Tag Archives: Catskill Park
Looping Blackhead Mountain with a side of Black Dome Mountain in the Catskills
Part of the Catskill 3500 peaks in the Catskills, Blackhead Mountain offers a great loop hike of about 5 miles from the Big Hollow Trailhead parking area.
Catskill Strategic Planning Advisory Group (CAG) Interim Report
Established in the fall of 2020 in response to the increasing levels of use in the Catskill Park, the Catskill Strategic Planning Advisory Group (CAG), was appointed by NYSDEC Commissioner Seggos. As one of the members who was appointed to this group, I’ve had an opportunity to work together with a wide variety of stakeholders […]
My favorite loop hike in the Catskills – Hunter Mountain from Spruceton
My favorite loop hike in the Catskills is a 9 mile hike over Hunter Mountain. If you don’t mind an additional 2 miles of out and back, you can also add the summit of Southwest Hunter (Leavitt Peak) and make the loop hike a total of 11 miles in length. For the loop as I […]
Hiking Thomas Cole and Black Dome Mountains
At 3,994 feet and 3,953 feet in elevation, Black Dome and Thomas Cole are the 3rd and 4th highest peaks in the Catskills. These peaks are traversed by the east-west Black Dome Range Trail between Elmer Barnum Road in the west and Big Hollow Road in the east. For this hike we began at the […]
Bushwhacking Vly Mountain (3,541′) in the Catskills
At 3,541 feet in elevation, Vly Mountain is part of the Catskills 3500 Challenge and is considered a trailless peak, although there is a well defined herd path to the summit from the notch between Vly and Bearpen Mountains. For our hike we began at the paved end of County Route 3 off of Route […]
Slide Mountain and a whole lot more
The hiking traverse across Slide, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains is one of my very favorite hikes in the Catskills. On this trip, I added a bit more to the hike, but going out to the north on the Phoenicia East Branch Trail after descending Wittenberg (instead of descending all the way to Woodland Valley State […]
Bushwhacking Kaaterskill High Peak
At 3,652 feet tall, Kaaterskill High Peak is one the Catskill 3500 peaks, and while it does have some trails and routes on it, it is considered one of the trailless 3500 peaks because there is no official marked trail to the summit.
Celebrating Gains for the Catskill Park in the 2021 NYS Budget and Legislative Session
On June 14th, I had the opportunity to celebrate what really are historic gains for the Catskill Park in the NYS Budget and during the legislative session. Most of these legislative and budget gains are thanks to the hard work of Senator Michelle Hinchey. Our Senator, whose district covers a majority of the Catskill Park, […]
And this happened
New Executive Director Jeff Senterman, Recipients of Evers & Ginsberg Awards, Announced at Summer Gathering of the Catskill Center August 29th, 2015 – MOUNT TREMPER, New York—The Catskill Center announced at its annual Summer Gathering the appointment of Jeff Senterman to the position of Executive Director. The announcement by Jim Infante, Chairman of the Board […]
Changes
I think the Trail Conference’s Trail Walker Blog said it best in their headline: Jeff Senterman Named Associate Director of the Catskill Center Starting tomorrow I will be the Associate Director of the Catskill Center in the Catskills and I am really excited about this opportunity and the ability to really focus on Catskill issues. […]
Jeff Senterman 