Ice Age: The Escarpment Trail April 1, 2008
Posted by Jim Galley [ASM] in : general , trackback
Well, many of us had thought that spring had truly arrived, and that winter was nothing but a past memory. That was, until we suited up to go hiking the Escarpment trail in the Catskills. We left out balmy, 50 degree weather in sunny Long Island to brave the snow & ice covered trails - and had fun doing it.
Our planned path was deemed too icy to pass from our trusty park ranger, so we braved the elements and took the long way around - complete with equipment. The main camping sites were closed for the season, so we hiked on, expecting to find a flat spit of land where we would be able to set basecamp and then continue hiking from there.
Alas, flat ground was nowhere to be found, so we improvised - we set camp on a frozen marsh: cold, but big enough to hold our troop. This made for difficult sleeping conditions (hard to keep warm sleeping on an ice cube) and an interesting late night / early morning wake up call - the cracking sound of ice!
Morning came, and everyone was ready to head back safely to warmer climates. We passed some interesting ice flows and traversed a rock + ice + water laden path back down to the cars. All in all - the hike was enjoyable, but we don’t think we will be sleeping on any frozen ice anytime soon again.
Pictures from the hike can be found here.
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