Slide Mountain

Slide Mountain, the tallest in the Catskill's is located in the southern section of the Forest Perserve in Ulster County.  It is the most poplar mountain to hike in the Catskills and offers a view of all of the mountains over the entire park.  On a clear day you can see all the way to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

There are three marked trail ways that help lead to the top of Slide:  Phoenicia-East Branch Trail, Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide, and the Curtis-Ormsbee Trail.  There is a map at the bottom of the page.

Phoenicia-East PE(Y) into Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide WS(R)

PE(Y) into Curtis-Ormsbee CO(B) into WS(R)

WS(R) from the east over Wittenberg and Cornell Mt.
 
Wittenberq-Cornell-Slide Troll (Red) [ K6/J6] Also known os the Burroughs Range Trail
0.00 Start of trail at Woodland Valley State Campground. Turn left on red markers, crossing Woodland Creek on footbridge. Cars can be driven here from Phoenicia. Parking area to the right; fee in season.
1.45 Spring 300' right of trail.
2.60 Pass yellow Terrace Mt. Trail going left to leanto, 0.9m. No water at leanto.
3.90 Summit of Wittenberg Mt. (3780') with fine views.
4.25 Pass unmaintained red-paint blazed path to Moon Haw Road. Very steep!
4.70 Blue spur trail to left (0.1m) to summit of Cornell Mt. (3860').
6.15 Lowest point between mountains, Spring 400' left of trail. Unmaintained path, with faint paint blazes, goes south along East Branch of the Neversink.
6.80 Fine spring to right of trail on spur.
7.05 Summit of Slide Mt. (4180').
7.70 Pass blue Curtis-Ormsbee Trail leading to East Branch of the Neversink.
7.85 Pass unmarked trail on right leading towards Winnisook Lake over private land.
9.05 Trail ends at junction with Phoenicia-East Branch Trail. Left on yellow to Denning leanto (2.8m) and parking area at end of Denning Road. Right on yellow 0.7m to parking area on County Rt. 47.

 

Phoenicia-East Branch Tr. (Yellow) [K6/17]
Trail /s reached by going south 5.#m on
Woodland Volley Road (0.5m west of Phoenicia
on Rt. 28). Road has occasional yellow trail
markers. Fee for parking in season.
0.00 Woodland Valley State Campground, Parking
available. Wittenberg-CornelI-Slide Trail
(red) leaves road opposite parking area.
Follow yellow markers to right (north) up
steps from parking area.
1.00 Cross footbridge over tributary of Woodland
Creek in ravine.
1.20 Trail turns right, following old road.
1.75 Seasonal spring.
2.65 Height of land and junction with blue Giant
Ledge-Panther-Fox Hollow Trail. Trail turns
right off old road and descends.
3.40 Meet County Rt. 47 and parking area. Turn
left up hill, following highway. Right on
highway leads to Oliverea.
4.45 Winnisook Lake outlet. Continue past lake.
5.35 Trail turns left off road into parking area.
Road continues to Claryville. Begin climb.
5.75 Meet old road and turn right.
6.05 Pass red Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail going
left to Slide Mt. summit 2.0m.
6.55 Spring on left
6.85 Pass blue Curtis-Ormsbee Trail leading left
to Slide Mt. (2.25m). Continue ahead.
7.75 Cross bridge.
8.05 Spring to right of trail.
8.60 Pass blue-marked Peekamoose-Table Trail going
left 0.25m to Denning leanto.
9.80 Enter clearing at end of Denning Road. Cars
can be driven to this point from Claryvilte.

 

Curtis-Ormsbee Trail (Blue)
Named after William Curtis and Allen armsbee
who laid out this scenic route. Both died in
June 1900 in a snowstorm on Mt. Washington.
0.00 Trail starts at junction with Wittenberg-Cornell-
Slide Trail, 0.65m east of summit of Slide Mt.
(4180').
0.95 Flat rock ledge and lookout to left of trail. View
towards Lone, Table and Rocky Mts.
1.00 Junction with yellow Phoenicia-East Branch Trail:
left 3.7m to Denning parking area or right 2.15m
to Slide Mt. parking area.

 

 

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