Winter Hiking 101
Winter hiking provides unique conditions that require more planning and prep than spring, summer,...
Hike & Harvest—Autumn in Upstate New York
Our fall Hike & Harvest day adventures are some of our most popular trips each year. But what...
Our Favorite Post-Hike Breweries in the Catskills
Coffee tastes better in the backcountry, and beer tastes best after a day of hiking. Lucky for us...
10 Reasons to Fall in Love with Canoe Camping
Canoe camping may be the most underrated way to adventure in New York State. While many people kn...
An Introduction to Bushwhacking AKA Hiking Off-Trail
For many newcomers to the hiking world, the term “bushwhacking” produces images of machete-wieldi...
Medical Considerations for Winter Hiking
By Brad Winer, Licensed Outdoor Guide, NOLS Wilderness First Responder and AHA Basic Life Support...
How to Dress for Winter Adventure
By Dave DiCerbo
Many years ago, an inexperienced and arrogant young man set off on his first wint...
Our top 5 tips for winter hiking and backpacking
1) Layer, layer, layer.
We’ll cover this again in our upcoming article on what to wear for wint...
Misty Mountain Marriage on Plattekill Mountain
On May 27, 2018, at the top of Plattekill Mountain, in a cloud and a dream, we shared our vows an...
Welcome to the Catirondacks
Last week, we scouted a new trip with our friend Will Soter from Upstate Adventure Guides for the...
How to stop your clothing from destroying the planet
If you love getting your exercise on in the great outdoors, you're probably the type of person wh...
Our Favorite Fall Hikes in the Catskills
Upstate New York offers some of the best fall foliage in the world. Warm days, cool nights, and j...
Find Your New Edge - Yoga and Hiking Trips
"Find Your Edge"
Those are the words you hear right before your leg starts to wobble in tree pose...
Know Before You Go: A Quick Guide to Rules and Regulations in the Catskills
Over the past several years, hiking and backpacking in the Catskills Forest Preserve has increa...
Getting Lost to Find Myself - How I Stumbled upon the Magical Secret Land of Trout and Berries...
An Accidental Discovery
We’ve been visiting the “Secret Land of Trout and Berries” for years now...
Catskills 3500 Club - My Journey from Tenderfoot to Guide
It may be hard for you to imagine that there was a time when my life didn’t revolve around the o...
More Awesome Press Coverage—Mens Health!
We're flattered to be featured in this month's issue of Men's Health!
The article is called “Star...
Survival School with the Wolves of Wall St (Journal!)
We had the pleasure of hosting Jeff Bush from the The Wall Street Journal on a Survival School We...
More than Mountains: Not all paths leads to the summit
The first time I hiked with real hiking boots, I saw the Milky Way. I slept in a lean-to built w...
Yoga Will Make You a Stronger Hiker
There’s a moment when you see the break in the trees. You push past the last patch of spruce fir,...
Utah: Beyond Words
“We worked our way across the center of the state, then angled down into the canyon country so...
DBA Gives Back!
The woods bring us peace, they provide a place for fun, a space for contemplation and quite simpl...
A Very Icy Day on Plateau Mountain!
On a gorgeous, sunny and warm day towards the end of the "winter that wasn't," we headed up to th...
Winterfalls!
Well, we still haven't seen any snow of note upstate, but that hasn't stopped us from getting som...
Bushwhacking Big Indian and Backcountry Bachelor Parties!
Old Man Winter stubbornly refuses to spend any time in the Catskills this year and he's been miss...
The Desert Calls and You Should Answer the Damn Phone!
We are very excited to announce that we've outlined our itinerary for this year's Wandering Out W...
Mountains & Mansions! An Extraordinary Adventure with Exceptional Accommodations!
We love exploring in the mountains in the snow--we really do. We get to see views like this!
Bu...
Survival School, Swimming & Shenanigans! A customized Catskills adventure for the John Jay Swim Team!
This past weekend we had the pleasure of hosting the John Jay Women’s Swim Team in the Catskills ...
Utah: My New Year's Resolution to Wander
At the time of year where everyone is making resolutions to lose weight or take on new challenges...
A Haunted Hippy Halloween--Quite the Extraordinary Adventure!
We hope you had a festive and frightening Halloween!
We went out with an awesome group and enj...
Autumn Has Arrived!
Autumn has Arrived!
The last few weekends have been simply glorious, as we’ve watched fall settl...
Notes from the Field—Boats, Berries, Beaver Skeletons & more!
Summer is off to an amazing start in the woods! Berries are ripe, boats are in the water and the ...
Origin Stories: Mount Wittenberg Trail
By Will Soter and Jessica Tackett
Traversing the spruce fir forests and dense hemlock groves of ...
The Magic of the Slide Mountain Wilderness
While we value the incredible access we have to trails in the Catskills, true connections with...
Spring Overnight in the Windham and Blackhead Range!
This week was filled with sweeping views, beautiful wildflowers, weird and wonderful weather co...