"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." - John Muir We are a group of hiking friends who enjoy exploring the mountains. We hike and backpack the many beautiful trails in the Northeast - the Harriman, Hudson, Kittanies, Gunks, Taconics, Catskills, Adirondacks and beyond. We also have the passi …

Meet other local hiking enthusiasts. Make a new friend or three. Burn a few calories. Enjoy nature in our beautiful Westchester county, the Hudson Valley and beyond!! G.M.Trevelyan once said: "We are literally children of the earth, and removed from her our spirits wither or run to various forms of insanity. Unless we can refresh ourselves at least by intermittant contact with nature, we grow awry."     Please Checkout our meeting Minutes http://www.meetup.com/Westchester-Hiking-Group/pages/Or …

[b]THIS GROUP WILL CLOSE DOWN ON JUNE 14, 2012.[/b] I founded this group in 2008 with the idea of empowering an online/offline community where hikers could safely share info, link up, and plan their own AT Section Hikes. The response was amazing.  Dozens of you jumped on board, and we even found a brother organization based out of Georgia. Then I got hired for a job, and my free time dwindled to nothing for awhile. We had a couple of people step up as organizers, in the interim, and they tried t …