Slide Mountain is at 4,180 feet. This will be a loop hike. With the summit becoming overgrown with trees, this is an ideal time of year to visit now that the leaves have fallen. It will take 4.5 hours to complete, hiking 6.8 miles with 1,800 feet elevation gain.

We will hike up using the Curtis-Ormsbee Trail and the Wittenberg-Cornell Slide Trail to descend. Highlights include two viewpoints on the climb up and a view past the summit on a large rock ledge. Of course, we will be sharing champagne to toast my accomplishment!

Since we are driving from NH, to make this feasible, we are spending the weekend at an Inn in the Berkshires near Lenox. Contact us if you would like info of the Inn where we are staying and would like to join us. It should be fun weekend! 

Take the New York State Thruway to Exit 19 [Kingston]. Proceed west on N.Y. Route 28 for about 30 miles to the hamlet of Big Indian. Turn left and proceed south on County Route 47 for about six miles to a hairpin turn in the road, the continue for another two miles, past the Winnisook Club, to a parking area for Slide Mountain, marked by a wooden sign, on the left side of the road. We are driving a blue Toyota FJ Cruiser.