Great day to be out. We parked at the Slide Mt Rd Parking area NE of Biscuit Brook. Perfect weather. Dick, Moonray, Bookah and I set off thru the woods and got ready to cross the Neversink.
3 methods of crossing: Moonray buttoned down his tall gaiters and blasted thru the water before his boots got wet. Dick changed into bare feet and donned his water shoes. And I used my patented kitchen garbage bag technique. All worked but mine came the closest to failing.
Moonray was filming technique #3 and in my haste to keep him from waiting, I didn't fasten the rubber band 'gaiter' high enough and while posing for the camera with my bags, came within an inch of flooding them.
Then we were off, uphill thru a completely open beech forest. Acres of Trout Lillies, gorgeous rock bands, spectacular open forest. We had lunch on top, took Moonray's photo to memorialize his CHH #70 and then time to head to the barn. We decided to do a small tour of the summit ridge and headed NE, and after dropping about 150' we came across a fernless fernglade with large boulders, very similiar as its scenic twin on Winnisook's subsummit.
Oohs and Ahhs here. We then circled back around to join our ascent route marvelling at the gorgeous woods.
You might ask why we'd hike WW and deliberately pick a route with a river crossing in the way? For me, its now one of my favorite routes up this beautiful and wild mountain. This is the time of year to go - when the ferns get thigh-high they'll hide some of the rocks along the way.
3 methods of crossing: Moonray buttoned down his tall gaiters and blasted thru the water before his boots got wet. Dick changed into bare feet and donned his water shoes. And I used my patented kitchen garbage bag technique. All worked but mine came the closest to failing.
Moonray was filming technique #3 and in my haste to keep him from waiting, I didn't fasten the rubber band 'gaiter' high enough and while posing for the camera with my bags, came within an inch of flooding them.
Then we were off, uphill thru a completely open beech forest. Acres of Trout Lillies, gorgeous rock bands, spectacular open forest. We had lunch on top, took Moonray's photo to memorialize his CHH #70 and then time to head to the barn. We decided to do a small tour of the summit ridge and headed NE, and after dropping about 150' we came across a fernless fernglade with large boulders, very similiar as its scenic twin on Winnisook's subsummit.
Oohs and Ahhs here.
We then circled back around to join our ascent route marvelling at the gorgeous woods.You might ask why we'd hike WW and deliberately pick a route with a river crossing in the way? For me, its now one of my favorite routes up this beautiful and wild mountain. This is the time of year to go - when the ferns get thigh-high they'll hide some of the rocks along the way.
