We are super excited to announce a collaboration with everyone's favorite post hike hangout, West Kill Brewing! The new beer honors the Club's unofficial mascot, the elusive Bicknell's Thrush. A porti

Interesting argument! As one who climbed all of the Catskill peaks before there was such a thing as GPS, and who has climbed a number of the trailless peaks in recent years without the aid of GPS (mos

Some years ago, bushwhacking up Evergreen on the way to the summit of Rusk, one of the group, an illustrious off-trail hiker, showed me the display on his GPS, the first I had ever seen. It showed a t

I would suggest adding the GPS coordinates in the descriptions of the high peaks to facilitate locating cannisters John Jisutter@... 201 456 4251 Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Samsung

The Catskill 3500 Club is honored to receive the Major William A. Welch Award from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference for being an outstanding partner. This honors partners of the NY/NJ Trail Co

A Club member lost a Tubbs snowshoe on Fir Mountain today. If anyone finds this snowshoe, reach out here and I can connect you and its owner.

A Club member lost a Tubbs snowshoe on Fir Mountain today. If anyone finds this snowshoe, reach out here and I can connect you and its owner.

Hi all! wondering if 3500club ever offers map/compass skill class? Or any hikes/classes with educational focus? (Edible plants/fungi/geology etc) thanks! d

Winter Weekend will be January 21-22, 2023. We are happy to announce that the social portion of winter weekend is back!! The Catskill Seasons Inn will be offering rooms for the weekend (Friday/Saturda

Since the DEC has completed and publicly shared its study on the status of the trailless peaks, the 3500 Club would like to offer our position on the trailless peaks, explain how we want to improve, a

For those who missed the collaborative webinar between the DEC and Catskill Mountainkeeper on informal trails, the link is out. The 3500 Club Board is putting together an official statement about this

With Minnewaska closed due to wildfires, we may have even more hikers at Slide this weekend than an ordinary holiday weekend, and we saw over 200 people in one day Memorial Day weekend! We do not yet

Get ready for the Lighting of the Fire Tower Event, born right here in the Catskills!!! The event will occur on Saturday, September 3rd from 9:00pm to 9:30 pm. Rain date will be Sunday, September 4th

Sadly, though the Catskills did get a little rain last night, the drought situation is very severe here and throughout New York State. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation released th

Hi - I just am finding the Catskill Club and it's so exciting! I have read through the website and can't really find an answer to this question, so I am posting here: is there any sort of time frame f

I also have resisted face book to this day if anyone is keeping track. I do enjoy staying informed via this message board. Thanks George

We are excited to announce that the Club launched an official Facebook group where we look forward to sharing much more information, answering questions, and building community: https://www.facebook.c

It's official!! The Catskill 3500 Club is now a 501c3. It did take longer than any of us on the board expected as there was a lot of behind the scenes governance and paperwork to be done (and Covid-19

On Saturday, July 9th, the Club held its 56th Annual Dinner. In addition to the Annual Dinner being a time to celebrate new members (pics coming soon!) it is also a time to thank the hard working volu

Hi all, I couldn’t figure this out from the DEC website: if I’m hiking in, can I stop by for a swim in the Peekamoose Blue Hole without a permit? The website says ”Each permit will be linked to a vehi