The Chester Challenge Supporters

The Chester Challenge Supporters We support the Chester Challenge hiking experience. Visit 6 trails and receive a pin or patch! There are winter pins and patches also. Dynamite Hill/Caroline H.

Also, we post scenic pictures and posts from other hiking experiences, primarily in the Adirondack Mtns of New York. Experience one of the most well-known adventures in the Adirondacks: the Town of Chester's Hiking Trails! Visit at least six trails and receive the Chester Challenge pin or patch! Go to the Town Clerk's office at the town hall, or the North Warren Chamber of Commerce (NWCC) info cen

ter at Dynamite Hill to register and receive your pin or patch! There is a winter pin and patch also, for hiking the trails between Dec 21 and Mar 21.

1. Chester Creek (behind town hall)
2. Fish Memorial Trails
3. Cougar (behind NWCS school)
4. Palmer Pond (state trail)
5. Stewart Mountain
6. Kipp Mountain
7. Meade Mountain & Beckman Mountain
8. Green Hill & Catamount Mountain (at Stone Bridge and Caves)
Also, Scaroon Manor trails can be hiked as an alternate. Note: some trails are closed during big game hunting season.

3-tier waterfall with classic shape, in the Hammond Pond area
05/25/2026

3-tier waterfall with classic shape, in the Hammond Pond area

There's still ice and snow in the lower Adirondacks! This is in the Hammond Pond area
05/25/2026

There's still ice and snow in the lower Adirondacks! This is in the Hammond Pond area

forest trees in bloom
05/25/2026

forest trees in bloom

"Outdoor Chapel" on a mountain at a summer children's camp
05/02/2026

"Outdoor Chapel" on a mountain at a summer children's camp

view of Mud Pond (hardly an appropriate name) near Warrensburg, with Crane Mtn in the background. The southern Adirondac...
05/02/2026

view of Mud Pond (hardly an appropriate name) near Warrensburg, with Crane Mtn in the background. The southern Adirondacks DO have some amazing cliffs and views too!

Waterfall/cascade near Riding Hi Ranch
05/02/2026

Waterfall/cascade near Riding Hi Ranch

Early morning at a beaver swamp near North Hudson. Hard to believe I was snowshoeing on 10-12" of snow in single digit t...
04/17/2026

Early morning at a beaver swamp near North Hudson. Hard to believe I was snowshoeing on 10-12" of snow in single digit temperatures just last week! Two days later I was working shirtless in my back yard, only 20 miles south of here - with no snow, no frost in the ground, and almost 80 degrees!

Walking an old road along the side of Whiteface Mtn, great informal ski trail.
04/17/2026

Walking an old road along the side of Whiteface Mtn, great informal ski trail.

Bridge over Hudson River south of Tahawas, leads to the Opalescent Club. The public can now walk over the bridge (there ...
04/17/2026

Bridge over Hudson River south of Tahawas, leads to the Opalescent Club. The public can now walk over the bridge (there is a gate) and access some new state land and the river. Have to park on the west side of the Tahawas Rd.

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