Love this mountainous park. It is one of those rare places where it is sure to wow, year-round. With multiple trails of various difficulty and scenery and beautiful small lakes and ponds, it would surely please any visitor. If you ski, that's a bonus for winter ski season. Not sure about their COVID-19 limitations though! it doesn't quite make sense to me limiting access by allowing only registered pass holders (can only get the pass right after 6:00 AM daily and they are gone in a NY minute as they are very limited; 800 or so per day?) to set foot on most trails! The park is so vast that social distancing can be maintained at almost all times...I don't see such restrictions for our beaches! Not sure if any discretion can be applied here. Nevertheless, This is one of my favorite places to visit regularly. Be sure to check out the First Peak!...
   Read moreEasy/moderate summer hike! Great snowshoeing trail and dog friendly!!!! Why am I giving just 1 star?? Parking....
Summer time is impossible to find a parking spot if you want to arrive after 8:00am. The trail is easy and the view is amazing, so traffic is intense. Parking is a nightmare and hiking can be frustrating if you are in shape or have zero tolerance for slow/rude people.
Winter time is even worse than Summer. Backcountry people need to park 1km (or more) from the trail head because the resort does not clean the parking lot overnight, so they give priority to skiers and snowboarders that are paying to use the premises.
There was one time that I wasn't allowed to go up the mountain at all. Their staff was asking all backcountry to leave...
Now, I go to...
   Read moreWent there in late December on a Thursday afternoon just after lunch. It was pretty busy for a Thursday. The park had staff checking for winter tires which was a +1. Drove up to Parking lot one. Put on our snowshoes and proceeded towards the group campsite. Looked around for a bit and then we went back to the parking lot to start our snowshoeing at the "old cabin trail"
The route I would say was moderate with some inclines and a couple switch backs. Approx 30 to 40 minutes in you will see a Scouts Canada cabin. Couple Bridges and another 15 minutes or so you will get to an site map know as "screwhead". As there is a screw on the map letting you know where you are.
Another 20 minutes or so you will get to the late. Have...
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