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Turkey Vultures in full fall colors.
#Minnewaska #HikingLog 4

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#autumnvibes
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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#HikingLog 4.
A song of Ice and Fire
#Minnewaska. Battlement Terrace

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Snowy carriage road beneath the overhanging cliffs of Battlement Terrace, Minnewaska State Park, with footprints and bare trees under a blue winter sky. In Carriage road curving beneath the overhanging Battlement Terrace Cliffs, Minnewaska State Park, lined with trees with brilliant yellow-orange fall foliage.
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#HikingLog 4
#Minnewaska the song of blue over the fields of flame.

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At Minnewaska, a lone hiker stands on a sunlit gray cliff above a forest of rust-orange and deep green, with distant ridges fading under a wide blue sky streaked with bright clouds.
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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#Autumn forest roads in The #Catskills

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#fallvibes #fallcolors
An autumn trail leading into the forest, past a blue-blazed birch and golden foliage on a clear sunny day Sunlit autumn hillside forest with golden-orange leaves and a slope covered with ferns in the Catskills An abandoned forest road along Belle Ayre ridge, flanked by trees in fall colors with a fallen tree in a distance
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#HikingLog 3

#Catskills. Northern slopes of Belle Ayre mountain. Cathedral Glen

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Abandoned Ulster–Delaware Railroad line covered in fallen leaves and surrounded by autumn forest. Rusted rails run through a narrow cut in the hillside, surrounded by tall trees glowing in shades of yellow and orange.
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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#Abandoned since 1954 Ulster-Delaware railroad in #Catskills

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Narrow paved road curving under an old stone bridge surrounded by autumn trees with colorful leaves in shades of yellow, orange, and green.
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Where is Waldo?
The Chimney #cliff near Cascade lake

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A rock climber ascending a tall, granite cliff with visible cracks and ledges, surrounded by autumn trees
October 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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#orange and #blue.
Owls Head Mountain and Cascade #Lake in the #Adirondacks

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A winding Adirondack road curves toward the base of a small, rugged mountain bathed in autumn color beneath a dramatic evening sky streaked with pastel clouds. A calm mountain lake bordered by autumn-colored trees and steep hills under a vivid blue sky. Dried up Cascade waterfall surrounded by birch and evergreen trees with autumn leaves, leading toward a sunlit mountain slope under a clear blue sky. View of a mountain slope with exposed cliffs and fall foliage reflected in a calm lake below, under a partly cloudy sky.
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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#HikingLog 2

#Rocks and Views at the summit of Cascade Mountain in #Adirondacks

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October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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#HikingLog 2
Cascade Lake, Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain, #Adirondaks

Where the forest ends the mountain begin - the trail to Cascade's summit

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Hiker ascending the rocky upper trail to Cascade Mountain under a partly cloudy blue sky as the path turns to open stone near the summit. Expansive view from the summit of Cascade Mountain, with broad gray rock slabs in the foreground and layers of forested ridges fading into distant blue peaks under a cloudy sky
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Moss-covered rocky trail in #Catskills, somewhere around Eagle Mountain.

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A rocky forest trail weaves through moss-covered boulders and dense green forest toward a sun-lit clearing.
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Water gathering from every slope, collecting in a quiet #wetland. Flat #rocks break the surface like a faint #trail leading nowhere in particular

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Shallow wetland of Peconic Notch at the foot of a forested mountain, with flat gray stones forming a loose path across clear water. Autumn leaves and reflections shimmer around the rocks, with the slope behind glowing in fall colors.
October 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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#HikingLog 1
Twin Mountain, #Catskills

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A person with an orange backpack sits on a rocky ledge overlooking layered blue mountains and valleys covered in autumn foliage, under a hazy blue sky.
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Between golden leaves above and mossy stones and silver water below, you can breathe and #relax freely.

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A woodland stream flows gently over moss-covered rocks, framed by tall trees with golden and orange autumn leaves.
October 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Somewhat underappreciated state park in #newyork - Fahnestock State Park.

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The rolling hills of Fahnestock State Park, painted in full autumn colors
October 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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#gates to Thacher State Park climbing area. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle...

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#EastCoastKin
Wooden gate under a small timber roof labeled “Squeeze Box” at the "restricted" entry to the rock climbing area at Thacher State Park.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Diamond Notch Falls - a veil of water, moss, and stone along the Devil's Path in #Catskills.

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Diamond Notch Falls in Catskills. Thin streams of water falling over layered rock ledges covered in moss. Diamond Notch Falls ledge taken from the top. Not a tall waterfall but quiet and pretty.
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Almost Perpendicular (yes, this is the actual name) #cliff in Harriman #statepark, bushwhacking from below. Yet another fine example of Precambrian gneiss.

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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The ledges of Friday Mountain in the #Catskills. Out of all Catskills High peaks, Friday was the only difficult one. Also, one with the best views.

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Autumn forest path next to a tall cliff ledge on Friday Mountain at Catskills, lit by golden leaves overhead.
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Hiked Hunter mountain Diamond Falls loop in the Catskills. Very hazy and occasionally cloudy day.

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West Kill cascading over mossy rocks surrounded by autumn leaves. West Kill and St.Anna mountain in fall colors More West Kill Cascades flowing over rocks beneath trees with golden autumn leaves. View from a Hunter Mountain fire tower overlooking hemlock forest and distant mountains in fall colors under dramatic clouds.
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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I was not in the mood today to post, so not the prettiest one.
Looking through a #window inside the ruins of a resort on Overlook Mountain in the #Catskills

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September 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Is it #ForestFriday or #RockingTuesday? On the Shawangunks Ridge it is always both!

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#EastCoastKin
Rocky cliff ledge with scattered green pitch pines overlooking a vast valley under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Beneath the dramatic cliffs of #Minnewaska Lake, S.O.S. #triathlon swimmers power through the course.

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High white cliffs over the shore of a dark, cold lake with a group of swimmers racing across
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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There is still some water in this creek

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A shallow stream flows over flat moss-covered rock ledges, creating a small cascade into a clear pool.
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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More from yesterday's hike. Leaves just started to turn but blueberry bushes are intensely red already

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September 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM