{"id":1562,"date":"2017-07-15T22:14:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T22:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2017-07-21T22:17:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T22:17:14","slug":"five-fire-tower-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"Five Fire Tower PASSPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Need an excuse to hike to a Catskill Fire Tower<\/strong>?<\/h4>\n

Besides the amazing views . . . there’s a free program that might give you extra incentive!<\/p>\n

It’s Morgan Outdoors’<\/p>\n

9th<\/sup> Annual Five Fire Tower PASSPORT<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are 3 simple steps:<\/p>\n

1. Hike to one (1) or more<\/strong> of the 5 Catskill Fire Towers between May 13 & October 9, 2017<\/p>\n

2. Enter hike details<\/strong> on your Morgan Outdoors Five Fire Tower Hikes PASSPORT (print one at bottom of page).<\/p>\n

If more than one person hiked, write their name, age & where they\u2019re from on back of Passport.<\/p>\n

3. Turn in your Passport<\/strong> at Morgan Outdoors by Monday, October 9th<\/sup>, at \u00a02:00pm, to enter the<\/p>\n

drawing for 3 great prizes:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Osprey<\/a> Daylight pack * Darn Tough Vermont<\/a> socks\u00a0 * Luci Light <\/a>solar-powered light<\/h3>\n

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HIKE DIFFICULTY:\u00a0 Hikes range from \u201ckinda\u201d easy<\/strong> to \u201cgosh darn\u201d tough.<\/strong> Red Hill is a great beginner choice.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>MAPS:\u00a0 The NY\/NJ Trail Conference<\/em> produced a special brochure for each Fire Tower, with a trail map and hiking guidelines. Available at Morgan Outdoors or online:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nynjtc.org\/map\/catskill-fire-tower-maps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MORE ABOUT THE TOWERS:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Years ago, fire observers watched over the Catskill forests from 23 towers, searching for signs of forest fires. Today, only 5 steel towers remain<\/strong> in the 1,102 square-mile Catskill Park – restored by volunteers so you can enjoy amazing views. Restorations made possible through partnership between volunteers, NYSDEC and the Catskill Center.<\/p>\n

PASSPORT:\u00a0 On weekends, some Fire Towers have volunteers at the summit or covered cans where you can get a fire tower card that proves you have been there. Get one and fill it out!\u00a0 If this is not available, simply fill out the Passport. The more fire towers you climb, the better your chances of winning a prize. Drawing on Monday, October 9, 2017.<\/p>\n

BADGES: You may earn a Catskill Fire Towers badge when you turn in your Passport \u2013 at Morgan Outdoors or by mail (our address on other side) with stamped self-addressed envelope. First 100 people to turn in Passports receive a badge (as of of July 1, 2017 there are still some left!)<\/em><\/p>\n

So what are you waiting for?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get Hiking!<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 If you need DRIVING DIRECTIONS we\u2019re happy to help.<\/p>\n

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Need an excuse to hike to a Catskill Fire Tower? Besides the amazing views . . . there’s a free program that might give you extra incentive! It’s Morgan Outdoors’ 9th Annual Five Fire Tower PASSPORT There are 3 simple steps: 1. Hike to one (1) or more of the 5 Catskill Fire Towers between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}