Name: Rusk and Westkill Mountains
Start: 2025-12-03T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-03T16:30:00-05:00

To register, go to: [https://www.adkli.org/outing/rusk-and-westkill-mountains/](https://www.adkli.org/outing/rusk-and-westkill-mountains/)
Join us on December 3 for a pre-winter hike of Rusk and Westkill Mountains in the Catskills. Starting from the same parking area, we’ll do out and back hikes in two separate directions. The total distance for both will be 10.5 miles with 3700 feet of total elevation gain. Rusk Mountain includes a steep 1-mile bushwhack. The days are short in December and we’ll need to keep moving; it won’t be a race but we’ll need to maintain a moderate to brisk pace with relatively few breaks. Mid November to mid December is regular hunting season in the Catskills so wear your blaze orange or blaze pink colors. Anticipate that we will need spikes due to icy conditions and potentially even snowshoes. This hike is for strong hikers in good shape.

Registration by December 1. To register, go to: [https://www.adkli.org/outing/rusk-and-westkill-mountains/](https://www.adkli.org/outing/rusk-and-westkill-mountains/)

Edward Moran

ADK Long Island

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