This was such a fun YET FROSTY trip northbound on the S-B (SUFFERN BEAR MOUNTAIN TRAIL)
This trail is supposed to be a 24 mile "challenging" hike from SUFFERN NY terminating at the Bear Mountain Inn. Not sure where that 24 miles comes from because with some side quests lol it was closer to thirty. Normally 30 miles is not such a big deal. I can walk ten miles in two hours in the Mohonk Preserve.
THIS HIKE IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS
THIS HIKE WAS A MOFO OF never ending ROCK SCRAMBLES and some minor detours.
DO NOT JUDGE THIS HIKE BY MILES, judge it by never ending up and downs and plenty of challenging rock scramblings.
Included in this hike is the STONE MOUNTAIN SHELTER and the bomb diggity WEST MOUNTAIN SHELTER in the Harriman State Park. The views are epic from each shelter. Keep in mind its allllll stone and there are NO PRIVVIES to be found ANYWHERE. No sure where you're supposed to poop, and there was sadly a number of poops on rock ledges. That must get weird during the busy summer season.
YES I was overloaded with GEAR, there was a reason. Oddly the temps sunk into the teens and there was a lot of wind so it all worked out.
Why all the gun fire near suffern or Pomana NY? We don't know but there was a lot of shots fired for much of the night? Random and odd, before you say "fireworks", know your audience- 100% gunfire.
I met a very inspirational young lady solo hiking solo camping at the West Mountain Shelter. Laurie not only travelled to Harriman State Park from VIRGINIA but she has some crazy stories. LAURIE WAS ONCE BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE and WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. I'm only hoping with those ODDS she wins the POWERBALL!!!!!
DUTCHWARE CHAMELEON HAMMOCK
DUTCHWARE HAMMOCK SUSPENSION
DUTCHWARE HAMMOCK CAMPING IN WIND STORM
DUTCHWARE BONDED TARP
UGQ under quilts
UGQ over quilts
underground quilts Hammock camping
hammock underquilt protector in wind storm
hammock camping in severe winds
HARRIMAN STATE PARK
Bear mountain hiking
AT detours
Appalachian trail Bear mountain detours
stone mountain shelter
WEST MOUNTAIN SHELTER
rock scrambling at PYNGYP Mountain Harriman
Backpacking Harriman State park
OSPREY ZENITH BACKPACKS
KATADYN HIKER PRO water filters
PEAK REFUEL CHAD MENDES MEALS
JETBOIL IN WIND
ALCOHOL PENNY STOVE HOBO STOVE
CAMP STOVE FAIL
ZAMBERLAN BOOTS
BIG HILL lean to
PINGYP PYNGYP rock scrambles
GLACIAL ERRATICS hike
IRISH POTATO glacial erratic
KITCHEN stairs hike
Grandma and grandpa rocks glacier stones rocks
COBUS Mountain Harriman
The Egg Harriman
HAWK CLIFF Harriman
Panther Mountain hike Harriman
Third reservoir Harriman
Jackie Jones Fire Tower harriman
Lake Welch Drive harriman
SCUTT Memorial PynGYP mountain Harriman
Horn Hill Mountain Summit Harriman
Cats Elbow Hike HArriman
West Mountain Harriman
Bear Mountain Inn
DULUTH FLEXPIDITION PANTS
COLUMBIA HIKING SHIRTS
COLUMBIA WIND BREAKER
Columbia Shell jacket