Agile Trekker: Warner Creek Trail, Catskills

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
7/21/2018	9.2 miles	6 hours 30 minutes	2,498'

Map: Catskills Map 141

Parking: One car at Notch Inn Road, one car at Willow Post Office

Directions: Walk up Notch Inn Road. Take yellow blazed trail on left side of road before the last house. Turn right on blue blazed Warner Creek trail. Hike southbound. Cross Warner Creek. Turn left on yellow blazed Willow Trail. Turn right onto Jessup Road and follow to the Willow Post Office.

Today we were joined by our friends Daniela and Brodie. This allowed us to do a one way hike on the Warner Creek trail. Brodie is a good hiking partner for Trek. Glen also really likes Brodie, who is a much calmer dog than Trek.

We decided to hike southbound, so that we'd have the 1.2 mile road walk along Jessup Road be at the end. We were familiar with both parking areas, as we've used both of them before. The Willow Post office allows hiker parking, but is about 1.2 miles from the trail. The parking area at Notch Inn Road is a small pullout before a private road sign, and also requires a road walk uphill to the trail.

I can't say today's hike was exciting. The Warner Creek trail was in pretty good shape considering how little usage it gets (we saw no other hikers today). But the trails to it and from it are rocky & overgrown with nettles in spots. We had no views today, but did do a Catskill 67 mountain - Silver Hollow Mountain. Warner Creek was nice. I read the crossing can be difficult when the water is high. The water wasn't high today, but I still managed to get wet. We stopped and took a lunch break at the creek, and let Trek play in the water.

The highlight of today was on our ride back from the Willow Post Office to Notch Inn Road. We saw a bear cub cross the road in front of our car. It was sooooo cute! Daniela tried to take a photo - but probably missed it. More photos from her blog soon.