August 16-19: Pre Irene visits to Tabletop and Colden |
Indian Falls - 1
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View from Indian Falls towards McIntryres
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Haystack from Tabletop
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Marcy & Gray from Tabletop
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Back to Indian Falls
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Turtleheads
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Pattern in water
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Indian Falls - 2 |
Iridescence |
Along Marcy Brook
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Lake Arnold |
Lichen Garden on Mt. Colden |
Marcy from Colden |
L-R: Marcy/Gray/Skylight
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Looking into Feldspar Brook
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Looking NNE from summit |
Looking NNW from summit
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Looking down into Avalanche Pass from summit
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Sedges on summit
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Lake Colden & Flowed Lands form summit |
Flag tree as we descended
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Avalanche Lake from south end
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Hitch-Up Matilda
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Trap Dyke |
Sept 12-16: Post-Irene visits to Hurricane & Avalanche Pass |
Beaver Pond en route to Hurricane
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Plank walkway around beaver pond |
Trail to Hurricane |
Lunch!
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View to west from summit |
View SW from summit
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View S from summit
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The abandoned fire tower
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Fire tower view
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Erratic and flag tree
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More plank walkway
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Alternate brook crossing en route to Marcy Dam
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Picking the way across
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Peeled off the rock
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Marcy Dam sans walkway
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Breach in dam has lowered pond level |
Old trail eroded down about 45 cm
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In Avalanche Pass
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Moose tracks - 1
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Elsewhere in Avalanche Pass
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"Fat Man's Squeeze" in Avalanche Pass
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At the bottom of a new slide in Avalanche Pass
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Avalanche Lake from the north end
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Debris field from another new slide visible at far end of Avalanche Lake |
Avalanche Mt |
Moose tracks - 2
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Avalanche Lake
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At Marcy Dam - debris from dam on both sides of brook |
Mt Colden & Avalanche Mt from remains of Marcy Dam |