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| Hiking | 4.51 Miles |
1,253 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.51 Miles | 2 Hrs 28 Mns | | 1.95 mph |
| 1,253 ft AEG | 9 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | First of 2 distinct hikes on Tammany today. Not laps, as I left, went to a different trailhead and had to return due to that trailhead being full and closed. Quite shocking, more so given that the visitor center lot was about 75% full by this point. Perhaps the lot for Mount Mohican is also used for a swimming beach?
I've never seen so many confused people driving around. Someone stopped to ask me where the Water Gap was. I initially thought they meant the town across the river in Pennsylvania, but I realized people may have expected more of a park, like at GCNP, and not a recreation area, which this is.
No traffic on the drive here until I-80, and then it was crawling bumper to bumper probably well in to PA, as a result of the tolls, and maybe just traffic density. I-80 was shocking because I-295, SR 31 and US 46 were the least busy I have ever seen. The drive up was fantastic making practically every light and totally stress free! Same on the return. That never happens! For I-80, I think all of NY and northern NJ was going to the Poconos. I was hoping everyone went to the giant cigarette ashtray known as the beach, but I guess some prefer "mountains".
It was busy here, too. Parking was bad everywhere around 10:45 and I ended up parking over by the river bridge. I have done it before, so it was fine. The hike was busy, but really not that crowded going up. Somehow, going down, I ran into maybe 30 people all going up in a group caught up in the boulders. The view spot on top was full of people, but that is to be expected.
I came today due to the cool (high 70s up top) and dry (low 50s dewpoint) forecast that was totally unexpected and very uncharacteristic of this summer, so far. I talked to an older couple who did the same thing, so it seems I was not alone in preferring dry. I learned in May that if you want it, you have to get it when the opportunity presents, as it could be a long, humid, wet, hot summer before it does, again.
Conditions on my first hike were so nice, and so relatively comfortable, and the gentle breeze on the ridge pleasant enough, that I decided with the long days and busy weekend, I should drive over to hike Mount Mohican instead of doing a second lap here. Ironically, I wasted time walking back to my car only to drive out to the Mohican TH and learn that area was closed. I briefly considered going home or doing something else, but when back at the visitor center there was ample parking and so I parked and did another hike here. A separate, distinct hike. |
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