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Mt. Tremper Fire Tower

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 4:59 pm | Posted by: Roger

Continuing our ADK Fire Tower Challenge adventures, we went down to the Catskill Mountains, about 20 miles west of…

Posted: January 11, 2011 at 4:45 pm | Posted by: Roger

Firetowers in the last century were constructed to identify small wildfires, before they became major wildfires in the Adirondack…

Posted: December 11, 2010 at 4:56 pm | Posted by: Roger

In the Catskill Preserve on a December day we trekked up the mountain on 6 inches of fresh powdered…

Posted: November 6, 2010 at 4:56 pm | Posted by: Roger

It got us breathing hard, even on this relatively short trail. (Remember, we’re out here to have fun?) Distance:…

Posted: October 10, 2010 at 4:52 pm | Posted by: Roger

Hey, we should have played the Lottery with these numbers on 10/10/10. That’s when we climbed Black Mountain. That…