Tremper Mountain Fire Tower • Kaaterskill Falls & Forest Area • May 15, 2017 Our last peak that we needed to hike to finish the Fire Towers in the Catskills was Tremper. To be completely honest, we weren’t exactly excited to hike this one. We had actually intended to do it twice before — on Veteran’s Day…
Cold Climbing in Cat Creek, Day 4 • Kaaterskill Falls • January 9, 2017 Let’s begin with a brief history by Curtis: Some readers may wonder why this weekend trip has been named “Cold Climbing in Cat Creek”. What is Cat Creek? I thought you were in the Catskills? Is it really considered climbing if you walk…
Kaaterskill Falls and Vroman’s Nose Hikes • Catskill Mountains • November 11, 2016 Our Veteran’s Day adventure was one full of little life lessons. We began our day with sleeping in — we have been just terrible at getting up early on hiking days. We’ve been remembering how when we lived in Arizona, we’d often get up before the sun so…