New Jersey 1K Club

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.

Hamburg Mountain High Point

Without a lot of well-written intel on this one, we started off whacking behind the parking area by the gate until we found a woods road, and followed that around the south side of the lake. Had to detour a bit to avoid a swamp, but once on the summit, we decided to walk out on the woods road before hitting the private road. It wasn't well-posted, so by the time we realized we were off the state land, we were 2 minutes from the parking lot anyway.

Mount Newfoundland

Super easy up and down today with a beautiful view from a little below the summit

Mount Paradise

My FINAL PEAK, Mount Paradise, on Easter Saturday. Started in 2011. Picture perfect day, blue skies. Did a 16 mile hike with my friend completing a section of the AT. Started from Blue Mtn Lakes Rd through to Rt 206. Took a detour just off trail to Mount Paradise and the communications tower. Then took another detour out and back to Buttermilk Falls which were full of water from all the snow melt. Saw a porcupine napping in a tree, spring peepers in a pond creating their own love shack.
Thanks to Eric for creating this NJ peaks challenge.

Wyanokie Torne

Wasn’t expecting over a foot of snow. But, that’s what I found in sections of the trail. Ran into a few other people out there. Great day to be out in the woods. Did the red/blue loop from Otter Hole Rd. Took about 45 min.

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Wyanokie Torne

Wasn’t expecting over a foot of snow. But, that’s what I found in sections of the trail. Ran into a few other people out there. Great day to be out in the woods. Did the red/blue loop from Otter Hole Rd. Took about 45 min.

Kanouse Mountain

Originally, I had planned to park near the NWCDC on Echo Lake Road but they have no trespassing signs on every tree and “parking by permit” only sings everywhere. I’m not sure what the deal is there. The Highlands Trail goes right through the parking lot there, around the locked gate and past at least a dozen no trespassing signs. Anyway, I parked at the picnic area off of 23 North right after Echo Lake Rd. From there, I just went up as far as I could. There’s an unmarked ATV trail along the ridge which I followed to the summit. Nugget and I built a simple cairn to mark it for those who come after us.

Kanouse Mountain

Originally, I had planned to park near the NWCDC on Echo Lake Road but they have no trespassing signs on every tree and “parking by permit” only sings everywhere. I’m not sure what the deal is there. The Highlands Trail goes right through the parking lot there, around the locked gate and past at least a dozen no trespassing signs. Anyway, I parked at the picnic area off of 23 North right after Echo Lake Rd. From there, I just went up as far as I could. There’s an unmarked ATV trail along the ridge which I followed to the summit. Nugget and I built a simple cairn to mark it for those who come after us.

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Mount Tammany

Mt Tammany: It was a nice "Spring" day. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and about 50 of us were running loop after loop of the Red Dot & Blue Dot trails as part of the Mt Tammany race. I accomplished my goal of 4 ascents, 14.6 miles and 4763' gain. The trails were a nice mixture of frozen dirt, mud, rock, snow and ice. It certainly made for an interesting race.

High Point

Went cross country skiing after the snow storm. Hit the summit afterwards.

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