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Member Club of New York - New Jersey Trail Conference
HIKE FOR GOOD LUNGS. SUPPORT American Lung Association in Memory of Gin GoonSpring is here with budding trees in the mountains and running streams from the melting snow. We start the fundraising for American Lung Association in honor of our late founder Gin Goon on April 19 with the Gin's Challenge Hikes. Gin Goon founded CMCNY and had established the tradition in CMCNY that hiking in touch of nature is not just body building but mind building too. Your donations will be collected during our activities and delivered to American Lung Association in June. The donation is best be made by check payable to "American Lung Association". American Lung Association appreciates a lot for our donations and effort to promote outdoor activities for good lung health in the past year.
Saturday 11/29/2025 - Kakiat Mtn - Pine Meadow Lake Hike, 7 - 10 mile, Levels B & C Harriman State Park, NY From Kakiat Park, take the Mountain Trail (Orange) - steep and rocky - which ascends the escarpment to a panoramic viewpoint where the Manhattan skyline is visible. Continue on Kakiat Trail (White), then followed by Suffern-Bear Mt. Trail (Yellow), Cronklins Crossing (White) and Pine Meadow Trail (Red) to the lakeside lunch spot. After lunch, either take the service road (Torne Valley Road) or Raccoon Brook Hills (Black-on-White) to connect to Kakiat Trail (White). Turn left onto Kakiat Trail and hike back to the parking lot. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Kakiat County Park parking lot Leaders: Iris Liu/XiaoJing Wei -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 11/29/2025 - Stony Brook & Diamond Mountain 8-10 miles/ Level B & C Harriman State Park, N Y The Stony Brook is a river with many pretty cascades. Starting from Reeves Visitor Center, take Pine Meadow Trail and cross the river at the Cascade of Slid to reach the Stony Brook (Y) trail. Go to the end and continue with TMI & Seven Hill (B) to Lake Wanoksink & Pine Meadow for the lake scenery. After the break, taking Yellow trail to Diamond Mtn. for panoramic view. Coming down on the Seven Hill (B) trail and continue on to the Pine Meadow (R) Trail back to parking lot. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Reeves Visitor Center (Seven Lake Drive) Leaders: Vincent Yu/Chwen (June) Best -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 11/30/2025 - Bear Mountain Hike, 9 miles Level C Bear Mountain State Park From the Bear mountain State Park offsite parking lot, take the R trail along Hessian Lake to Major Welch hike up 1100 ft elevation to Perkin Tower at top of Bear Mt. There are views of the surrounding mountains, the Hudson River and Manhattan skyline. After a break at the Tower, following the AT trail downhill to pass the Seven Lake Drive, turn to trail 1777, Timp-Torne (B) then change to AT(W) & 1777 to Yellow trail to Lake Hessian to return to parking lot. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Bear Mountain State Park offsite Parking Leaders: George Rogers/Ada Jow -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/6/2025 - Bearfort Mt, Woodruff Gap to Prospect Rock Hike / Level B&C Hewitt, NJ Take the Orange trail to Surprise Lake, then follow blue and AT to Prospect Rock and the Grand View. Enjoy the spectacular views of the Greenwood Lake. After lunch, follow the yellow to connect to the green trail. Pass the Woodruff Gap to go back to the parking lot. The B level hike will follow the yellow short cut to the green trail without going to the Grand View Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: HY Lee/Steve Lin -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/6/2025 - Dater Mt -Claudia Den - Lake Skenonto 10 -14 miles / level B C Harriman State Park, NY Starting from Johnsontown Circle to take Blue Disc to Dater Mt to continue to Claudia Den, and take White Cross to Lake Skenonto. Continue uphill with Victory Blue to Red Dot trail, change to Yellow triangle to Deep Hollow, bypass Tuxedo train station to Kakiate white to Blue Disc to return to parking lot. For additional 3 miles, you may take Orange trail from Kakiat White to Sleater Hill and enjoy expansive view over Hwy 87. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Johnsontown Circle Trailhead Leaders: Iris Liu/Phillip Yuan -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 12/7/2025 - SBM Trail-Nordkop Mtn- Powerline Hike/Level B&C Harriman State Park South, NY Start from the train station-Suffern, take Suffern-Bear Mountain(SBM) trail and go up Nordkop Mountain. Along the rock ridge, the trail has many nice lookout points and interesting rock formations, such as Kitchen Stairs, Valley of Dry Bones. After reaching Grandma & Grandpa Rocks, switch over to the Kakiat Trail towards Raccoon Brook Hills. Take the service road going south to the Substation. Hike along the Powerline downhill to the County Route 59. The Powerline cuts through hills and valleys and offers some special views. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead at Suffern, NY Leaders: Jennifer Chen/AnYan Liu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/13/2025 - Wanaque Ridge and Ramapo Lake Hike / Level B & C Ramapo Mountain State Forest, NJ Starting from a higher elevation on the Skyline Drive upper parking, visit the many target views with less uphill hikes. Follow the Castle Loop trail to visit the Stone Tower and the castle Ruins. Take the Orange trail to visit the Profile Rock and the Wanaque Ridge. Views on the ridge are stunning. Walk on the west shore for a good view of the Ramapo Lake. Take a easy walk back to the parking. Option to hike the LeGrande Hill Loop to visit the lookout points on the hill. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Skyline Drive lower parking lot Leaders: Lucy Yu/Mandy Wang -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/13/2025 - Elk Pen- Lemon Squeeze - Black Rock Loop, 9 -10 Mile / Level C Harriman State Park, NY From the parking lot, follow the AT (white) trail through Lemon Squeeze to Fingerboard Shelter(about 4.2 miles). Change to Blue, then turn to the unmarked trail going southwest, then connect to the A-SB (red triangle) trail to Askoti Parking lot, change to Long Path, then Dunning (Y), passing Bold Rock Shelter, Black Rock, Nurian White, taking Stahahe (red bar) back to Elk Pen parking lot. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at Elk Pen Parking Lot Leaders: YuShan Li/HY Lee -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 12/14/2025 - Ladentown TMI trail to three Reservoirs Hike/Level B & C South Harriman State Park, NY Start from the Ladentown TMI trailhead, follow the powerline to turn left to the peak of Limekiln Mtn, after a strenuous climb that rewards hikers with panoramic views of the Hudson River and, on a clear day, the Manhattan skyline. Then come back to the powerline, get on the Iron Mountain. Go up the mountain, pass an old mine and follow the service road to the Second Reservoir. Continue to the First Reservoir and go up the mountain to visit Big Hill Shelter. Take the S-BM Trail to the Third Reservoir to the Squirrel Swamp. Change to the TMI trail to pass Eagle Rock to go back to the parking. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: Jennifer Chen/Jianming Wang -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/20/2025 - Reeves Brook -- Russian Bear -- Pine Meadow Lake- Diamond Mtn Hike / Level B &C Harriman State Park South, NY From Reeves Meadow visiting center, follow Reeves Brook to Pulpit, a view resembling a preaching platform. Hike up to Russian Bear then follow the 7-Hills trail going downhill to Pine Meadow Brook. Follow the brook to the pretty Pine Meadow Lake for lunch. Hike to Lake Wanoksink then go up the Diamond Mtn with gorgeous views. Go downhill to Casade of Slid to follow the red trail to parking. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM Reeves Meadow Visiting Center Leaders: Amy Tien/Lian Jiang/Davy Mak -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 12/20/2025 - Dunderberg Mountain - 7 & 11 miles Day Hike / Levels B & C Bear Mountain State Park, NY Start from the parking lot at 9W/202, follow the blue trail to trace the route of the Railway. Continue to the Timp. Change to the red R-D Trail to Bald Mountain and Cornell Mine. Follow the R-D trail to the viewpoint on top of Jones Point. There is the view of Indian Point Power Plant across the Hudson River. Come down on a steep grade to the parking. The longer route: from the Timp, take Timp-Torne Trail (blue), pass West Mountain, turn left on S-BM trail (yellow), then turn left on R-D (red), then join the shorter route. *No Carpool Arrangement Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at trail head Leaders: Homer Hsieh/Mei Lu -- Click to sign on the activity
5/26/2025 - 山林的步伐, article by Chwen Best
5/17/2025 - CMC Trail Maintenance, photos by multiple persons
4/27/2025 - CMC Trip Leader Meeting, photos by Ling Zhou
2/09/2025 - CMC Annual Meeting, photos by Ling Zhou
4/14/2024 - CMC Trip Leader Meeting, photos by Ling Zhou, etc.
2/25/2024 - CMC Annual Meeting, photos by George Li, etc.
10/8/2023 - Neversink River Falls Hike, video by Henry Jiang
9/23/2023 - CMC Fall Trail Mailtance, video by Peter Li (李健昌）
6/7/2023 - CMC Donation to American Lung Association, photos
4/26/2023 - CMC Newspaper Clippings Dated Back to 1984, article contributed by Peter Lau
4/16/2023 - Lloyd Award Receiving Ceremony, photos by Chung Leung
3/26/2023 - CMC Trip Leader's Meeting, photos by Ling Zhou
2/23/2023 - Ken Lloyd Award for Outstanding Member Club from NJNY Trail Conference, posted by Hong Huang
2022 - 风雨之后见彩虹 An experience of the Gin's Challenge Hike 2022, article by JianNing Meng
2/12/2023 - CMC Annual Meeting Posters, photos by Hong Huang 1/1/2023 - New Year Inspiration Day Hike & Cookout at Silvermine Lake, video by Barry Yu Peng 2022/12 - Antarctica trip, video by Leo Ngan 2022/07 - Dolomite trip, video by Kwok-Chi Ng 2022 - Germany, Garmisch to Innsbruck trip, video by Kwok-Chi Ng 6/29/2022 - CMC Annual donation to American Lung Association, photo by Chung Leung 6/12/2022 - CMC Annual meeting (Group photo and new board photo) 2022/04 - Nepal Everest Base Camp trip, video by Steve Huang and Lily Huang 2021 - Activity Moments, photos by Chung Leung 2021 - Wind River, Wyoming trip, video by Nancy 2019/09 - Dolomites trip, video by Steve Huang and Lily Huang 9/28/2019 - CMC Semi-Annual Trail Maintenance, photos by Kwok-Chi Ng 4/27/2019 - Three Reservoirs / TMI Loop hike, photos by Rose Liu 4/6/2019 - Storm King Mountain hike, photos by Rose Liu 3/30/2019 - Pine Meadow Lake / 7 Hills Trail hike, photos by Rose Liu 3/24/2019 - CMCNY 2019 Trip Leader Training Meeting, photos by Hong Huang 1/27/2019 - CMCNY Annual Meeting, photos by Kwok-Chi Ng 1/27/2019 - CMCNY Annual Meeting, photos by Lily Huang 1/19/2019 - Ramapo Mountain State Forest hike, photos by Rose Liu 5/27/2017 - A Memorable Camping Trip: Frances Slocum SP, article by Jordan Chang (10 yr old) 5/27/2017 - Fun Activities at Camping: Frances Slocum SP, article by Vincent Chang (8 yr old) 1/15/2017 - Embracing Nature and Friendships: Patagonia Adventure 2016. Video by Steve & Lily Huang 11/13/2016 - CMCNY AT thru-hikers' Celebration Party, photos by Hong Huang 2015 January - Climbing Mount Washington, article by Helen Huang 2014 October - Presidential Range Traverse In One Day, article by Helen Huang 05/10/2014 - Bear Mountain, NY, video by YongShuo Li 2014 May - Annapurna Circuit 20 Days Hiking Trip (Part 1), article by James Wang 2014 May - Annapurna Circuit 20 Days Hiking Trip (Part 2), article by James Wang 2014 May - Annapurna Circuit 20 Days Hiking Trip (Part 3), article by James Wang 2014 May - Climbing Mount Shasta in California (in 2013), article by Helen Huang 2014 Spring - Mystery Canyon And Its Redbud Tree, article by Chi Chan |
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- Via e-mail: Members or non-members to email trip leaders by clicking on the names of trip leaders of a specific activity.
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