andyzee
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Date(s) Hiked: 8/19/2007
Trails(s) Hiked: Washburn(White), Notch(Blue), Brook(Red), Cornish(Blue)
Total Distance: 5.25 miles
Vertical: 1400 feet
Difficulty: Strenuous uphill climb from the start, followed by a nice mellow walk in the woods going down.
Conditions: Cool with low humidity
Trip Report:
Another hike in Hudson Highlands State Park. This time we hiked up to Bull Hill, also known as Mt. Taurus. This hike start out by taking us up the side of an old quarry:
We missed a turn and went to the base of the quarry where we should have gone up the right side. Not a problem, a little backtracking on we were back on our route. The hike up was pretty tough, a constant uphill most of the way and unlike Breakneck, which is on the other side of this mountain, no real rock scrambling. The rock scrambling makes it more interesting and as a result, a bit easier. This hill is also higher than Breakneck, 1400 feet vs 1100. However we didn't do too bad, we set a nice pace and finished the 5.25 miles and 1400 vertical in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Nice views along the way:
I liked this one, this is looking down on my recent fav, Breakneck Ridge:
At the top we also got views of a lot of our newly discovered hikes this year. We saw Breakneck Ridge, South Beacon Mountain, Mohonk, Minniwaska, and Sam's Point. Going back down was a very pleasant hike through some nice forests and more ruins from the Cornish farm, this had to be one hell of an estate in it's day, lots of buildings and paved walk/carriage ways. Overall it was a great workout and pleastant hike. Although it's no Breakneck, it's a nice change of pace. I also tried using my new GPS for the first time. I saved the track and downloaded it to my computer. Cool seeing how close it came to the actual trail map. I'll post pics of that later.
Trails(s) Hiked: Washburn(White), Notch(Blue), Brook(Red), Cornish(Blue)
Total Distance: 5.25 miles
Vertical: 1400 feet
Difficulty: Strenuous uphill climb from the start, followed by a nice mellow walk in the woods going down.
Conditions: Cool with low humidity
Trip Report:
Another hike in Hudson Highlands State Park. This time we hiked up to Bull Hill, also known as Mt. Taurus. This hike start out by taking us up the side of an old quarry:
We missed a turn and went to the base of the quarry where we should have gone up the right side. Not a problem, a little backtracking on we were back on our route. The hike up was pretty tough, a constant uphill most of the way and unlike Breakneck, which is on the other side of this mountain, no real rock scrambling. The rock scrambling makes it more interesting and as a result, a bit easier. This hill is also higher than Breakneck, 1400 feet vs 1100. However we didn't do too bad, we set a nice pace and finished the 5.25 miles and 1400 vertical in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Nice views along the way:
I liked this one, this is looking down on my recent fav, Breakneck Ridge:
At the top we also got views of a lot of our newly discovered hikes this year. We saw Breakneck Ridge, South Beacon Mountain, Mohonk, Minniwaska, and Sam's Point. Going back down was a very pleasant hike through some nice forests and more ruins from the Cornish farm, this had to be one hell of an estate in it's day, lots of buildings and paved walk/carriage ways. Overall it was a great workout and pleastant hike. Although it's no Breakneck, it's a nice change of pace. I also tried using my new GPS for the first time. I saved the track and downloaded it to my computer. Cool seeing how close it came to the actual trail map. I'll post pics of that later.
