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2023 Hiking Trip Logs

These are trail logs for my hikes in 2023. Here's the main trail log page.

Legend

Text in italics is trail names.
Text in bold italics is trail names for trails which are part of the Appalachian Trail.
Underlined text is mountain peak names.
Bold underlined text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the Northeast 111 list.
Underlined blue text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the New England Fifty Finest list.
Underlined green text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the Catskill 35 list.
A bold U means a turnaround point.


Trips


Sugarloaf Mountain and Overlook Mountain - Catskills, New York - 28-29 January 2023

Saturday 28 January 2023
Roaring Kill Trailhead - yellow trail - Pecoy Notch Trail - The Stone Chairs - Pecoy Notch Trail - The Devil's Path - Sugarloaf Mountain - The Devil's Path - Mink Hollow Trail - yellow trail - Roaring Kill Trailhead

Sunday 29 January 2023
Overlook Mountain Trailhead - Overlook Mountain Trail - Overlook Mountain House - Overlook Mountain Trail - Overlook Mountain - Overlook Mountain Trail - Overlook Overlook U - Overlook Mountain Trail - Overlook Mountain House - Overlook Mountain Trail - Overlook Mountain Trailhead

On this weekend I joined the Connecticut Section of the GMC's for another Catskill Winter Weekend. On Saturday most of us did the Sugarloaf Loop, and on Sunday three of us climbed Overlook Mountain, and explored the ruins of Overlook Mountain House, the remains of a hotel.

For a longer trip report see Views from the Top.

I also have picture galleries for Sugarloaf Mountain (Sat.), and Overlook Mountain (Sun.).


Foothills Trail, South Carolina & North Carolina - 16-21 May 2023

I hiked the Foothills Trail eastbound.

Here is my Trail Journal.

Here are my pictures.


LT Trailwork - Green Mountains, Vermont - 9-11 June 2023

Friday 9 June 2023
Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Kid Gore Shelter

Saturday 10 June 2023
Kid Gore Shelter - Long Trail - Glastenbury Tower U - Long Trail - Kid Gore Shelter

Sunday 11 June 2023
Kid Gore Shelter - secret trail - Secret Trailhead

Another trailwork trip. I didn't do another hike this time because it was black fly season.

No trip report for this, but some pictures are included in my Facebook gallery for the hike.


Willey / Bond Ranges - White Mountains, New Hampshire - 14-16 July 2023

Friday 14 July 2023
Crawford Depot - Avalon Trail - A-Z Trail - Mt. Tom Spur - Mount Tom U - Mt. Tom Spur - A-Z Trail - Willey Range Trail - Mount Field - Willey Range Trail - Mount Willey - Willey Range Trail - Ethan Pond Trail - Ethan Pond Campsite

Saturday 15 July 2023
Ethan Pond Campsite - Ethan Pond Trail - Zeacliff Trail - Twinway Trail - Zealand Spur - Zealand Mountain U - Zealand Spur - Twinway Trail - Northeast Guyot - Twinway Trail - Bondcliff Trail - Southwest Guyot - Bondcliff Trail - Guyot Campsite

Sunday 16 July 2023
Guyot Campsite - Bondcliff Trail - Mount Bond - Bondcliff Trail - Bondcliff Mountain - Bondcliff Trail - Wilderness Trail - Lincoln Woods Trail - Lincoln Woods

I did a three day backpack in the Whites, solo the first day, and with my friend Mike the next two days. It rained both nights, and on the final day, but was dry for the first two days.

For a longer trip report see Views from the Top.

Here are the pictures.


Burroughs Loop - Catskills, New York - 30 September 2023

Saturday 30 September 2023
Woodland Valley Campground - Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail - Wittenberg Mountain - Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail - Cornell Mountain - Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail - Slide Mountain - Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail - Phoenicia-East Branch Trail - Slide Mountain Trailhead - Rte. 47 road walk - public easement - Woodland Valley Trail - Woodland Valley Campground

I hiked the Burroughs Loop, which I had previously done in 2012. This time I did it clockwise from Woodland Valley

For a longer trip report see Views from the Top.

You can see more pictures from this trip here.


LT Trailwork - Green Mountains, Vermont, and Pisgah State Park, New Hampshire - 3-5 November 2023

Friday 3 November 2023
Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Long Trail - Story Spring Shelter

Saturday 4 November 2023
Story Spring Shelter - Long Trail - Lydia's Rest U - Long Trail - Story Spring Shelter

Sunday 5 November 2023
Story Spring Shelter - Long Trail - secret trail - Secret Trailhead - car drive - Rte. 119 Trailhead - Reservoir Road / Rte. 119 connector - Reservoir Road - Dogwood Swamp Trail - Old Chesterfield Road - Chestnut Hill Trail - Reservoir Road - Reservoir Road / Rte. 119 connector - Rte. 119 Trailhead

Another trailwork trip. I stopped in New Hampshire for a hike on the way home.

No trip report for this, but I have a picture of the trail workers on Facebook.


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