>>2722934Thanks for the advice brother, really appreciate it. I actually went ahead and mapped out all my planned routes in advance using Gaia/Avenza. I figured it would be good practice so I wouldn't have to ask for routing in the future, haha
Here's what I got currently planned. I actually used the list on catskillmountaineer to help me sort by difficulty. I used that in combination of trying to bundle as many peaks together as possible:
1. Balsam Lake Out and Back
2. Rusk-Hunter-Leavitt Loop
3. Vly-Bearpen Out and Back
4. Halcott Out and Back
5. Fir-Balsam Out and Back (Includes Big Indian and Eagle)
6. Windham Out and Back
7. North Dome Out and Back (Includes Sherill)
8. Kaaterskill Out and Back
9. Peekamoose-Friday Out and Back (Includes Table, Lone, Rocky, and Balsam Cap)
10. Blackhead Out and Back (Includes Thomas Cole and Blackdome)
11. Devil's Path
12. Slide-Cornell-Wittenberg-Panther Loop
>Catskills 9It's funny, when I was looking at the map I really wanted to combine Slide-Cornell-Wittenberg-Panther with Peekamoose-Friday, but it just seemed way too ambitious. I don't think I can tackle these mountains more than two days at a time, three at most (which I don't think will be necessary anyway). But since it is open all-year around, it might make for good opportunity to do some winter hiking and camping, so perhaps I'll take one of the longer holiday weeks towards the end of the year to attempt it. We'll see where I'm at around that time haha.
