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Welcome to the New York Backpackers!
We're a club of outdoor enthusiasts who come together for day hikes, weekend backpacking trips, and longer excursions. We love all outdoor sports such as rock climbing, ice climbing, kayaking, alpine, nordic, or telemark skiing, snowboarding and biking.
Our Club provides all kinds of adventures year round. Please check out our past events and sign up future events.
We have a community set up on WhatApp for anyone who wants to chat about the different outdoorsy subjects here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GSvnMUGBUQp18dJND42Dd6
Tap on the title when you join and ask to join each group you are interested in.
Bevorstehende Events (4+)
Alles ansehen- Post Memorial Harriman CampingBig Hill Shelter, Stony Point, NY
Let's go camping in Harriman park. Camping shelters are available on a first come first serve basis, if a shelter is occupied, camping is allowed 300 feet from the shelter. If we're lucky and we get early on Friday, we might get the shelter, if not then we camp in the shelter's surroundings.
There are 9 shelters that are far from each other. I decided to go with Big Hill Shelter , as the reviews are good, views should be nice (NYC), and this shelter might be less crowded than West Mountain Shelter.
If getting closer to date we are a medium group then we can change to West Mt. In general I'm open to suggestions or if anyone wants to co host.
- Bathrooms - There are some bathrooms in the park, but consider bringing your own TP and means to dispose your waste.
- Water - you drink from ponds and lakes. Big Hill is close to The Three Reservoirs, particularly Third Reservoir, that are excellent water sources, but filtration is recommended. Also bring you own water.
- Activities - we can decide later, I'll open a whatsapp group.
Please feel free to add any suggestion.
Docs;
- Designated Hikers Parking Areas - https://www.parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/HarrimanHikerParkingLots.pdf
- Park rules and regulations, shelter navs - https://www.parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/HarrimanCampingatTrailShelters.pdf
- Catskills Camping Trip (KID-FRIENDLY)Kenneth L. Wilson Campground, Mt Tremper, NY
**Waitlist: We are just about full! Everyone will automatically start on the waitlist and once I have confirmed if you have your own site, I will move you to the confirmed status.
Details
Come join us for a fun kid-friendly weekend at Kenneth L. Wilson Campground in the Catskills. Completely surrounded by the beautiful Catskill mountains, with panoramic views creating a picturesque setting, Kenneth L. Wilson Campground offers secluded, wooded campsites and many outdoor activities. Campers can enjoy a hike on the nature trails or ride on the mountain bike trail (for advanced riders), and nearby villages offer numerous shops and restaurants, as well as inner-tubing the river.
The park offers tent and trailer sites; a picnic area with tables and grills; restrooms with showers; horse shoe pits; a trailer dump station; a recycling center; playground; dog park; ADA accessible nature walk and fishing pier; a bathhouse; pay phones; picnic shelter reservations and boat rentals. Most amenities are accessibleCamping:
We have booked 5 sites together,#53, #59 #60, #61, and #62
If you want to be added to these sites (limited space), let me know and I will charge you $26 and assign you to a site. We can have up to 6 persons per site so will have multiple tents (likely 2) on each site.If you want to book your own site you can do so here: https://newyorkstateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/kenneth-l-wilson/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NY&parkId=117#sr_a
Once you are confirmed, I will add you to the Site Allocation Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sp230mjFTr8_5Qe8lqwdj6-EiyXC7xo2CuCucVxV7BY/edit?usp=sharing
A couple key campground rules:
- Campers may check in from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. but must register and occupy their campsite by 9:00 p.m. on the first night of their reservation or the campsite will be subject to re-rental and fees may be forfeited.
- Campers must vacate their campsite no later than 11:00 a.m. on the final day.
- All fires must be built in the fireplaces provided for that purpose.
- No fires are permitted except for cooking, warmth, or smudge.
- Quiet must be observed between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Food
Everyone usually brings their own food and utensils. You can coordinate with the person you are driving with, to stop at supermarket on the way up.Equipment:
You must bring your own equipment or organize to share with someone independentlyActivities:
This is a self-organized event- you will need to get your own site or get added to one of the 3 booked, you figure out how to get there, figure out what activities you want to do, ask for what you need. We will start a WhatsApp chat closer to the weekend so that we can coordinate last minute details.
There are many activities in the area including hiking, biking, tubing, and more.On Saturday June 7, some of us will probably hike Mount Tremper Trail- 5.9miles out and back, 2000ft elevation gain: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-york/mount-tremper-trail. When I create an activities spreadsheet you can note what activity you are planning to do if you want others to join.
Hiking Rules:
Leave No Trace
We practice Leave No Trace, if you don't know what the is please read this: https://lnt.orgCarpool and activities spreadsheet: Coming TBD
IMPORTANT: This is a kid-friendly camping trip! If you are child-free you are more than welcome to join but we will have at least an infant and a toddler here and welcome any additional children!
