#Backpacking #BurroughsRangeTrail #CatskillMountains
Located in the Slide Mountain Wilderness, in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, the Burroughs Range Trail backpacking loop covers fifteen miles of trail and summits, Wittenberg Mountain, Cornell Mountain, and Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskill Mountains.
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0:00 Catskill Mountains Backpacking Trip
1:18 Woodland Valley Campground
1:35 Burroughs Range Trail AKA Wittenberg Cornell Slide Trial
1:54 Hiking Trail Terrain
2:26 Dope Fall Foliage
3:25 Wittenberg Mountain Summit
3:44 Cornell Mountain Summit
4:30 Camping Restrictions
5:19 Water Sources
6:24 Mountain Spring
8:16 Slide Mountain Summit
8:29 Lookout Point
8:46 More DOPE foliage!!!
8:59 Slide Mountain Parking Area (start of the road walk section to Giant Ledge Parking)
9:12 Phoenicia East Branch Trail head
9:17 Hiking in the Rain
10:58 Thoughts and reflections
12:11 Campfire Restrictions
12:36 Which way should you hike?
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Our Route:
We parked at the Woodland Valley Campground. Parking is free this time of year since the campground had already closed for the season.
3.9 Miles: Burroughs Range Trail (Red Trail Markers) → Wittenberg Mountain 3780 FAS
0.7 miles to Cornell Mountain 3860 FAS
2.3 miles to slide mountain 4180 FAS (tent sites scattered between Cornell and Slide Mountain below 3500 FAS)
0.8 +1.3 + 0.8 to Slide Mountain Parking (there is a porta potty here just FYI)
Road Section to Giant Ledge Parking 1.9 miles
Take Phoenicia East Branch Trail (Yellow Makers) 0.8 miles + 2.5 back to Woodland Valley Campground.
Hiking Resources:
www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ne...
www.hikingproject.com/trail/7...
lnt.org/why/7-principles/
For more information call the Catskills Visitor Center at +1 (845) 688-3369
g.page/CatskillsVisitorCenter...
Written version of this video → www.finerbub.com/adventure-blog/2019/11/6/backpacking-the-burroughs-range-trail-loop-in-the-catskill-mountains-new-york
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16 июл 2024