Good Friday Grilled Cheese Run

A 10-mile figure-8 loop around the northern reaches of the Palisades Interstate Park starting and ending at the State Line Lookout Cafe at the State Line Lookout area just south of Exit 3 of the Palisades parkway and going as far south as the Park Headquarters and the Closter Dock Trail via the "Giant Stairs" and two ascents of the 0.3-mile 540 foot Forest View Trail.

Probably 40% hiking and 60% running.

The starting and ending point: the not-yet-in-service seasonal water fountain behind the State Line Lookout Cafe at the State Line Lookout area just south of Exit 3 on the Palisades Interstate Parkway.

On the way down to the Hudson along the Shore Trail just over the New York border at the northern most point of the loop.













Further down the Shore Trail just above the falls known as Peanut Leap Cascade.












Looking back north from the low point of the Giant Stairs with the Tappen Zee Bridge (and a random hiker) in the background.











Typical sections of the Giant Stairs.



Southern end of the Giant Stairs.



















View from the Women's Monument just south of the top of the Forest View Trail ascent.














The Women's Monument.














North-bound along the Upper Shore Trail.














The End.