June 28, 2026
June 28, 2026
Save Saturday, July 11, for a run in the Catskills of the Slide Mountain Loop. And a friendly reminder that it’s tick season. Please check yourselves over after runs or any outdoor activity like gardening.
If you’re looking for something less intensive than a run, join us on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. for a shorter hike—we typically have a few that enjoy a walking pace. Now there’s no reason not to join us!
Hope to see you out there.
Lee Willett
Last Sunday: Trailside Museum
Last Saturday: Michigan Road
From the archives: July 7, 2024
June 30 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 1 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 2 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 3 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 am
July 5 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 amOn Sunday, July 5, at 8:00 a.m., meet at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Michigan Road Lot, ready to run something a little different. You’re all used to running in the Rez with the usual map but this time, I’ll bring some of the “Subway” maps to guide you. Instead of a defined course, you have three destinations—Raven Rocks, Kimberly Bridge, and the Meadow Lot. The most direct path should yield a 6-mile run while you have options of cutting it short or taking a longer course. Cobweb Crew starts at 5:00; Early Risers at 7:00.
Rookie Runners start at 7:00 for a shorter loop and and easier pace.
Walkers/Hikers start at 8:00 on a short course of around 4 miles to Raven Rocks and back.
Last time we ran this course was July 6, 2025
Find out more »June 30 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 1 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 2 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 3 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 amJuly 5 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 amJuly 7 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 8 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 9 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 10 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 am
July 11 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Just a reminder, it’s tick season. Shower and check your skin over after runs, use a bug spray with Deet on your shoes, legs, and arms before a run, and I recommend light-color socks or calf sleeves that have been sprayed with Permethrin, Picaridin, or other bug repellent and allowed to dry. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of doxycycline. For more information about tick bites and tick removal, visit cdc.gov.
Help keep the trails clear by reporting downed trees or other conditions that the park should know about.
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The Free Avenza Maps software now has a free trail map of the Reservation available here. You can use that or the free GaiaGPS to load KML files of some of our runs as overlays. Now there’s no excuse to get lost.