AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lamont Rock–Orange Blaze, 6 sights

6 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Lamont Rock–Orange Blaze, 6 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back near Alpine, NJ. It climbs 722 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 492 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ruckman Road 40.97647, -73.92310
Nearest town Alpine, NJ
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Lamont Rock–Orange Blaze, 6 sights

6 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 116–492 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Ruckman Road · 40.97647, -73.92310

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Ruckman Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear left onto Alternate, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftTurn left onto White, heading SE.
  14. 1.5 miTurn left onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow/White, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Blue/White Trail, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto White/Yellow Link, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading W.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate Route, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Orange Blaze, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right onto Connector, heading S.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  28. 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
  29. 400 ftTurn left onto Stoned Again, heading SW.
  30. 400 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  31. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  34. 300 ftTurn left onto Ruckman Road, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miArrive 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/lamont-rock-orange-blaze-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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