dperry
09-22-2008, 23:53
Hello, All,
The wife and I's original plan this fall was to do a three-day camp in Northern VA, but for various reasons that isn't going to work out. However, we hate to waste an entire fall with no AT hiking, so we have searched for an alternative. The area between Arden, NY and Vernon, NJ does not seem to lend itself to weekend camping trips (poor shelter spacing), so we've decided to instead to do it in day hikes, starting this fall and perhaps finishing up in the spring. This Saturday (Sept. 27), we're going to go from NY 17A to the State Line Trail, then use the latter to get down to the parking area by Greenwood Lake where we will have left our car. I am interested in any commentary on this section, in particular:
1.) How bad are the bears? We're not camping, so it's not as much of a problem, but we would still like to know if there's a decent chance that we will run into one.
2.) Where are the good views?
3.) I understand from the guide that there is a ladder to be climbed at one point. How difficult is this? Fortunately, we won't have big packs on, but I'm still a bit concerned about my 5' wife if the rungs are really big or something.
4.) Any hunting in this area?
Also, we need a shuttle from the State Line trailhead to NY 17A; see the post under the parking & shuttle forum for more details. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
The wife and I's original plan this fall was to do a three-day camp in Northern VA, but for various reasons that isn't going to work out. However, we hate to waste an entire fall with no AT hiking, so we have searched for an alternative. The area between Arden, NY and Vernon, NJ does not seem to lend itself to weekend camping trips (poor shelter spacing), so we've decided to instead to do it in day hikes, starting this fall and perhaps finishing up in the spring. This Saturday (Sept. 27), we're going to go from NY 17A to the State Line Trail, then use the latter to get down to the parking area by Greenwood Lake where we will have left our car. I am interested in any commentary on this section, in particular:
1.) How bad are the bears? We're not camping, so it's not as much of a problem, but we would still like to know if there's a decent chance that we will run into one.
2.) Where are the good views?
3.) I understand from the guide that there is a ladder to be climbed at one point. How difficult is this? Fortunately, we won't have big packs on, but I'm still a bit concerned about my 5' wife if the rungs are really big or something.
4.) Any hunting in this area?
Also, we need a shuttle from the State Line trailhead to NY 17A; see the post under the parking & shuttle forum for more details. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,