IBM Tuesday Night Hiking Club


1	Date		Hike Name		Difficulty	Description	Meet		Leader

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3		03-20	Teatown Lake	map	Easy	A walk around a lake at a nearby nature center.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Raphael Sailer Reuben Daly
4		03-27	Whippoorwill Park	map	Easy	A hike around the perimeter of the park.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Ken Zadeck
5		04-03	FDR Park from Downing Park		Easy	Hike a state park in Yorktown with special views of Crom Pond and an impressive new bridge built by TNH group members.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Jane Daniels Walt Daniels
6		04-10	Brinton Brook		Easy	Varied terrain contiguous with the Hudson National Golf Club, featuring a lovely view across the golf course to the Hudson.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	David Daly
7		04-17	Kitchawan Preserve	map	Easy	Just off Route 134 near the lab.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Ann Clarke
8		04-24	Ward Pound Ridge	map	Moderate	Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is Westchester county’s largest park with 4,315 acres of varied terrain and miles of wooded trails.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Gail Blumenfeld
9		05-01	Hudson Highlands Gateway	map	Moderate	Up a hill, down a valley, past a pond, and across a stream, with views of the Hudson river, just outside Peekskill.	18:00	Peekskill	Bruce Lucas
10		05-08	Doodletown	map	Moderate	Wander around an abandoned town and old cemetery in Harriman Park.	18:00	Peekskill	Gail Blumenfeld
11		05-15	Candlewood Hill	map	Moderate	In Fahnestock Park	18:00	Peekskill	John Magerlein
12	>>	05-22	Hudson Highlands Nature Museum	map	Moderate	Cornwall trails winding through forests and meadows and along wetlands.	18:00	Peekskill	Gail Blumenfeld
13		05-29	Fahnestock Mines	map	Moderate	Hike sections of the Appalachian Trail and Three Lakes Trail, visiting Sunk Mine, Hamilton Mine, and Denny Mine.	18:00	Peekskill	Ken Zadeck
14		06-05	Nawahunta	map	Moderate	A walk in the woods to a leanto.	18:00	Peekskill	Herb Chong
15		06-12	Lemon Squeezer	map	Moderate	Hike the Appalachian trail to a challenging rock formation with a rock scramble that kids love.	18:00	Peekskill	Shoshana Daly
16		06-19	Bear Mountain via Major Welch Trail	map	Strenuous	Panoramic views at the top of Bear Mountain and on the way up. If the weather is hot, much harder.	18:00	Peekskill	Bob Flavin
17		06-26	Sugarloaf via Osborne Loop	map	Strenuous	If we're lucky and keep a brisk pace we may reach a stand of Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom.	18:00	Peekskill	Bruce Lucas
18		07-03	Howell Trail	map	Strenuous	One of the steepest climbs in the area with almost continuous views up and down the Hudson.	18:00	Peekskill	Bruce Lucas
19		07-10	West Mountain from Anthony Wayne		Strenuous	Almost continuous views along the ridge.	18:00	Peekskill	Ken Zadeck
20		07-17	High Knob	map	Moderate	Views from the south end of Schunemunk Ridge, northwest of Harriman Park.	18:00	Peekskill	John Magerlein
21		07-24	Round Hill from Hubbard Lodge	map	Moderate	Climb Round Hill to a good view, then follow a new trail down the west side past a scenic waterfall.	18:00	Peekskill	John Magerlein
22		07-31	Breakneck Ridge	map	Strenuous	The most popular hike in the region. Very steep climb with continuous views. Group splits and returns via Undercliff or Bypass.	18:00	Peekskill	Ken Zadeck
23		08-07	Butter Hill		Moderate	Hike up from 9W to a view point and watch the sun set.	18:00	Peekskill	David Daly
24		08-14	Popolopen Torne		Easy	Long time favorite. May be done as a gradual up and rock scramble down or vice versa.	18:00	Peekskill	David Daly
25		08-21	Anthony's Nose	map	Moderate	One of the best views up and down the Hudson River.	18:00	Peekskill	John Magerlein
26		08-28	Manitou Point	map	Easy	Ramble through a nature preserve and walk along the mossy banks of the Hudson River.	18:00	Peekskill	Bruce Lucas
27		09-04	Rockefeller Park		Easy	Leader’s choice.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Bob Flavin
28		09-11	Westmoreland Sanctuary	map	Easy	A nature preserve in Mount Kisco	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Gail Blumenfeld
29		09-18	Hardscrabble Wilderness		Easy		17:30	IBM Yorktown	Jane Daniels Walt Daniels
30		09-25	Turkey Mountain	map	Easy	A town park just north of the reservoir in Yorktown. On clear days, the skyline of Manhattan is visible.	17:30	IBM Yorktown	Peter Franaszek
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34		IMPORTANT! CHANGE ONLY LIGHT YELLOW CELLS other cells are formulas and changing them will break the spreadsheet planning prep: duplicate previous year rename duplicate to curent year in old year: select all, copy, paste special, values only (breaks link to planning sheet) in new year: clear ONLY light yellow cells change the date of the first cell to first Tuesday after daylight savings time if necessary insert row below last row, select last row, copy to the new row, to extend season change date for fall colors