mountain is under increasing development pressure, but the northern part has become Schunnemunk State Park, and a small portion of the southern part forms Woodbury Park. Trails The Long Path ascends the mountain by way of High Knob, and crosses Perry Creek. When it reaches the Jessup and Highland trails it joins them to Gonzaga Park. The Highlands Trail makes use of several trails on the mountain, ascending the eastern side of the mountain along the Sweet Clover Trail, and following the more southeasterly ridge and crossing the summit by way of the Jessup Trail, which continues along the crest to the southwestern tip of the mountain, ending in Gonzaga Park. The Dark Hollow, Barton Swamp, Trestle, Western Ridge, and Otterkill trails are also located on the mountain. Fatality While Schunemunk, like many of the lesser mountains of the American East Coast, is relatively devoid of the usual mountaineering hazards, one fatality has occurred in the recent past. On May 22, 2002, a group of hikers was bushwhacking on a boulder field on the southeastern side of the mountain, above Dark Hollow Brook. Nicholas Styranovski of Astoria, NY had passed the boulder field and gone back to help some of his fellow hikers who were less steady at about noon on May 22, state police said. The field was part of a pre-existing rock slide where boulders came to rest after falling down a steeper slope, said Edward Goodell, the executive director of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, an organization that helps maintain the area's hiking paths. A large boulder came loose from above and hit Styranovski and four others, police said. The informal hiking group – known as the Wednesday Hikers – conducts weekly outings to the Appalachian Mountains and other regional hiking trails, Goodell said. As they hike they discuss their plans for the next week's hikes, he said. Although the ages and experience levels of the members vary, they are mostly retired people who are skilled hikers, he said. “They are a great group of people,” Goodell said. “They love nature and they get out there and they have had incident-free hikes for about 30 years.” The mistake these hikers made was to get spread out with some hikers significantly above others on a field of loose rock so that if a rock was knocked loose it was able to gain enough momentum to injure. Had