Bouldering

[Brian Horowitz]

My nephew likes hikes like Boutique Crag, Lemon squeeze to Sky top in Mohonk. The more jumping around and climbing on boulders the better. I live in Central NJ in looking for similar hikes closer to home. Any suggestions?

[njHiking.com]

There's not much scrambling on hikes in central Jersey unfortunately. Have you been to Sourland Mountain Preserve in Somerset County? http://njhiking.com/nj-hikes-sourland.php - There isn't really scrambling on the trail per se, but there are a lot of large rocks along it and bouldering is allowed.

 

Dawn

[Brian Horowitz]

Been there done that. Not much of a scamble to keep my nephew happy.

[Daniela Wagstaff]

How about the Giant Stairs in the Palisades - a mile long stretch of nothing but boulders. 

http://www.njpalisades.org/hikes_challenging.htm#Giant  

 

There are some pictures on my blog but they don't do the boulders justice - it is much more massive that what it looks like in the pictures. 

http://gonehikin.blogspot.com/2011/03/palisades-interstate-park-nj-...

 

[Shea]

I agree with Daniela. The Giant Stairs is probably the closest you'll get to the Mohonk scramble in NJ. BTW my son is 11 & those 2 are his favorites.

Daniela Wagstaff said:

How about the Giant Stairs in the Palisades - a mile long stretch of nothing but boulders. 

http://www.njpalisades.org/hikes_challenging.htm#Giant  

 

There are some pictures on my blog but they don't do the boulders justice - it is much more massive that what it looks like in the pictures. 

http://gonehikin.blogspot.com/2011/03/palisades-interstate-park-nj-...