Yep...that qualifies...

[Ldub]

I just noticed it's now colder in PA than it is in Fargo. Won't last long. Should be above freezing with some actual real sunshine on Thursday. Bummer, I'm hiking in the Catskill Mountains that day and I'd rather temps no higher than 20 so I don't sweat so much on the uphill death march. I guess I'll just dress lite.









Mark Griffin

01-13-10, O60O...temp same-same. Enjoy your hike...

Like the spelunking smiley...

Zeus & Tom...play nice.........

[deermagnet]

Enjoy your hike...

Well, I got in a great hike today in the Catskills. I chose Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain. I was only up there once before in the summer. It's a nice 6.6 mile round-trip, not too hard, but I still feel it at the end of the day. It was a spectacular, clear, dead calm day. I barebooted the first 0.75 miles and then had to go with snowshoes the rest of the day. I finished in 5:29 with a total ascent of 1952'. 1:49 ascending, 1:17 descending, and 2:23 on flat terrain or stopped. I took 115 photos (30 MB).
As usual on the weekdays, I didn't see another hiker.

Click an image for a larger photo.

Topo map and altitude chart-


From Giant Ledge-


My next stop, Panther Mtn.-


The trail up on Panther-


From the Panther Mtn. summit-



I messed around with my cam delay
to get a few shots of myself-


My hiking page- www.kaatskills.com

Mark Griffin