Last weekend we hiked a loop in this beautiful park which was west of Sloatsburg Road. Today we returned to hike a loop of some trails we haven't yet hiked that are east of the road.
We parked at the trail head for the red Ringwood-Ramapo trail and took it east, crossing Sloatsburg Road and then climbed Cupsaw Mountain, steeply in parts. We then headed
north on the yellow Cooper Union trail before heading east on the blue Cupsaw Brook trail, which skirts the eastern base of Cupsaw Mountain. We next headed east on the red
Ringwood-Ramapo all the way to our lunch spot, Shepherd Lake, which was deserted. After lunch we headed back west along a woods road south of the R-R before reaching the R-R
which we took NW climbing steeply once again, past a Boy Scout shelter and then returned to the car on the R-R lollipop stick. It's a nice hike for those short of time, and it's
no walk in the woods: there is a lot of climbing.
Total distance hiked today was 3.5 miles in under 2.5 hours.
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Parking at the R-R trail head |
Crossing the Ringwood River |
Ringwood River looking south |
Second bridge |
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Ringwood River looking south |
Crossing Sloatsburg Road |
Climbing on R-R |
A breather |
R-R continues steeply |
Deer in the distance |
Sandy blow-down |
More Sandy damage |
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Zoom to shelter |
Gorgeous leaf carpet |
Sign for Boy Scout Troop 36 |
Their blaze on the Cupsaw Brook trail |
On the Cupsaw Brook trail |
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Inviting path |
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Bridge over Cupsaw Brook |
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Remaining autumn color |
Cascades in brook |
Damned kids |
Leaving forest |
Thunder Mountain Trap & Skeet Range entrance |
Our lunch spot ... |
... on Shepherd Lake |
The lake ... |
... was deserted |
St. Luke's Chapel |
Remains of ... |
... a tractor? |
On woods road |
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[Photo by Laura] |
It got a bit wet |
Cupsaw Brook ... |
... from woods road |
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Cupsaw Brook |
Boy Scout Shelter on R-R |
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Harvest Long Trail Ale |
Room to sleep at top |
[Photo by Laura] |
Shelter from behind |
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Steep descent on R-R |
Bicyclists go on this steep R-R? |
Crossing Ringwood River |
Picnic benches |
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