Any good trails in the Catskills or Adirondacks with caves?

[jaymeister99]

Anybody know of any good hiking trails in the Catskills with caves?

 

[wintermute]

How big of a cave are you looking for? I've only been to the "lesser" Ice Caves in the Shawangunks, but the Greater Ice Caves in the 'gunks are supposed to be spectacular - they're in the Sam's Point Preserve. the trails are supposedly very difficult to follow. Here's a good website describing the paths...

http://www.chayden.net/Catskills/SamsPoint2006/

 

[jaymeister99]

How big of a cave are you looking for? I've only been to the "lesser" Ice Caves in the Shawangunks, but the Greater Ice Caves in the 'gunks are supposed to be spectacular - they're in the Sam's Point Preserve. the trails are supposedly very difficult to follow. Here's a good website describing the paths...

http://www.chayden.net/Catskills/SamsPoint2006/

Looking for some small simple caves. Just something to poke around in a little bit while out on a hike for a few days. Not looking for any big time cave exploring. I'll have to check this link out when I get home.

 

[wintermute]

The Lesser Ice Caves are pretty neat. There's a path through them with side rails, but there are a couple of places that you can hop over and do a little spelunking. It's a nice hike in general. Gorgeous view from Sam's Point and from the Shawangunk ridge at the exit from the caves, the ice caves, neat rock formations, and Verkeerderkill Falls. If a week or two, you can probably go blueberry picking (the place is lousy with them), and it's neat to go from hot sun, no shade down into the caves which might be in the 40's or 50's.

 

[street soldier]

There's always Howes Caverns:

http://www.howecaverns.com/

Remember going there as a kid. Pretty awesome.

 

[jaymeister99]

There's always Howes Caverns:

http://www.howecaverns.com/

Remember going there as a kid. Pretty awesome.

I went there when I was a kid too. Cool. But I'm looking for something a bit off the beaten trail, something small you can hike to.

 

[jaymeister99]

The Lesser Ice Caves are pretty neat. There's a path through them with side rails, but there are a couple of places that you can hop over and do a little spelunking. It's a nice hike in general. Gorgeous view from Sam's Point and from the Shawangunk ridge at the exit from the caves, the ice caves, neat rock formations, and Verkeerderkill Falls. If a week or two, you can probably go blueberry picking (the place is lousy with them), and it's neat to go from hot sun, no shade down into the caves which might be in the 40's or 50's.

I checked out the link, that looks cool (no pun intended)!