To start the year off, Windham High Peak for my first Winter 3500 of the year.

This time, I took the escarpment trail up and down.  I hadn't done that direction last time, so this was a new experience for me.  No need for snow shoes most of the way, just microspikes as it was a bit icy once you reached the lean-to.  On top though, it was melting snow, and I put the shoes on just for the top on my way down.  The eerie part of the hike though was just how there were so many trees that were down that I dubbed it a "tree graveyard".

Saturday, I did the 2 "high peaks" of the Catskills.  First up was Kaaterskill High Peak.  I started off at Platte Clove road and started up the Long Path.  The trail started as a road, and it was essentially that the whole way up until the crossovers to the snowmobile trails.  It wasn't that steep, and overall rather easy to go up.  At 2 miles I crossed over using a herd path to get to the snowmobile trail.  This path took me past a lovely little camp site and ended next to an airplane wreckage.  At that point, I turned left and went around to go up the s

This weekend, I plan to do Kaaterskill High Peak.  This is another of the "trailless" peaks, but in reality, the majority of it is either the Long Path or snowmobile trails.  Looking at the elevation for this, there's really not much steep until the very end.  I may try to cut a little bit of distance off of the mapped 7.6 miles by bushwhacking when I get to the plateau.