Fingerboard Mountain

Living fourteen miles from New York City with an elevation of 60 feet above sea has a way of hiding the snow levels for the hiking destinations. For the second week in a row we left the snow shoes behind because I figured we could boot walk through the expected 4-6" I thought would be present above 1200 ft in mid-march. Well - wrong again! Made a visit to familiar Tiorati Circle to complete a 2.5 Mile portion of the AT that we bypassed on last summers section hike. Plans changed quickly once we found that Harrimans snow pack was over 2.5 feet deep in drifts and at least was 12 inches or more in the shallow spots. We considered taking the drive back to fetch up the big shoes but opted to instead head south on the A.T. for only a mile to reach Fingerboard Shelter.