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Climb up and over the tunnel that runs over Rt 9D, following the White Trail markers.ģ.
THE ASCENT AT SPRING HILL STATION PDF
If you’re the preparing type, you can also print this PDF trail map from the NYS Parks dept.Ģ. From the parking area by the tunnel (or the overflow parking just north – see “Directions to the trailhead” below), head to the northern side of the tunnel and grab a map from the box at the trailhead. Cha-ching! Thanks for being awesome! (And here’s a quick primer on Leave No Trace, too, to help us keep the trails nice and fresh for each other.)ġ.
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If you find this free trail guide useful, please provide payment by picking up at least one piece of litter on your hike. Please see my Breakneck Ridge: Short Loop trail guide if a 1.5-mile loop sounds more like your speed. **UPDATE October 2021** If you’re interested in taking a shorter hike at Breakneck, the Nimham Trail (opened in 2021) offers some great new options. Good advice! Let’s make sure your day at Breakneck is memorable for the right reasons. Amazing how ill-prepared some folks are when they attempt any outdoor adventure.” She recommends that everyone review this list before attempting this hike. **UPDATE October 2014** A friendly first responder reached out to me with this message: “ Our local volunteer first responders do a lot of rescues at Breakneck. And if you don’t have a chance, you should probably make one anyway. If you have a chance to pay a visit to Breakneck Ridge, don’t pass it up. The point I’m trying to make: This hike is steep.
There were several spots where my pooch Memphis needed a boost, and I honestly don’t see how a dog would get over some of those spots without being picked up and placed on top of the rocks. I didn’t see any other dogs there that day, but a fellow hiker assured me that she sees dogs here all the time. And I’d only bring a dog that I could carry. I’ve done most of the hikes in Hike the Hudson Valley with a baby on my back, but I’d never attempt that here. It is extremely difficult, though, and I’d be very hesitant to recommend this hike for small children. With multiple cliff overlooks and ever-expanding views the entire way up, this hike is not to be missed. A few weeks after our hike, Rob sent me this link to a very cool, 2.5-minute video he put together from our day at Breakneck, which helps to show why it’s such a popular place.
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UPDATE May 2019: And for another hike with its very own weekend-only MTA stop, check out the Great Swamp in Pawling!)Īfter hiking the loop up Breakneck again, I can’t understand why I ever thought this place was anything short of spectacular. See this very nice Breakneck write-up from for more information on that stop. (For New York City hikers, there’s also a Breakneck Ridge MTA stop right across the street from the trailhead, with a limited weekend-only schedule.
In preparing this write-up, I gave Breakneck another shot, taking half a day off work to meet my buddy Rob, who hopped the train from Grand Central up to Cold Spring, about a mile south of the trailhead. Why would anyone want to climb an elevator shaft when they could just take the stairs instead? Nearby Bull Hill offers similar views without Breakneck’s crazy steepness. It had been many years since I’d climbed it, and my most vivid memory from Breakneck was our friends hoisting their black lab over some rocks that were too steep for their poor pooch to climb. Background you can feel free to skip: Until recently, I didn’t understand why Breakneck Ridge was such a wildly popular hike.
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