1.3 160 8:45 AM. Official start of the Long Path – Fort Lee, NJ – Michael Moschitta, Nathan Echols, Lynn Groves, Ruth Kassanga, Russ Cannizzaro, Cindy Jay, Elisabeth Wiedmann. This group including myself started this project that I am leading for AMC. The weather this day was cloudy and in the 30s. Further north on the hike we experienced about a 6 inch to one foot snow cover with some icy spots.