Snowshoeing

  • Fitness,  Hiking,  Snowshoeing,  Travel,  Trip Report

    Winter Solstice: Hiking Nippletop and Dial Mountains

    Sunday marked the very first day of Winter. I celebrated by hiking with my winter hiking buddy Jona. (Last season we hiked two Winter peaks together, Sawteeth and Phelps!)–this time we were tackling two High Peaks in one day, Nippletop and Dial. After an early wake up (3:15am!), I met Jona and her friend Paula at Exit 9 Park and Ride to get to the trailhead by 6:15AM. We wanted an early start because we had a long hike ahead of us and the daylight hours were limited! The parking lot for these peaks is in St. Huberts near the Ausable Club. We parked the car and signed in to…

  • Fitness,  Hiking,  Snowshoeing,  Trip Report

    Hiking Buck Mountain

    I’ve made it a personal goal to hike at least one mountain per month! After I realized I had hiked at least once since August, I knew I could keep going to keep up my hiking fitness. Yesterday my friend Meredith and I went up to Lake George to hike Buck Mountain. She had hiked it a bunch of times but never in winter conditions with snowshoes. I have never hiked Buck before so it was on my list of hikes to do eventually! Conditions for snowshoeing the trail were great. We carried microspikes with us just in case, but kept the snowshoes on the entire hike…they were really needed…

  • Fitness,  Hiking,  Snowshoeing,  Trip Report

    Hiking Slide Mountain – Catskills

    Today Chris and I went for a hike! After two winter hikes in the Adirondacks, I wanted to change it up a bit. We took our snowshoes down to the Catskills to hike Slide Mountain, the highest Catskill peak at 4,180 feet of elevation. There are two ways to get to the summit of Slide. We took the longer route, the loop–we started from the parking lot and hiked to the where the trail splits and took the Curtis-Ormsbee trail which is the longer way up. It was marked with yellow trail markers.   After about two miles, the trail split again, the red markers began and we hiked to…

  • Albany,  Fitness,  Hiking,  Snowshoeing

    Favorite Places to Snowshoe

    Oh look, another 3-5 inches in the forecast! Hurray! (Note the half-sarcasm there.) So I’ve told you how I stay warm while snowshoeing, but I haven’t really put together a short list of places I’ve been going to snowshoe. Here are my favorite places so far! Five Rivers Environmental Center in Delmar, NY I grew up coming to Five Rivers every summer when I was a kid. (And I trail run here a lot in the summer) However, only this Winter have I ever taken advantage of the trails during this season. They are gorgeous and there are many trails to choose from! And Five Rivers is only a short…

  • Hiking,  Product Reviews,  Snowshoeing

    What to Wear Snowshoeing

    One of my favorite sayings this winter has been “There’s no bad weather, just inappropriate clothing” which is pretty true. This winter has been the coldest that I can remember, and it has been much more bearable with the right clothing and gear. I spent a fair amount of dollars this season investing in good winter gear because I want to enjoy the season and the gear will last for many winters to come. Here is a list of some of my favorite winter items for snowshoeing, hiking, and gallivanting in the snow. Columbia Snowcalpse Insulated Waterproof Jacket I knew when I wanted to start winter hiking and snowshoeing I…