April 6, 2012
Distance: 7.8 miles
Time: 5 hours 56 minutes
Map:
Catskill Trails Map Set
Parking: See directions link
Restrooms: None
Notes: Catskill 3500 footer
Post hike dinner: Garden Cafe on the Green, Woodstock
Directions:
Vly and Bearpen
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| Parking across from the snow plow turnaround. |
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| Continuing 1 mile along Route 3 - which is basically an unpaved, unmaintained rocky woods road. |
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| Approaching the hunters cabin. Ironically there are no hunting signs posted on it. Right to Vly, left to Bearpen. |
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The herd path to Vly is pretty easy to follow - just look for blue (and sometimes yellow) blazes.
They take you all the way to the summit. There is some whacking, but the navigation isn't difficult. |
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| Glen opens the canister at the summit of Vly. |
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| Moxie, Lynn, Trek - Vly summit |
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| Trek, views in the background |
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| Heading back down Vry |
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Heading towards Bearpen. You can reach the summit taking snowmobile paths the entire way.
The problem is figuring out which ones to take. |
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This was NOT the planned route. We got lost on the way up. Followed the wrong trail quite early on.
But I found this snowmobile path name amusing :) |
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| The remains of a really old car |
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| Trek and Glen, view near Bearpen summit |
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| Remains of another old car. |
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Heading back down - hey...I think we were supposed to look out for this sign on the way up.
But, we took a wrong turn way before it. |
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Heading back down.
Year to date miles: 105.9
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Hey, just for your info, those aren't just old cars. They are trucks that were rejiggered to run the tow ropes when Bearpen was a ski hill back in the 50s. If you look you can see a wheel mounted off the ground, which acted as a pulley.
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