead of winter, I wouldn't recommend going across the frozen marsh. The three of us did, and one of us broke through, which brought the…

Beautiful snowshoeing with some nice views. This is near Elizabethtown, NY.

These trails are a system of various trails (30 of them) open to hikers, horses, bicyclists, and even small recreational vehicles. The trail network is part of a local initiative to give the community and visitors a recreational place. The land was donated to Elizabethtown by the Holst Family back in the 1980s. Many of the trails developed seem to get very light use, making the narrower trails seem more like herd paths,…

Derek, Mark, Adam, myself, and a friend of Adams set out to hike Gothics. All 3 of us needed it for some list (regular or winter season) or another.

We parked at the traditional Saint Hubert's parking lot, where we began our hike around 5 am and hiked up to the Ausable Club gate. The Ausable Club allows hikers and outdoor enthusiast access to the peaks through their property (no dogs or bicycles allowed). This is an agreement in place with New York State. It is a fortunate agreement because it…

This was a nice little hike with Cindy and Brian. It was a surprise hike, so to speak, as they packed in cupcakes for the summit and sang happy birthday to me. A beautiful little hike that has some decent views.



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