Van Lone Hill - Walk, Look and Learn Hike #546
- Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Carpool meeting place: 9:30 a.m. - Enfield Elementary School on NY Route 327 just south of the junction with NY Route 79 in the Town of Enfield, Tompkins County (click for map).
- Event/Trailhead location: 10:00 a.m. Cayuta Gulf FLT trailhead on Gulf Road, just off of Schuyler County Road #6 near the Cayuta Lake outlet, south of Cayuta Lake. There is a small parking lot about 200 yards down Gulf Road (click for map).
- Contact: Chris Proulx Email: chris.proulx@gmail.com Telephone: 607-279-2236
Cayuga Trails Club member Chris Proulx will lead a Special Hike of the Van Lone Hill Loop trail, a beautiful, rugged route that winds through several gorges.
The hike actually combines the main Finger Lakes Trail with the Cayuta Gulf Trail, the Swan Hill Trail, and the Van Lone Hill Trail for a 5.5 mile loop beginning and ending about 400 feet southeast of Schuyler County Route 6. While walking alongside scenic gorges, up hills covered with hardwoods and through pine plantations, the observant visitor is likely to see wildlife, or at least an interesting array of footprint stories written in the early spring frost (or mud!). Bear, fox, and many other creatures have been spotted here.
Participants are advised to bring fluids and plenty of snacks for this outing, and wear or stow in a daypack appropriate footwear and clothing for the hike and season. Deep snow is often still present on this trail even as it begins to disappear in Ithaca, so bring snowshoes, if necessary.
Rating: Moderate pace with several steep grades.
Hike Summary
| Name | Van Lone Loop |
| Start Time | Mar 29, 2008 12:33 PM |
| Duration | 2.75 hours |
| Total distance | 5.70 miles (30,097 ft.) |
| Avg. Speed | 2.07 mph |
| Descend | -1,329 ft. |
| Climb | 1,338 ft. |
| Total Vertical | 2,667 ft. |
| Percent | 8.9% |
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