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Take a seat around the campfire, relax and join the Hiker Trash Husbands for some adventures!
Take a seat around the campfire, relax and join the Hiker Trash Husbands for some adventures!
We don’t share GPX tracks or AllTrails links for bushwhack routes.
Bushwhacking is one of the most rewarding parts of hiking the Catskills (or anywhere it’s allowed), but it comes with real responsibility. Part of the experience is learning to read the terrain, build your own route, and navigate in a way that respects the land and avoids creating new social trails or resource damage. Sharing exact tracks can concentrate traffic in fragile areas, widening paths, eroding soil, and harming the wild character that makes these routes special in the first place.
Instead, we focus on general route descriptions, navigation tips, terrain insights, and forest history so you can plan your own adventure with confidence. True bushwhacking means being comfortable with a paper map, compass, altimeter, and GPS - and always knowing how to find your way back out, no matter what.
Protects fragile ecosystems: Concentrated foot traffic creates erosion, widens woods, and damages first-growth forest.
Builds real skills: Navigation is a core hiking skill. We want to help you develop it, not hand you a breadcrumb trail.
Preserves the wild: The Catskills’ (and elsewhere’s) trailless areas stay wild when we all take responsibility for our routes.
If you’re new to off-trail hiking or want to sharpen your skills, we offer guided bushwhacks, map/compass/GPS training, and custom navigation workshops through Hike On Guides. Both Moe and Jeff are NYSDEC-licensed hiking and camping guides, and we’d love to help you build the confidence to explore responsibly.
Ready to level up? Check our guided hikes and outdoor skill training opportunities!