Bellvale Mountain



Bellvale Mountain, Appalachian Trail (5/26/2007)

This out-and-back is half of the shuttle hike featured in the Hike of the Week for 5/25/2007 from the NYNJTC site. Photos from the second part of this hike (Indian Park to Greenwood Lake Marina) can be found here.
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We're heading for Georgia

Man-made boundary walls

Narrow trail on Mt. Peter

Beautiful natural wall


Looking north

Toad

Woodpecker hotel

Makeshift shelter

 

Viewpoint atop Village Vista trail

View NE

Steep drop

View east of Greenwood Lake village
 


View SE

View east

Cairn

Caterpillars on cairn
 


First view of Greenwood Lake



 



Tricky descent

A breather

 


Fire damage

Brook bed

Lots of pines on this part

 


Glowing ferns

Another cairn

Lots of ups and downs

 


Cairn atop Bellvale Mountain



Cricket
 


Greenwood Lake looking south

Fox Island in Greenwood Lake

Interesting spider

Lovely geology
 


Ladder helps a very steep descent



Big rat snake on path
 





The photographer is nuts
 


Buddha on Bellvale Mountain


A happy AT

Mushrooms
 



Boat on Greenwood Lake


 




View west on Bellvale Mountain

 

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