Hiker dies in the Catskills
We were sorry to see that an Albany-area hiker died in a fall in the Platte Clove area of the Catskills. It’s hard to tell from the story exactly where the accident happened, but it sounded like they...
View ArticleGuest post: A different way up Buck Mountain by Alan Via
Alan Via is a longtime member of the Albany Chapter of Adirondack Mountain Club and has been leading trips for 35 years for ADK, the Catskill 3500 Club, and the Taconic Hiking Club. He is also the...
View ArticleGuest post: Hiking Huckleberry Point
Alan Via, author of the book “The Catskill 67: A Hiker’s Guide to the Catskill 100 Highest Peaks under 3500′ ,” offered us this guest post of a hike he took in early April. Alan will be signing copies...
View ArticlePeak-bagging
My column from last Friday was about Jerimoth Hill, Rhode Island’s highest point. Herb and I stopped by and grabbed this high point on our way home from a weekend in Cape Cod. He’s now just one high...
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