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3 Mtns in CT & MA: Skiff Mtn, Sharon Mtn & Mt Everett

Submitted by nycc_admin on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 16:25
Way Points: 

Dover Plains RR Station > Bog Hollow Rd > Skiff Mtn Rd > Rt 4 > E St/Sharon Mtn Rd > White Hollow Rd > Salmon Kill Rd > Salisbury > Rt 41 > Mt Washington Rd > Bash Bish Falls Rd > Copake Falls > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Millerton > Harlem Valley Rail Trail > Rt 343 > Amenia > Rt 22 > Wassaic RR Station

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
The Berkshires
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
5300
Difficulty: 
138
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

This ride is frontloaded as far as climbing goes; most of the vertical is done in the first third of the ride. 
Dover Plains, NY to East Street, CT -20 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
East Street, CT to Salisbury, CT - 16 miles, climb/ descent then rolling
Salisbury, CT to Copake Falls, NY - 25 miles, rolling then climb/ descent
Copake Falls, NY to Millerton, NY - 13 miles, mostly flat
Millerton, NY to Wassaic RR Station - 11 miles, flat

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Poughkeepsie Hippie Loop

Submitted by ridelibrary@nycc.org on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 19:08
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Poughkeepsie Metro North railroad station (start)> Mid Hudson Bridge> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> 299> Springtown Rd> Mtn Rest Rd> 213 west> Leggett Rd> Peak Rd> 213 west> 28A west> Reservoir Rd> Mtn Rd/Shokan Rd> Pitcairn Rd> Boyce Rd> Ohayo Mtn Rd> Meads Mtn Rd> McDaniel Rd> Glasco Tpk> Chestnut Hll Rd> W Hurley Rd> Dike Rd> 28A west>  Dug Hill Rd> Hurley Mtn Rd> Binnewater Rd> Elting Rd> Springtown Rd> River Rd> 213 east> Dashville Rd> Martin Sweedish Rd> Plutarch Rd> N Elting Corners Rd> Lilly Lake Rd> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> Haviland Rd> Mid Hudson Bridge> Poughkeepsie Metro North railroad station (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Ron Gentile
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
Orange County
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
The Catskills
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
6800
Difficulty: 
159
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

This A-STS route was created by Ron Gentile and submitted by Nick Gigliotti.

It covers a lot of ground. Great views as it crosses the Ashokan Resevoir, climbing soon after.

 

HS 2/23/2021

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Southeast Loop thru Kent & West Cornwall

Submitted by ridelibrary@nycc.org on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 11:50
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Southeast Metro North railroad platform(start)> Farm to Market Rd> Big Elm Rd> 164 east> 22 north> Thunder Ridge Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 37 north> Church Rd> 7 north> S Kent Rd> Geer Mtn Rd> 341 east> Brick School Rd> 45 north> Brook Rd> Great Hollow Rd> 128 west> W Cornwall Rd> 343 west> Leedsville Rd> Amenia Union Rd> Kent Rd> Bog Hollow Rd> 341 east> S Kent Rd> Spooner Hill Rd> Bulls Bridge Rd> Dog Tail Corners Rd> 55 east> Hoyt Rd> 39 south> Taber Rd> N Quaker Hill Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 311 south> Cornwall Hill Rd> 164 east> Farm to Market Rd> Southeast Metro North railroad platform(end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
A-STS
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
8500
Difficulty: 
189
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

Lots of climbing in this loop of hilly countryside.

Thanks to Gérald Seppey and Felipe Diaz-Griffero for submitting this route. If there is an actual author, contact us and we will give you credit.

Don't forget your Metro North bike permit.

HS 2/24/2021

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85 Peekskill: Quaker Hill, Cold Spring

Submitted by ridelibrary@nycc.org on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 15:30
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Peekskill Metro North trail platform(start)> Sprout Brook Rd> Cimarron Rd> Oscawana Heights Rd> Pudding St> Richardsville Rd> 301 west> Nimham Rd> Farmers Mills Rd> Church Hill Rd> 52 west> Mooney Hill Rd> Denton Rd> Holmes Rd> 292 north> Bundy Hill Rd> Harmony Hill Rd> 55 east> Quaker Hill Rd> Kirby Hill Rd> Wakeman Hill Rd> 37 north> 39 north> Taber Rd> N Quaker Hill Rd> S Quaker Hill Rd> 311 south> 292 north> Holmes Rd> 8 Grape Hollow Rd> Mountain Top Rd> Leetown Rd> Rushmore Rd> Miller Hill Rd> Farmers Mills Rd> 301 west> Cold Spring, Metro North southbound railroad platform(end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Maureen Lin
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
Westchester/CT
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
8200
Difficulty: 
168
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

A good cross section of Putnam County as you ride the hills to the east. Lots of climbing of all sorts to knock yourself out on.

Don't forget your Metro North bike permit.

HS 2/22/2021

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Holiday on Ice (Beacon/ Mohonk/ Cragsmoor/ Beacon)

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 21:14
Way Points: 

Beacon (start) > Gardiner > Mohonk/Clove Valley Road (but not via shorter option)> Kerhonksen > Ellenville > Cragsmoor (Old Stone Church view option)> Walkill > Oregon Trail> Beacon (finish)

 

Shorter, Mohonk bypass variation: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7179880

South Gully variation: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7179970

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
This is a Signature Route
Region Name(s): 
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
7000'
Difficulty: 
162
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

The "triple rhubarb." Mohonk, Clove Valley-Minnewaska, and Craigsmoor out of Ellenville, with the heinie kicker Oregon Trail, as Zorba would say: the whole castastrophe. But a meal fit for a king. We wouldn't have it any other way. 

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