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Feelin' Blair Witchy on #BreakneckRidge today.✌🏽️☠🍂Took barely any photos on this #hike because I was clinging to the mountainside for dear life for the most part.😂😁 #hiking #nature #adventure #thegreatoutdoors #newyork #upstate #coldspring #rockscramble #bouldering #rockclimbing #hudsonhighlands #fitness #exercise #shelter #fallfoliage #peace #love #blairwitch #breakneckmountain (at Breakneck Ridge)

Breakneck Ridge, NY

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Breakneck Ridge, NY

We finally did it.

Breakneck is one of the most popular hikes in the Hudson Valley, and many city-dwellers take the train just to hike it.

We had been putting it off for months because we wanted to be ready for it. It’s supposed to be one of the hardest, so we waited. Then it got hot and we wimped out due to the weather. Then we got the luckiest forecast of a low 80-degree day, and knew we had no other choice.

So it was Breakneck day.

It begins with a rock scramble unlike I’ve ever seen. Steep and never ending. Apparently it’s only about a mile, but feels absolutely endless. Thank goodness Georgie is a mountain goat in spirit. She did better than we did.

There are four overlooks, each a bit higher with a slightly different vantage point of the Hudson River and its surrounding area. We got to see our various hikes (Bull Hill, Storm King, Beacon), which were some fun moments of pride.

We went a mile or two more to the final stopping point on top, ate a snack, and could still see the road we came in on. The entire hike consists of vertical rocks, so we didn’t get much in the way of horizontal distance.

It would be so much harder to return the way we came up (which I regrettably had to do once after a bad sprain on top) and the rest of the hike was a breeze. Some ups and downs and then all down until the trail spit us back out on the road.

It was a cool hike, and different from ones we’ve been doing. It was definitely a nice change of pace and we got to work different muscles. But for all its hype and bragging of difficulty, it definitely wasn’t the best/worst. Don’t get me wrong, you should do it, but it’s still not my favorite.

Difficulty: 8 Likelihood of dying: Considering the name, it’s kind of high. I think this is why people think it’s so difficult, but really it’s just a bit dangerous. Bring your dog: 4, should be big/strong enough to jump high or small enough to carry one-handed while you do the real climbing. Popularity: 10, it’s been the most hiked we’ve come across, and thus the most trashed. Views: 9 Go on a date?: 1. From personal experience... Don't do it... Graffiti and litter: Too much

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