Chinigo - Jun 21, 2011 8:03 pm Date Climbed: May 24, 2008
AT hiking
I was doing AT sections, so I went over this peak.
Hotoven - Apr 20, 2009 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2008
Nice Hike, with good view at the top
My family and I hiked to sunfish pond. Had a small snowball fight, ate lunch, then went to 1600 point. It was a nice clear day with a great view. On the way down the other side we stopped and explored some old copper mines. Much fun!
Nice day out, quiet for a weekend on the AT, nice views even with some haze, only saw 2 through hikers and a hand full of section hikers. Sometimes you forget just how nice it is in your own backyard.
hiked up to sunfish pond stating at douglas going thru rockcores up tuqouis trail amd around sunfish back down via douglas trail!
TLP - Oct 10, 2006 9:04 pm Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2006
Another fine NJ mountain
Went back to finish this one off. Went there the day I did Catfish, but somehow got fooled by a false summit. I had a funny feeling that it wasn't quite the top. When I got back home and looked at some of CharlesD' and RobA' photos I realized that I now had to go back and hit the summit, which I did.
big_g - Jun 7, 2006 1:00 am Date Climbed: May 7, 2000
Route Climbed: Coppermines/AT up Bushwacks down Date Climbed: Octobber 31, 2001
Climbed as part of a high school trip to teach freshmen about the outdoors. It also fulfilled the NJ State law requireing 5 hrs. of outdoor physical activity off campus.
Route Climbed: AT (SOBO) Date Climbed: December 2, 2001
From the journal: Sunday morning was cold and the crimson sunrise didn't bode well for the day's weather. Indeed, after half an hour of milky sun, the sky clouded over and it began to look like snow. A layer of frost on my pack showed that it had gotten down below freezing at some point. Still, we were comfortable in shorts and t-shirts with light jackets. Eleven miles to go today. My knee was hurting something fierce at this point so the early pace was a bit slow. We stopped in at the Mohican Outdoors Center on Catfish Pond to say hello and get some water. It's a lovely hostel catering to thru-hikers and it was definitely the off season there.
My knee seemed to hurt more after prolonged stops, so we pressed on and scaled Mt. Mohican. To the west of the exposed ridge we could easily see the Delaware River flowing in front of the Poconos. To the east a system of lakes and reservoirs shown dully in the filtered sunlight. This is the northern border of the Worthington State Forest and we started to see quite a lot of day-hikers out from the Water Gap. We skirted a startling, high-altitude reservoir and headed through tall, open forest to Sunfish Pond.
Chinigo - Jun 21, 2011 8:03 pm Date Climbed: May 24, 2008
AT hikingI was doing AT sections, so I went over this peak.
Hotoven - Apr 20, 2009 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2008
Nice Hike, with good view at the topMy family and I hiked to sunfish pond. Had a small snowball fight, ate lunch, then went to 1600 point. It was a nice clear day with a great view. On the way down the other side we stopped and explored some old copper mines. Much fun!
silversummit - Jan 5, 2009 10:04 pm
Went through here.....during the summers of '69. '70 and '71 while backpacking. I just remember how hot it usually was!
eric-griz - Nov 26, 2007 8:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2000
Thru-hiked itI used to hike up to Sunfish Pond quite often when I went to school at East Stroudsburg University.
dobsonian - Jul 15, 2007 1:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007
MOC->Sunfish RTNice day out, quiet for a weekend on the AT, nice views even with some haze, only saw 2 through hikers and a hand full of section hikers. Sometimes you forget just how nice it is in your own backyard.
shane SEC - Jan 13, 2007 7:41 pm
sunfish pondhiked up to sunfish pond stating at douglas going thru rockcores up tuqouis trail amd around sunfish back down via douglas trail!
TLP - Oct 10, 2006 9:04 pm Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2006
Another fine NJ mountainWent back to finish this one off. Went there the day I did Catfish, but somehow got fooled by a false summit. I had a funny feeling that it wasn't quite the top. When I got back home and looked at some of CharlesD' and RobA' photos I realized that I now had to go back and hit the summit, which I did.
big_g - Jun 7, 2006 1:00 am Date Climbed: May 7, 2000
sadly no time to dip in sunfish pondOver the river and through the woods...
Rob A - Nov 25, 2005 12:04 pm
Route Climbed: A.T. (SOBO) Date Climbed: November 25, 2005Started around 7:30 with an inch of fresh snow on the trail and it was cold(20 degrees F) and windy(20-30 MPH) all the way to the top.
Rob A - Oct 31, 2005 7:36 pm
Route Climbed: Coppermines/AT up Bushwacks down Date Climbed: Octobber 31, 2001Climbed as part of a high school trip to teach freshmen about the outdoors. It also fulfilled the NJ State law requireing 5 hrs. of outdoor physical activity off campus.
CharlesD - Mar 17, 2005 7:49 pm
Route Climbed: AT (SOBO) Date Climbed: December 2, 2001From the journal: Sunday morning was cold and the crimson sunrise didn't bode well for the day's weather. Indeed, after half an hour of milky sun, the sky clouded over and it began to look like snow. A layer of frost on my pack showed that it had gotten down below freezing at some point. Still, we were comfortable in shorts and t-shirts with light jackets. Eleven miles to go today. My knee was hurting something fierce at this point so the early pace was a bit slow. We stopped in at the Mohican Outdoors Center on Catfish Pond to say hello and get some water. It's a lovely hostel catering to thru-hikers and it was definitely the off season there.
My knee seemed to hurt more after prolonged stops, so we pressed on and scaled Mt. Mohican. To the west of the exposed ridge we could easily see the Delaware River flowing in front of the Poconos. To the east a system of lakes and reservoirs shown dully in the filtered sunlight. This is the northern border of the Worthington State Forest and we started to see quite a lot of day-hikers out from the Water Gap. We skirted a startling, high-altitude reservoir and headed through tall, open forest to Sunfish Pond.
Rob A - Mar 17, 2005 12:19 pm
Route Climbed: Coppermines trail to Kaiser Road to A.T. Date Climbed: March 16, 2005Went up after school some ice on Coppermine Trail and DEEP snow on Kaiser Road. Great VIews. Came down in the dark, at least I had my head lamp.