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black flies weren't bad! well, we made it to the top of algonquin and back - with no bites (not even a single mosquito). so, perhaps the black flies are gone. despite getting rained on 3 times, the views at the top were incredible.

OK - so i'm going to get headnets... - but what about my hands? (sorry if this sounds like a silly question - we've been hiking the catskills for years and decided to finally do a weekend UP state) my only experience with blackflies was about 10 years ago in the UP of michigan. I still have...

Hi: Any predictions on Black Flies for this coming weekend (6/20-6/21)? We'll be hiking Alongquin and would like to know if we should invest head nets.

Snow in Catskills I climbed Thomas Cole and had planned to do Black Dome but had to turn back after getting to the top of T. Cole - about 3 feet of snow up there. There was snow from the bottom all the way to the top - met a couple people who turned around because the trail was too difficult...

kaaterskill high peak just did kaaterskill high peak today (exact trip mentioned above) - awesome! couldn't find the second plane wreck (but didn't try very hard) - first one is right on the trail. trail up and over the mountain was not a problem - a couple hairy spots on the way up meant...