Ashokan High Point Trailhead — Attraction in Town of Olive

Starting at Ashokan high point trailhead this is a 10-mille lollipop. The first 3 miles is an easy gentle slope to the col between Ashokan High Point and Mombaccus mountain. This section is an old forest road along Kanape brook. After that the trail turns toward the summit and becomes steeper, nothing crazy but a good workout. There is a decent view at the top ledge and a couple of obscured views on the way up and down. The return section of the loop goes through the dense mountain laurel section and is overgrown in places. The "down" portion is steep and rocky, again nothing crazy but ankle-turners are aplenty. Feels like a very degraded old forest road. This is a whole day hike, so...

A very good trail. It starts out at a gentle slope along a river. At about an hour into it there is a huge beaver dam. Then there is a beautiful pine forest. Then the trail makes a big loop. The fork where the loop is,is bot marked so it is very hard to see on the way. If you just keep going you will end up doing the loop counterclockwise. There is one lookout spot at the top. The view is south and you can not see the reservoir. There are a few nice camping spots along the way. The whole trip including the full loop takes about 5-6 hours depending...

Went AHP for Spring Equinox overnighter. There're more snow than anticipated. Day temp was mid 50s; night, mid 20s. Out and back to summit was pretty much self guided. Came back on Loop trail which, due to far less trafic, couldn't help but postholing much of the Loop. Weather was couldn't ask for better, literally a Blue Bird days. Trail was clean, no litters to speak of. 👍 Loop trail needs a serious maintenance where Mt. Laurels were overgrown. Directional blazes will be nice where Loop...