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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 5/17/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Lake Askoti-Finger Board-Island Pond Hike, 12+ miles/ level E Harriman State Park, NY Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. Take the A-SB (red triangle) trail to Time Square. Take R-D to Finger Board shelter, and change to Long Path trail from At (W) to visit the famous rock formation of Lemon Squeezer. Go west on the AT trail to the north shore of Island Pond. Change to a service road to a secluded spot, south of Island pond. Retrace back on the service road and follow the scenic Dunning (yellow) trail back to the parking. Avid hikers can extend the hike to visit the lookout points on Black Rock Mountain before heading back to the parking lot. *The goal of the hike is to help participants successfully complete an 8-hours journey. Meeting Time/Place: 8:00 AM at trail head Leaders: Jimmy Xing/Phillip Yuan -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/17/2025 - ALA Fundraising: The Timp and Dunderberg Mountain Hike / Level B and C Bear Mountain State Park, New York Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. The hike walks portion of the unfinished Dunderberg Spiral Railway built in 1890. Visit remnants of the tunnels and graded railbeds. Starting from the R-D trail head roadside parking at 9W/202, follow the Timp-Torne trail (blue) to climb up to the Timp. Enjoy many lookout points of the Hudson River and Highlands along the ridge. After lunch, take R-D (red) trail through Bald Mtn & Cornell Mine to go back to parking lot. Short walk hikers can take short cuts. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: Sharon Yen/HY Lee -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/17/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Spring Trail Maintenance, Shore Path along Hudson River Palisades Interstate Park, NJ Trail maintenance of the Shore Path trail along the Hudson River in New Jersey; pick up trash, trim protruding branches, etc. Trip leaders will provide tools. Light refreshments will be offered at the end of the activity. This is a very important event for the club as it is our duty to serve our community and conserve the nature for the future. (Max. 25 - 30 people) Meeting Time/Place: 8:00 AM at trail head Leaders: Chung Leung/Chwen (June) Best/Kwok-Chi Ng/Shui-Kei Ng -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 5/18/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Sterling Forest, the Ridge and Lake Hike /Level B & C Sterling State Forest, NY Start from the Visitor Center on White Trail, then Red Trial to reach he Fire Tower. After Fire Tower, on Blue Trail to Red Trail and onto the newly opened Orange Trail to Bare Rock. After lunch at Bare Rock, back on Orange Trail to Blue Sterling Ridge Trail. Decent to the lake and return to Visitor Center. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: HY Lee/AnYan Liu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/24/2025 - Registration is Full, ALA Fundraising: Memorial Day Family Camping at Woodland V Woodland Valley Campground, NY Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon.(5/24-5/26) Woodland Valley Campground as the trail-head for both the Slide-Wittenberg Trail (the Burroughs Range) and Woodland Valley-Denning Trail (which provides access to the Giant Ledge-Panther Mountain Trail. Facilities on site include flush toilet and hot shower. There are plenty of bike routes nearby and hiking in the Catskill Mountains. Prepare your own camping equipment. Limit to 50 people. Fee includes 1st night BBQ: $40 /adults; $20/children under 12 of age. ***Registration is Full, New Registration will place on waiting list. Meeting Time/Place: Contact leaders for details Leaders: Kwok-Chi Ng/Chung Leung/Iris Liu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/24/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Russian Bear/Pine Meadow Lake, 8 Mile Hike / Level C Harriman State Park, NY Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. Start from Reeve visitor center at 7 Lakes Drive, follow the blue trail, then orange trail to Russian Bear. After enjoying the view of the Ramapo valley, then go down to Pine Meadow Lake. Take a walk around the lake for the Spring view and return to the visitor center through the yellow trail along the Stony Brook. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: Amy Tien/Cherry Lau -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/24/2025 - ALA Fundraising:Joppenbergh Mountain and Lime Kiln Trail 5 Mile Hike /Level B Rosendale Village, NY This hike is scheduled for those who join the memorial day family camping trip. Rosendale is a small town and on the way from NYC to Woodland Valley Campground. The highlights of this hike include Jacob’s Nose, Rosendale Trestle, Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, and Giant’s Ledges Pocket Park. Meeting Time/Place: 10:30 AM at the trailhead Leaders: Tony Shu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/24/2025 - 2025 Catskills Fire Tower Challenge Catskill State Park N Y The Catskills Fire Tower Challenge encourages experienced hikers to visit the region’s remaining DEC-managed fire towers located on Balsam Lake Mountain (Hardenburgh), Hunter Mountain (Hunter), Overlook Mountain (Woodstock), Red Hill Mountain (Denning), and Tremper Mountain (Shandaken), and the newest tower, the Upper Esopus Fire Tower at the Catskills Visitor Center. Meeting Time/Place: 5096 New York 28 Mount Tremper, New York, 12457 Leaders: Chwen (June) Best -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 5/25/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Devil Path 24 miles Day Hiking/Level E Catskill, NY Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. The Devil's Path comes with a reputation as one of the more challenging day hikes in the Northeast. Over its 24+ miles, the Devil's Path crosses the summits of five major mountains, one lesser summit, and climbs high on the shoulder of a sixth mountain. Along the way, the elevation gain over the course of the trail approaches 9,000 vertical feet.This hiking trip is for experience hikers only. Due to the difficulty of the trail, this registration can take max to 12 people. and 26 miles hikers has first priority to register. Average Hiking time: 12-14 hours Meeting Time/Place: 6:30AM at trailhead Leaders: Ling Zhou -- Click to sign on the activity Sunday 5/25/2025 - Wittenberg and Cornell Mtn hike/8.6miles/Level C Silde Mtn Wildness, NY Begin near Woodland Valley Campground and cross over Woodland Creek to start climbing up the Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail. Elevation gain 3120ft, Out-and-Back. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at trail head Leaders: Iris Liu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/31/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Igenstein Mt - Ringwood SP - Hawk Rock Loop hike ; 12+ miles/ l Ramapo Valley County Reservation, NJ Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. Ringwood State Park - Mt. Defiance and Hawk Rock loop Take Schuber trail (orange) and pass MacMillan Reservoir, turn right to Red-Silver trail to Bear Swamp lake, turn left on Shore Trail (blue), then Cannonball trail (red) and Crossover trail (white), pass Ilgenstein Rock and Butler Mine, turn right on Five Ponds Connector (pibk) to Halifax trail (green), pass Halifax Ruins and Hawk Rock, switch to Silver trail and parking lot. Meeting Time/Place: 8:00 AM at the trailhead Leaders: XiaoJing Wei/XiaoTao Shi -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/31/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Johnsontown Circle - Lake Skenonto, 7 Mile Day Hike / Level B- Harriman State Park, NY Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. Start on the Blue Disc trail from Johnsontown Circle. Go along the mountain ridges to Claudius Smith Den then to Parker Cabin Mtn. Return by the Yellow Triangle trail to visit Lake Skenonto and Lake Sebago. Meeting Time/Place: 8:30 AM at trailhead Leaders: Joe Chou/Ary Wu -- Click to sign on the activity Saturday 5/31/2025 - ALA Fundraising: Bull Hill & Breakneck Mountain hike/ 9 miles/ Levels C & D Hudson Highlands State Park, NY Hike for a good lung. Support American Lung Association in Memory of Gin Goon. Bull Hill (Mt. Taurus) is located next to the famous Breakneck Ridge in the Hudson Highlands. Hiking up Bull Hill offers sweeping views of the Hudson River and neighboring peaks from rock outcrops but without the rock scramble like Breakneck. Descend from the summit of Bull Hill. Cross over to the northern section of the Breakneck Ridge by the Notch trail for more views. Finish the hike by walking downhill on the Cornish trail along the Breakneck Brook. *No Carpool Arrangement Meeting Time/Place: 8:00 AM at the Washburn Trailhead Leaders: Chwen (June) Best/Sharon Yen -- Click to sign on the activity
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, 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, by JianNing Meng
2/12/2023 - CMC Annual Meeting, photos by Ling Zhou
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
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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