This was the first of 4 planned end of year "Winter" hikes.  Slide is the highest point in the Catskills, and the hike up was a challenge.  Started off on 47 and first thing you face is a big stream.  Thankfully it was frozen over for us.  The trail was then a mix of ice, snow, and bare spots pretty much up until the first trail junction.  After that it was just hard packed snow and ice to the top.  Absolutely beautiful scenery, the trees holding the snow looked almost alien.  When we got to the top, the views were just amazing.  Overall, the trail was in pretty good shape, and not as steep as other trails I've done.  The hike down was uneventful, and we were back to the cars at an early hour.  Microspikes all the way, but if we had made it a loop, we would have needed shoes to cross over as that was not really broken out.

This makes #1 of 4 required winter hikes, and also marks the last of the NE111 peaks in NY for me (48/115)