Troop 37 took a strenuous but beautiful five-mile day hike in the southwest part of Harriman State Park on Sunday, April 26 to Ramapo Torne.  Scouts took turns leading the Troop on the Seven Hills Trail with guidance of adult leaders for meeting requirements necessary for Scout rank advancement. 

We departed from the Reeves Meadow Information Center on Seven Lakes Drive, a short drive from Sloatsburg, and ascended about 300 feet up the Seven Hills Trail. After crossing several streams the trail steepened considerably  to a rock scramble to the summit of Ramapo Torne. 

Views from the top of Ramapo Torne were spectacular!  To the north we could see Tuxedo, to the southwest  we could see Suffern and the junction of the New York State Thruway and I-287 into New Jersey, and to the southeast New York City.  We then climbed a second mountain before a long descent back Reeves Meadow.   

 The photo shows Troop 37 participants at the Torne View summit along the Seven Hills Trail in Harriman State Park.