People-for-Trails Hike-a-thon October 4, 2008

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Since the early 1920’s volunteer groups have blazed and maintained the trails of the lower Hudson Valley, led by the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference. Now you can help them by raising critical funds to benefit the trails of the lower Hudson Valley. The Trail Conference and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission are teaming up in support of the hundreds of miles of trails that wind their way through our region’s state parks. This is an opportunity for you to help the trails you use just by taking a hike!

With four routes to choose from, each varying in length and difficulty, there’s something for everyone. Each hiker is encouraged to seek pledges/sponsorships of $300 or more, and registration is limited this first year to 300 people. If everyone meets their goal, more than $90,000 of critical funds will go towards erosion control, repairs, and safety improvements to the trails at Bear Mountain and Harriman State parks. You can ask friends, family members or co-workers to sponsor you by the mile or give a fixed amount. Download your People-for-Trails Hike-a-thon Pledge Sheet here.

As an added bonus, enjoy Oktoberfest at Bear Mountain, where bit of the Alps will come to the Hudson Valley.

Routes range from easy walks, suitable for children and relaxed walkers, to endurance tests for serious hikers.
For those interested in a leisurely stroll on mostly flat ground, we have our easy route, which will take you around Hessian Lake and down to the new Twin Forts trail. At the other end of the spectrum the heartiest hikers can test their endurance with an 11 mile, 8 hour hike up and down Dunderberg Mountain on the Timp Torn and Suffern-Bear Mountain trails. Two other hikes will take participants to spectacular views along the Cornell Mine and Ramapo-Dunderberg trails, as well as the 1777E trail, which tracks the historic Revolutionary War route followed by the British as they approached Forts Clinton and Montgomery. 

With your paid $30 registration fee, all event hikers will receive a customized participant’s bag which will include a map detailing their selected route including aide station locations and route mileage markers, a 2008 People for Trails t-shirt and more!

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