This weekend we finally hit up a trail in the Catskills that I've had my eye on for some time - the Devils Path. Jeanette Shiloh and I spent the weekend with our friends Colin and Kathleen tacking the trail. We parked at the Prediger Rd. lot and hiked through to Devils Tombstone Campground in Stony Clove.
We hit the trail around lunchtime and headed up through Jimmy Dolan Notch to the summit of Twin Mountain. The trail was slow going - rocky and steep!
We had hoped to make it to Mink Hollow for camping but ended up staying in Pecoy Notch as the afternoon drew into the evening, setting up in the saddle between Twin and Sugarloaf Mountain.
The evening was great with an a phenomenal dinner - Katmandu Ramen Chicken concoction, exploding rocks in the campfire, late night cocoa and Hillshire Farms sausage on a baguette.
The next morning we hiked out over Sugarloaf and Plateau Mountains. A real calf/thigh/knee burner. There was a considerable amount of snow above 3500 feet for this time of year which made the footing fun. All in all it was a great weekend.
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