The Geo Club is excited to announce that we will be hiking Breakneck Ridge in the Hudson Highlands near the town of Cold Spring, New York on Saturday April 5th.
The trail head is about 1 1/2 hour car ride from New York City, and just a 1 hour and 23 minute ride on Metro North to the Breakneck Ridge Station*. (*Tickets are about $20 RT and must be purchased at Grand Central, since there are no ticket machines at the station. But of course, you can buy your ticket on board for more $$). The Breakneck Ridge Station is located at the trail head.
Details of the Hike:
GeoClub Meetings Before Hike to Discuss Details:
1) Tuesday, March 18, 12 - 2, Room TBA
2) Tuesday, March 18, 5 - 6, Room TBA
* We will be talking about carpooling options and early dinner options in the nearby town of Cold Spring. If you have a car and are able to bring other hikers, please email me (link on right) and/or please attend one of the GeoClub meetings on March 18.
For Drivers/Passengers: We will be leaving Hunter College at 8am the morning of the hike, for those of us traveling in cars. Please arrive 15 minutes early so we can leave on time. We will decide on an official "pick up point" at our March 18 meeting. (Before we leave, we will have already determined who is a passenger in who's car at our March 18th meeting. If you are not assigned a car by then, please, please email me before showing up so we can make arrangements).
For Train Riders: There are two Metro North trains that arrive at the Breakneck Ridge Station that morning from Grand Central Station: 7:51am - 9:14am and 8:51am - 10:14 am. We hope to be on the trail by 10:45, so the 8:51 train, arriving at 10:14am might be your best bet. We will discuss an official meeting spot at the trail head at our March 18 meeting.
About the Hike: Breakneck Ridge is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's "8 Great Hikes". Read their review about the hike HERE. Read excellent, detailed reviews about this hike on trails.com HERE.
The trail itself is a 4 mile loop, which takes about 2.5 hours. (There is also a 12 mile loop for more ambitious hikers). The terrain is "moderate to strenuous".
We will discuss propper apparel and gear at our GeoClub meeting on March 18th. In the meantime, I suggest simply layering, wearing appropriate hiking boots/tough sneakers and carrying lots of water.
Also, the very quaint town of Cold Spring offers many dining options for after the hike. We will disucss this at more length at our March 18th GeoClub meeting.
Regarding Travel Reimbursements: The GeoClub has budgeted money for this hike, however our budget is still pending approval. We will know next week if we can reimburse Hunter Students for their gas/metro cards. Our budget is not a lot, and will not be able to cover all of the costs, but we find this to be a relatively inexpensive activity and worth getting out of the city for! We will have definite information about this by our March 18th meeting. While we are allowing you to bring friends & family on the hike (and, in fact, we encourage this), only Hunter students can receive any type of reimbursement for their travel expenses.
GeoClub is very excited to sponsor this hike to Breakneck Ridge! For those students going to Maine in May, this would be a great expereince to get you hyped up for your trip to Acadia National Park.
We hope to see you at our meeting on March 18th! Please email Kristen or Ana for any questions you may still have about the hike (see email link on right).
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