We will be hiking the Onteora Lake Loop, the Red Eft Trail, and the Bluestone Loop Trail -- all needed to complete the Catskill All Trails Challenge. This is a moderate, 7.8-mile loop that is expected to take four to five hours. This event is limited to 12 participants and registration is required by February 23. To register, contact Al Purdy Albertpurdy1@aol.comm or (845) 489-2332. Hikers should bring lunch/ snacks, water/ beverage, sturdy hiking boots, winter layers, microspikes, snowshoes, gaiters, and trekking poles. Dogs are not permitted on this hike.

Directions: From NYS thruway Exit 19 at Kingston, turn right onto Route 28 West and follow for 3.8 miles to the Onteora Lake parking areas upper lot. From the west on Route 28, the left turn to Onteora Lake, marked with brown and white signs, is .85 east of the traffic light at the Stewart’s Shop in West Hurley.

Conditions permitting, drive up the dirt road to the interior/ upper parking lot for Onteora Lake. GPS coordinates: 41.9815 - 74.0855