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trips - Devils Path Dayhike with Avengeance

Trip Info

Dates: 6/3 - 6/5/05
Trip Organizer: EarthNsky
Location: Catskill Mountain State Park

Number of Attendees: (view all)
11 yes
4 maybe

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New York Books
New York Parks

 

Description



same deal as last year. Get a tent site or two depending on the group size at Devil Tombstone Campground which is the halfway point of the trail. Camp there friday night, get up early Saturday (really early - we should be hiking by 6am) and attempt to dayhike the entire trail. Saturday night camp at Tombstone Campground again.

Backpacker mag listed the Devils Path as the hardest dayhike in the east. It's a 26 mile buttkicker with steep ups and steep downs. It'll have your knees rattling just looking at the climbs and descents.

A bunch of us attempted this last year and only three of us succeeded (Pennsy, MFparker and Pepsi), the rest of us stopped at the halfway point. This is the revenge, a chance to go back and do the entire trail again.

Sunday morning, we will go to Kaaterskill Falls for a small dayhike.

Devils Tombstone Campground

here is last years trip: http://thebackpacker.com/trips/trip/297.php

pics I took from last year's trip:
http://community.webshots.com/album/150298047rgFOJt/0

For camping info - see the camping thread.

 

= Yes, = Maybe

Trip Attendees

Pennsy EarthNsky sacco
lumberzac mfparker sirpete
Artex mtngoat ATrunner
Crazypace PhantomSoul BackSlacker
ice tea Bison woolcap

 

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Threads

Thread Name # Messages # Views Last Post
Devil's Path with A VengeanceTrip Report and Pics7313538:56 AM
6/12/05
created by: Artex on 6/5/05 - jump to page: 1, 2
Anybody getting there early Friday233447:09 AM
6/3/05
created by: EarthNsky on 5/24/05
The Hike213974:20 PM
6/2/05
created by: EarthNsky on 5/9/05
headcount thread1122611:20 AM
6/2/05
created by: EarthNsky on 5/20/05
Big Pot of Chili?53108:42 PM
6/1/05
created by: EarthNsky on 6/1/05
Camping friday and saturday night957007:13 PM
6/1/05
created by: EarthNsky on 4/13/05 - jump to page: 1, 2
Trip Details323528:58 PM
5/8/05
created by: EarthNsky on 1/19/05
black flies33551:35 PM
5/6/05
created by: EarthNsky on 5/6/05
headcount thread0177
12/31/69
created by: EarthNsky on 5/20/05

 

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