The Catskills Mountains
Eastern New York
I’d never hiked in the Catskills before deciding to tackle this list of the 35 peaks there that are over 3,500 feet. On a good traffic day, I can get there in about 2.5 hours and some of the trails are truly beautiful. Heck, I think I can knock out this list over a series of 1 day treks. We shall see.
Winter view off of Black Dome
To officially warrant inclusion into the 3500 Club, I must climb Slide, Blackhead, Balsam and Panther mountains again in winter – making the total climbs 39. A whole bunch of them do not have trails to the top and the bushwhacking through the spruce, fir and pine trees can be pretty awful.
* Trail-less summits with registers
+Summits without maintained trails or registers
1a. Slide, August 2009
1b. Slide (Winter), February 2014
2. Hunter (4040)
3. Black Dome, October 2010
4. Thomas Cole, October 2010
5a. Blackhead, October 2010
5b. Blackhead (Winter), March 2015
6. West Kill
7. Graham +
8. Doubletop*
9. Cornell, August 2009
10. Table
11. Peekamoose
12. Plateau
13. Sugarloaf (Mink)
14. Wittenberg, August 2009
15. Southwest Hunter (Leavitt Peak) *
16. Balsam Lake
17. Lone*
18a. Panther
18b. Panther (Winter), March 2012
19. Big Indian
20. Friday*
21. Rusk*
22. Kaaterskill High Peak +
23. Twin
24. Balsam Cap
25. Fir*
26. North Dome*
27. Eagle
28a. Balsam, October 2014
28b. Balsam (Winter), February 2014
29. Bearpen +
30. Indian Head
31. Sherrill*, October 2014
32. Halcott*
33. Vly*
34. Windham High Peak, October 2010
35. Rocky*
the 3500 Club
CTMQ’s Highpointing & Peakbagging
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