Hiking the Timp-Torne trail

Sunday's club hike was rather strenuous - not so much the terrain, but the speed. Due to a variety of circumstances, we ended up hiking much faster than usual (and, in fact, finishing an hour ahead of schedule).



We followed the Timp-Torne Trail through Bear Mountain State Park, although I and a few others elected to skip Popolopen Torne (since I was just there recently) and to go around Brooks Lake.

The hike has plenty of nice views anyway, but they're even better with the leaves off. The photo below is of Bear Mountain; if you look closely, you can see the tower on top.



My total distance was 12.5 miles; elevation is unknown because I still haven't figured out how to work my new altimeter.

A loop in VCP

This month's Van Cortlandt trailwork involved hiking - we hiked a three-mile loop for survey purposes, noting different aspects of the trail as we went along. Nice work if you can get it!