
Prediger Road Trail Head, starting along the Devil's Path.


Heading up to Indian Head.



View along the way up to Indian Head.





A fun Class 2 section on an eroded section of trail.

Looking back down the Class 2 section.

Lookout on the way to Indian Head.

Traversing the ridge leading up to Indian Head.

A fun little notch leading up a cliff band on the way to Indian Head.

The Devil's Path goes over Indian Head's summit, which is forested.

Heading down off Indian Head, Twin Mountain visible on the left.

Jimmy Nolan Notch, the saddle between Indian Head and Twin Mountain.

Heading up to Twin Mountain.

Some short Class 2 sections along the way up to Twin Mountain.



Views on Twin Mountain.



Sugarloaf Mountain visible ahead as we descend off Twin Mountain.


View toward Sugarloaf Mountain as we descend off Twin Mountain.

Pecoy Notch, separating Twin Mountain from Sugarloaf Mountain. Onward to Sugarloaf.


An interesting short scramble using a tree's roots.

Looking back toward Twin Mountain.


Ascending to Sugarloaf Mountain.

Sugarloaf Mountain summit somewhere.

Descending from Sugarloaf Mountain, Plateau Mountain visible ahead.

Ascending Plateau Mountain.



There are a bunch of short Class 2 moves like this one.



Another small notch along the trail to Plateau Mountain.

Views along Plateau Mountain.

Most of Plateau Mountain's summit ridge looks like this, forested.

View before descending off Plateau Mountain's west side.

West side of Plateau Mountain, view toward Hunter Mountain, our next peak.

Descending from Plateau Mountain.

Long descent from Plateau Mountain.

Junction with NY-214, a cute little pond.

Just after crossing NY-214, a footbridge and the second half of the Devil's Path.

I loved the ascent up to Hunter Mountain. It's steep and lush and has a few fun little scrambles.




Continuing up toward Hunter Mountain.


Junction with the trail to Hunter Mountain. We would leave the Devil's Path temporarily (goes left) to hit Hunter Mountain (right).

Very boring trail up to Hunter Mountain.


Hunter Mountain lookout tower.

View from the lookout tower on Hunter Mountain.

Back at the junction with the Devil's Path, continuing west. We passed this shelter.

Descending from Hunter Mountain.

Unfortunately, the Hunter Mountain Trail descends farther than it has to. Instead of sticking to the ridge, it descends about 600 feet of vertical loss farther to the north.

Fortunately, there is a gorgeous little waterfall once the Devil's Path descends from Hunter Mountain, just before ascending to West Kill Mountain.

The trail crosses over a dirt road and then a footbridge.

Close-up of the waterfall, the footbridge we crossed over above. I took a minute to cool off before we would start the final major ascent. This waterfall was probably my favorite part of the hike and was a nice reprieve from the otherwise sometimes monotonous forest walking.


Ascending to West Kill Mountain.



More typical Class 2 fun sections, but nothing particularly of note.




Just before the summit of West Kill Mountain, a nice view.


West Kill Mountain summit. We ran out of daylight, but the descent from West Kill Mountain passes of Saint Annes Peak and through more forest and whatnot. Really at this point we were getting a bit bored of the monotony.
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