Thanks for watching the video and the subscription! I use a Suunto Ambit3 Peak for my GPS watch. My friend uses an older Garmin Forerunner. I love my Suunto, some of their new models are quite nice. I bought mine for the battery life and navigation features. Check out our latest Ultra hike in the Presidential Range.

Very cool! It was a fun adventure.

I have not done any winter hiking in the Catskills. I am one 46er away from my winter 46er. Did you do the whole DP in winter? A single day or overnight?

@@OutsideChronicles overnight. I just did my first 2 ADK high peaks! Started w cascade and Porter. Next winter I plan on 10. I'm getting married in July and just got a new puppy so no trips for me anytime soon lol.

Thanks for the comment. The Devils Path was a cool hike. The Catskills were beautiful, but I am partial to the Adirondacks. Both are 6 hours away for me.

Agreed, I have been in sketchier areas in the Adirondacks and Whites. I think it has a high danger rating because of the high ratio of inexperienced hikers. DP was cool, but I’ll stick with the High Peaks.

Jeremy, thanks for the comment and kind words. You will love the Devil's Path. I would also recommend taking a look at the ADK Great Range Traverse. I plan to do the FLT through Letchworth this summer. There are a couple of lean-tos along the way. I think it is about 22 miles, will probably do it with my sons over a couple of days. NPT might be in the future, but for now me and my friend are working on the NEU8. Our next big hike is the Presidential Range. But am looking forward to an ADK High Peaks hike in a couple of weeks. Been chipping away at the 46er. ADK, Catskills, ASP and LSP are great reasons to live in NYS.

Cny Backpacker it was tough, we are shooting for the Northeast Ultra 8. We have 3 dine so far.

If you like the Catskills, you would love the Adirondacks. Many of the mountains are bald faces with exposed granite and 360 degree views. The terrain is similar to the Catskills with more rock scrambling. Thanks for watching. I have a bunch of ADK videos too.

Thanks. As for your dog, there are a couple of sections where you may have to lift them up or lower them down depending on the direction. Personally, I would not take my dog.

I live in Western NY, Buffalo area. 24 miles is a long solo hike. I have done most of the Catskill3500 mountains solo, so with proper preparation and satellite messaging, if you can stand being in your head alone for that many miles, I do not have a reason to not recommend. Are you going to camp? Also, you will need a shuttle back since it is point to point. See you outside!

@@OutsideChronicles Hey thanks for the reply. I've always done things on my own mostly. I'm very comfortable being alone no matter how many hours or what I'm doing. Being alone for a 24 mile hike doesn't bother me or intimidate me. In fact I embrace being alone with no music or outside distractions nor conversations. It's just something I'm used to. The whole fact of hiking out in nature is to have that peacefulness and that calmness. That's very therapeutic and cathartic. I'm not saying I've never done any hikes that I've questioned doing it alone but I've gotten through them and it's made me that much stronger. I welcome the challenge physically as well as mentally. I don't plan on camping. I want to get to it and try to get it done within a decent time. I was going to do it this June but I've pushed it back to September/October. I think I'd rather do it in the so-called cooler months rather than the dead of the heat even though that would be another great challenge. A couple questions for you. Are there anything that you brought along with you that you found out you didn't need or is there anything that you didn't bring with you that you wish you did have? Also do they have shuttles that go back to the beginning of the trail or do I have to arrange my own ride back to my vehicle. Or there is always the option of out and back 😁😉. Thanks again, Gary

@@garybesaw Are there anything that you brought along with you that you found out you didn't need or is there anything that you didn't bring with you that you wish you did have? 10 Essentials and proper food and water. I believe we refilled water at Devil's Tombstone or another stream on the trail. So take a water purification system. Also do they have shuttles that go back to the beginning of the trail or do I have to arrange my own ride back to my vehicle. No shuttles, there might be an outfitter that does it, but we rode our bikes back to the car the next day after camping. Or there is always the option of out and back. DP is a thru-hike, point-to-point unless you want to do double the miles.

Yes, the NYSDEC discs mark the trail and are reflective which really helps at night with a headlamp.

I do not know of any shuttle companies. It is not as accessible as some of the places in the White Mountains which is why we decided to ride bikes back. They might exists, but I cannot provide assistance. As for the keto bar, I did have other snacks, nuts, noosh packets and bacon. I plan for about 150 calories per hour on the trail. Good luck, it is a cool hike!

I'm planing on set up a team together for middle of June..

@@FrenchyHelpinghands Awesome good luck! Let me know how you like it!

@@OutsideChronicles i'm completely new to this area , so thank you for the input ..about to park to the end get a ride or shuttle to the departure.

Outside Chronicles me and a friend hiked this last Wednesday! Absolutely brutal, but we loved it! We parked my friends car at the end, my car in the middle, and took a taxi to the beginning. From the trailhead, we hiked in 2 miles to the Devils Kitchen lean-to, where we camped out for the night. We started at 630am and finished sometime after 11pm!

The backside of Saddleback is pretty awesome. It is steep. I did it as a Great Range hike, so we descended that steep part, which was a bit more challenging. You can do it. It always looks and sounds worse than it is. As for keto, it is called a keto brick. I did a quick review here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZqVi6qGmM_deoU.html Also, I have a couple other keto videos on my page for backpacking. Good luck with your 46er, I got 4 more I hope to finish at the end of Feb.

Start early and keep a steady pace. The trail is well marked and well traveled. You got this! See you outside!

Ha, I’m good just hiking it. Thanks for watching!

The trail to Hunter is along the Devil’s Path, but is a spur trail, less than a mile one-way. caltopo.com/m/AJFT#

@@OutsideChronicles Ahh okay gotcha thank you so much! I think when I try the Devil's Path in the summer, I will incorporate Southwest Hunter into it

rgrex1 are you doing it as a day hike or overnight? Best of luck!

@@OutsideChronicles overnight for sure! I'll have to work my way up to your great level of endurance before I can do it all in one day

rgrex1 There are some nice spots to camp along the way. Love to hear how it goes!

Thanks and thanks for watching!

No, smooth slab like ADK. There are rock scrambles, but no smooth exposed granite summits. Check out this video where we compare DP to the Great Range in ADK: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6-nmqqGt7-um5c.html Thanks for watching!

Donovan Kirrane do you mean where we stashed our bikes? We used our bear canisters. We camp in the Adirondacks High Peaks where they are required.

It is kind of a process that I have actually updated. Now, I create animated maps with DaVinci Resolve, see kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gqyXdZeHm8rFZ4E.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcpypKeh3d2naIU.html. To do it in Google Earth, you Open your GPX file for your route. I make mine with Caltopo. Then Play Tour (folder with arrow 3/4 down on left). Then you export as a movie. The flyover is cool with Google Earth, but takes a lot of tweaking to get right. The Davinci Resolve animations are much quicker to make. Check out Relive.cc. It does sweet flyovers of your GPX tracks.

Jennifer Torres-Keough we dropped them off at the end of the trail with some other gear on a waterproof box. Then we rode the bikes back to our car. It saved driving two cars from Buffalo and made more of an adventure. Thanks for watching!

Honestly, it is no worse than some of the climbs in the Adirondacks. The danger is overrated. I think some of the danger is its remoteness and unprepared hikers. There was only one section there was a bit of a steep down climb at 4:48, but it was not bad at all. No Saddleback cliffs, no Knife's Edge.

hello world no, it was shot on a GoPro 6. I hope to upgrade soon.

Well I did Plateau mountain to sugar loaf mountain.

Cool! The Catskills are beautiful. I am still partial to the Adirondacks.