Hiking in the new year

My hiking club has an urban hike on new year's day every year, which I try to make when possible. This time, I had initially intended to be hiking in the Catskills instead, but that hike required an earlier start than I liked, so instead I joined the Ramblers in Rambling around the Bronx.



For the second year in a row, we walked the step streets (and other steps, and ordinary streets) of the Bronx. The official hike was 13.75 miles, but I walked a few extra, just over 17. Since we went up a lot of stairs, but down a lot of others, the elevation gain was 1,473 and the loss was 1,397.