ABOUT THE PARK:
Campgaw Mountain Reservation - Bergen County Parks
Ski Campgaw
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.057024, -74.190379
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The lot is huge, this isn't even half of it. |
TRAIL MAP:
Campgaw Mountain County Reservation - New York New Jersey Trail Conference
Campgaw Mountain County Reservation, NJ at EveryTrail
HIKE DISTANCE: 5.9 miles
PEAK BAGGING:
Campgaw Mountain - Peakery
THE HIKE:
The pink trail crosses the parking lot and continues between the picnic pavilion on the left and the power cut on the right. |
It passes by ... |
On the white trail heading towards ... |
... a tree with a huge burl! |
Continuing on towards ... |
... the orange-blazed Hemlock Trail around Fyke Pond. |
The far end of the pond. |
Heading back on the other side. |
Not a single hemlock in sight. |
Heading towards the ski lodge on green. |
Snow making in progress - kind of neat to see but the down side it that it is loud and you can hear it through most of the hike. |
Continue straight through to the other side of the parking lot to pick up ... |
... the red trail to the top of the mountain. |
At the top. |
It's looking like a winter wonderland up here. |
Continuing on around to yellow to ... |
... views from the other side of the slopes. |
I did get a White-breasted Nuthatch and they are fast, too. |
Heading down on blue which looks like it used to be a ski slope. |
An old-timey snow making machine. |
A good portion of the green trail was a maze sawed through Sandy blow downs. |
When red crosses over the park road, turn right to silver. |
After silver, back on red. |
HIKE SUMMARY:
[ 0.00] Take the pink trail between the picnic pavilion and the power cut
[ 0.30] Right on pink where pink goes left also
[ 0.60] Right on white where pink goes left
[ 0.70] Left on red/white where white also goes right
[ 0.95] Right on orange
[ 1.20] Continue around on orange at far side of pond along park road
[ 1.50] Right on yellow
[ 1.65] Right on green
[ 1.85] Straight at end of green along ski slopes on left then through parking lot
[ 2.00] Left on red/white at end of parking lot
[ 2.65] Left on yellow
[ 2.75] Views on left where blue starts to the right; retrace
[ 2.85] Left on red/white where orange goes straight
[ 3.35] Right on red/white when blue goes left, then immediately left on blue at fork
[ 3.70] Old snow making making machine on left; right on green
[ 3.90] End of green, continue straight on red/white where red/white goes right also
[ 4.10] Right on park road then right on silver
[ 4.55] Either way at silver loop
[ 4.90] End of loop, retrace on silver
[ 5.35] Cross parking circle then right on red/white
[ 5.75] Stay on red/white when blue crosses over
[ 5.80] Cross over yellow continuing on orange and red/white
[ 5.85] Right on white
[ 5.90] Back at parking