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NYC to Beacon via Orange Heritage Trailway, Monroe/Goshen

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 05/14/2014 - 08:07
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The Boathouse, Central Park (start)> St Nicholas Av> 9W> Western Hwy> Strawtown Rd> S Mtn Rd> Rt 45> Camp Hill Rd> Rt 106> Rt 17A> Benjamin Meadows> Mombasha Rd> Monroe> the Orange Heritage Trailways> Goshen> Sarah Wells Trail> (Purgatory/Pischke Rds option on RidewithGPS)> Rt 208> Rt 94> Orrs Mills Rd> Jackson> Rt 207>(Rt 32 north> Vails Gate> Blooming Grove> River Rd>) Grand St> Beacon Metro North railroad station (end) 

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Robert Schmon
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Orange County
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
5300
Difficulty: 
152
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Discover the Orange Heritage Trailway—a 9.5 mile paved bike path that gently descends through pastoral farmland to Goshen, and then return to Beacon by way of Sarah Wells Trail—one of the region’s most scenic cycling roads and very lightly trafficked. 

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Minnewaska via Awosting Portal, Gunk Ridge to Mohonk, via Poughkeepsie: Gravel or Mtn bike

Submitted by HSchiffman on Mon, 09/16/2013 - 22:37
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Poughkeepsie RR Station (start)> Highland Bridge> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> 299> Wallkill Valley Rail Trail> 44/55> CR 7> Tillson Lake Rd> Awosting Portal, Minnewaska SP> Mohonk Preserve> Lenape Lane> R2R Trail> 299> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> Poughkeepsie RR Station (end)

 

 
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Gravel Grinding
The Gunks
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
4100
Difficulty: 
107
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5
Credit for this route goes to John Z. 
June 28, 2022: NB: Erosion on the Awosting Portal is deepening, making climbing a bit more difficult, but the descent in places is now in the technical realm.
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Poughkeepsie/Minnewaska SP (Castle Point)/Poughkeepsie

Submitted by HSchiffman on Wed, 06/17/2015 - 22:44
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Poughkeepsie railroad station (start)> the High Bridge over the Hudson> the Hudson Valley Rail Trail> New Paltz Rd> Rt 299> New Paltz> Rt 299> Rt 44/55> Minnewaska carriage roads> Awosting Falls> Lake Awosting Carriage Way> Castle Point Carriage Road> Rt 44/55> Rt 299> New Paltz> Rt 299> New Paltz Rd> the Hudson Valley Rail Trail> the High Bridge over the Hudson> Poughkeepsie railroad station (end)

Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
The Gunks
Level(s): 
B
C
Vertical Gain: 
3500
Difficulty: 
88
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

"It’s do-able as a C route, as long as the write-up is clear about the degree of difficulty.  It’s a bit more vertical than would normally be in a C route,  The leaders would also have to be very precise about pacing – doing a true 14 on flat terrain but not letting people blow themselves out early on the climb – it’s essentially a 14 mile climb with very little let-up.  C riders would need low gears to do th

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