New Jersey 1K Club

Wawayanda Mountain

Took off on the old AT at the mailbox. Was under the impression that the old AT was now a blue blaze and could be followed down to rte 94 and Maple Grange road. I was not looking for true summit of Wawayanda as I always in error, until yesterday, thought true summit was at the mailbox. I followed old blue blazes and white blazes until I arrived at ledges and a gorgeous view. I had a difficult time finding trail as old blazes seemed to disappear. I found faint blazes and what looked like a herd path and followed it. I soon ended up at a stream crossing and new blue blazes that looked fresh. I continued to follow looking for the trail to cut down to 94 and maple Grange but it kept going straight. We checked our app and it showed that the trail we were on was not going to take us down. Again I was not looking for true summit but we started our bushwack down from the highest piece of land around. If we were not on the summit we were close. Do those new blue blazes end at the true summit or at Breakneck road. The bushwhack we did to get down to 94 was crazy. Tons of blow downs, extremely steep and very slippery. I would highly suggest you head back to the old or new AT to go down. We ended up one field over from where the old AT comes out. There was an old falling down barn in the field we ended up in. Once I know where the true summit is I will be back to grab it. Seems not many hit the actual true summit of Wawayanda.

Mount Tammany

Red dot up, blue dot down. Refreshing breeze near the top.

Mount Tammany

Went Blue Trail to Red Trail. Great views, loved the scrambling on the way down!

High Point

Nice and easy to get to. The monument was open today and leaves were starting to turn.

Wawayanda Mountain

Bushwacked to coordinates. Saw a white tail deer, spiral poop that looked so similar to the emoji it acually winked at me, nails in some trees and a lake. Took about two hours.

Big Beech Mountain

Hiked in from Beech Rd. Yellow trail for a short while then followed the woods road to Patterson mine. Highlands rail over Big Beech then bushwhacked over to Jennings. No time to summit Jennings though. Will have to go back.

Bearfort Mountain North

Hiked in from Warwick Tpke. via the blue/white/yellow trails, around Surprise Lake and then back out via the orange trail. Trails were flooded out from all the rain we’ve been having. Had the girlfriend and dog with me. Came here on a whim after the Terrace Pond parking on Clinton Rd. was over flowing with cars... typical!!!

Bearfort Mountain North

Hiked in from Warwick Tpke. via the blue/white/yellow trails, around Surprise Lake and then back out via the orange trail. Trails were flooded out from all the rain we’ve been having. Had the girlfriend and dog with me. Came here on a whim after the Terrace Pond parking on Clinton Rd. was over flowing with cars... typical!!!

Oxford Mountain

Parked at N 40 48.769 W 074 58.265, and took the woods road up, bearing right at the 2nd split (the first one rejoins in about 200 yards), following it until about .25 mi from the summit, before bushwhacking the rest of the way. Once there, went in a straight line down the steep side before ascending back up toward County House. While there wasn't much overall distance, this one had a high degree of whacking difficulty due to stickers and steepness on the way to the 2nd summit.

County House Mountain

Parked at N 40 48.769 W 074 58.265, and from here you can take the woods road and bear left at the two splits, which will take you relatively close to the summit. In our case, we did Oxford first, and then straight-line whacked to CH before taking the woods road back out. We got about 250' from the summit before turning away at the posted signs, as it's not quite like failing that close to the top of Everest. If you do this solo, it would be supremely easy, but combining it with Oxford and the subsequent whack it was a bit nasty with tons of rocks and stickers.

Mount Fairway

Parked at N 40 47.321 W 074 59.441, then found a very small herd path to the right of the larger woods road (that has posted signs). Took that up for a short while before alternating on a combination of woods roads and bushwhacking before hitting the paved road that goes to the actual tower summit. Got sliced up by a lot of stickers, as even the woods roads were overgrown in many places. Also picked up the first pair of ticks of the season.