1. Start on Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
2. 250 ftSharp left onto Ice Pond Road/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
3. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
4. 450 ftBear right onto Ryerson Access, heading SW.
5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Bear Trail, heading W.
6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading E.
10. 50 ftBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading E.
11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
12. 50 ftBear left onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading SE.
13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
14. 200 ftSharp left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading S.
15. 0.6 miTurn right onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
16. 0.4 miPass Erskine Lookout.
17. 300 ftReach High Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
18. 0.5 miTurn left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading N.
19. 0.6 miSharp right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NW.
20. 150 ftTurn right onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading NW.
21. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
22. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
23. 50 ftBear right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading NW.
24. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
25. 0.5 miTurn right onto Black Bear Trail, heading N.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ryerson Access, heading N.
27. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
28. 450 ftBear left onto Ice Pond Road/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
29. 250 ftSharp right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-mountain-erskine-lookout-out-back-5-sights