fresh shoes on feet, and sour shoes and socks to the side

11 Best Post Hike Recovery Hacks at the Trailhead

Simple ways to treat yourself right after a big day on the trail.

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Catskills Fall Foliage 2024

Catskills Fall Foliage Report 2026

The best Catskills Fall Foliage Report because it’s direct from the Catskills.

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Twin Mountain Traverse in the Catskills

Twin Mountain Traverse

This tricky traverse includes one of the best views in The Catskills.

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Overlook Mountain House and Fire Tower Trail

Is Google Maps Good for Hiking?

Once you walk away from the trailhead, Google Maps reaches its limits.

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Can Science Solve the Catskills’ Herd Path Problem?

Why the DEC is rethinking our trailless peaks.

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Mount Greylock Veterans War Memorial Tower

Mount Greylock Hike via Bellows Pipe Trail

Hike to one of the most popular summits in Massachusetts.

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Mountain hiking with an exoskeleton

Why I Turned Down a Free $1,500 Exoskeleton

It’s a great product I will never use.

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Surprising Data: The Best Electrolytes for Hiking (2026)

The cheapest, most expensive, worst and best electrolytes for hiking. Save your money. Give our body what it needs.

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Blackhead Range Horseshoe Hike

Blackhead Range Horseshoe

A route over some of the finest mountains and most scenic trails in the Catskills.

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Platte Clove Road barrier locked open

Is Platte Clove Road Open?

In winter, Platte Clove Road is closed to traffic on its eastern end. Use this alternate route to the eastern Devil’s Path and Kaaterskill High Peak.

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The Catskill 6 Hike

The Catskill 6: Friday, Balsam Cap, Rocky, Lone, Table, Peekamoose

This is everything you need to know. Updated for 2026.

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Hike Black Mountain in the Adirondacks

Black Mountain Loop

One of those lower Adirondack hikes that gives far more than it demands.

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Dover Stone Church in Dover Plains, New York

Dover Stone Church Closed to Public

Insurance coverage and lack of town support cited as main reasons.

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Best Bug Spray & Bug Repellent

This three-tiered best bug spray system keeps me (mostly!) bite free in New York’s backcountry every season

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Mount Marcy Hike Adirondacks

Mount Marcy Hike via Van Hoevenberg Trail

A long, steady backcountry climb to New York State’s highest summit. Big miles. Bigger views.

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