We had a really good time braving the cold weather (5 degrees to start, 20 degrees later) at the Rivulet Trail at William Cullen Bryant Estate* today. It’s one of our “go to ” trails. The conditions were solidly frozen crusty snow with about an 18″ base. Some chose snow shoes, I went with my… Continue reading

Light snow and 20 degrees; a penetrating cold; beautiful forest scenery; hiking on snowmobile trails for the most part. A square nose hippo rose from the snow and almost got us, but we scrambled safely past only to encounter the Ghost of Mt. Tom waiting to snatch us from behind a tree! Two and a… Continue reading

After such a long spell of freezing temperatures and lots of snow, today turned out to be sunny with temperatures in the 40s as we gathered at 9am at the trail head of the HenHawk trail in Williamsburg. With so much fresh snow, it was a real joy to be out on our snowshoes in… Continue reading

Nine good friends, three good dogs, twelve inches of new snow, 26 degrees ..today was as good as it gets. Gwen broke trail most of the way as we hiked through a fantasy world of untrodden snow. Photo 3: Deb couldn’t hold back from making a snow angel …and then the dogs descended upon her!… Continue reading