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The Reverse Hunter Loop (clockwise)

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Poughkeepsie RR Station (start)> high bridge rail trail> Rt 299> New Paltz> Rt 6> Mohonk climb> (remain on Rt 6)> Rt 209 north> Acorn Hill Rd> Rt 28A west> Rt 28 west >  Winne Rd> Mt Tremper-Phoenicia Rd> Phoenicia> Rt 214 north> Rt 23A east> Tannersville> (remain on Rt 23A)> Rt 32A south> Rt 34> Market St, Saugerties> Rt 32 S> Rt 213> Plutarch Rd> New Paltz Rd> Rt 299> New Paltz Rd> Hudson Valley Rail Trail> Poughkeepsie RR Station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7252656
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Craig Breed & Anita Christofferson
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Region Name(s): 
The Catskills
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
6800
Difficulty: 
180
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

A reverse directional route of the most recent PH Loop, 2013, crossing the Hudson both ways at Poughkeepsie.

This is derivative of the original work of Ron Roth and Terry Leaves. Actually it is a mirror image of their ride.

Fluid/food stops listed on cue sheet.

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Denville Dairy w/Lunch at Sunset

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Way Points: 

Denville NJ Transit RR Station (start)> Lincoln Park> Denville  NJ Transit RR Station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7347421
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Mitch Rubenstein
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Level(s): 
B
Vertical Gain: 
3200
Difficulty: 
83
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Check NJ Transit time table for current train times both directions.

Very hilly!

Updated cue sheet.

HS 3/31/15

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The Knot (75th Anniversary)

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NYC (start) > River Rd > 9W > Sparkill > Kings Highway > Clausland Mt Rd > Tweed > Bradley Hill Rd > South Blvd > Greenbush > Bradley Hill Rd > Tweed > South Blvd > Nyack (lunch) > Old Mountain Rd/Christian Herald/Mountain View > Schuyler Rd > Bradley Hill Road > Tweed > 9W > River Rd > NYC (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7259033
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Timothy McCarthy
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
6,000
Difficulty: 
A
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

You can tie "The Knot" many ways. To deserve the name "The Knot" a ride must come at the crossroads of Tweed Blvd and Clausland Mountain Rd from every direction. This route does not technically achieve this (who wants perfection?). However, it takes in the added climbs of Old Mountain/Christian Herald/Mountain View and Schuyler Rd. Plenty of climbing here.

Thank you Timothy McCarthy for this most imaginative and challenging out and back ride at our door step.

HS 3/22/15

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Dead Presidents

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Historical
Way Points: 

Hudson Terrace > Chestnut > Speer > Depeyster > Hillside > Eisenhower > Truman > Jackson > Madison > Adams > Hoover > 9W> Hudson Terrace

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7357864
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Timothy McCarthy
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
New Jersey/Rockland County
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
2500
Difficulty: 
55
Difficulty Rating: 
3 out of 5

A scenic, hill climbing excursion (7 climbs) in New Jersey a stone's throw from the George Washington Bridge. A very nice change from doing repeats of the Alpine climb on River Road. Dead Presidents has at its object riding every President-named road in the area off Hillside Avenue (i.e., Eisenhower, Truman, Jackson, etc.). This leads to much looping around. Do this ride with a casual pace, stick together and pay no attention to who gets to the top first. Instead, admire the architecture of the big, booming houses.

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Garrison/Arden Valley/Greenwood Lake/Goshen/Beacon

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Perkins
Way Points: 

Garrison RR Station (start)> Bear Mtn Bridge> 7 Lakes Drive> Arden Valley Rd> Benjamin Meadows> 17A> Greenwood Lake> Gibson Hill/CR 82> Sugar Loaf> Clark> Fort Hill> Goshen> Sara Wells Trail > Washingtonville > Newburgh > Beacon (finish)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7302117
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Orange County
Level(s): 
A
B
Vertical Gain: 
6500
Difficulty: 
146
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Metro North both ways on Hudson Line. Check time table. Metro North bike pass needed. Hilly route out to Goshen.

The most difficult route is on RWGPS and its cue sheet. Other options on author's cue sheet, which has been updated. But no bailouts.

Check Metro North schedule for latest train times.

HS 3/26/15

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Dover, NJ to Beacon or Peekskill

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Way Points: 

Dover, NJ Transit RR Station> Andover> Delaware Water Gap> Port Jervis> High Point, NJ> Pine Island> Warwick> either Peekskill via 17A and 7 Lakes Drive, or Beacon via Goshen

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7332825 Peekskill finish

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7330218
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Terry Leaves
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Region Name(s): 
Mid New Jersey South
New Jersey/Rockland County
Orange County
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
7800
Difficulty: 
199
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

There is no bailout option in the first 67 miles. 128 miles to Peekskill, 121 miles to Beacon.

"The route contains some steep rollers in the first 20 miles. It's easy to overcook it early on in the ride. Definitely a route I'd recommend with some sort of GPS available as it's around terrain that most of our club doesn't know.

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Wassaic/Poughkeepsie via 2 Mtns in 3 States

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Wassaic RR Station (start)> HVRT> 4> East St> White Hollow Rd> Salmonkill Rd> 41> Mt Washington Rd> Bish Bash Falls Rd/344> 22> 7A> Empire Rd> 82> 17/Salt Point Tpk> Cottage St> Poughkeepsie RR Station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7381610
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Hank Schiffman
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
Putnam Dutchess and Columbia Counties
The Berkshires
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
5100
Difficulty: 
151
Difficulty Rating: 
5 out of 5

Another in a set of Wassaic to Poughkeepsie. Bailout from Copake Falls to Wassaic 76 miles but trains run 2 hours apart from Wassaic. If strong westerlies are blowing, headwind on return to Poughkeepsie.

HS 4/3/15

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Harriman Hills #1:Mott Farm/Tioretti Brook/Bear Mt/Peekskill

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Perkins
Way Points: 

NJ Side of GW Bridge, start> 9w> Stony Point deli, lunch> Mott Farm Rd> Cedar Pond> Gate Hill> Tioretti Brk> Arden Valley> Rt17> Long Mtn /Rt6> 7 Lakes Dr> Perkins> Anthony’s Nose> Peekskill, end

 

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7377630
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
Fred Steinberg
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
New Jersey/Rockland County
Orange County
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
5500
Difficulty: 
131
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Options to bypass AV descent and Long Mtn and Perkins climbs, but why?

Metro North rail pass needed for return from Peekskill.

Water available at the carousel at Bear Mtn, before and on the same side as the Bear Mtn Inn, on the left just past the Bear Mtn traffic circle below the hairpin.

HS 4/3/15

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NYC-Little Tor-Buckburg-Storm King-Beacon

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NJ side of GW Bridge (start)> 9W> Greenbush> Clausland Mtn Rd> Tweed Blvd> Skuyler> Christian Herald Rd> Storms > Ridge Rd> S Mtn Rd> Little Tor> Central Hwy> 9W> Buckberg Mtn Rd> Mott's Farm Rd> 9W>Rt 218> Mtn Rd> Deer Hill> Duncan Ave> Grand> 9D> Beacon Metro North RR Station (end)

Ride With GPS Link: 
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7439582
Status: 
Approved
Author: 
John Z
Signature Route : 
Region Name(s): 
Hudson Highlands
New Jersey/Rockland County
Orange County
Level(s): 
A
Vertical Gain: 
61
Difficulty: 
132
Difficulty Rating: 
4 out of 5

Sadly, Mine Torne Rd is closed to non-military use. Route now goes up 9W/Rt 218.

Mtn Rd above Cornwall on Hudson at mile 57 should wake you up.

HS 4/9/15

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