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Bonticou Crag & Table Rocks, Mohonk Preserve (8/23/2006) This hike is a combination of Shawangunk hikes #5 ("Table Rocks") and #6 ("Bonticou Crag") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition). The Bonticou Crag hike is also the Hike of the Week for 5/1/2003 as described on the NY-NJ Trail Conference website. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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 Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower on Sky Top |
 Crag trail |
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 Foot of Bonticou Crag |
 Starting the brutal ascent |
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 Very difficult rock scramble |
 View south |
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 Downy woodpecker |
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 View east from Bonticou ridge |
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 Pitch pines on the ridge |
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 View north from the crag |
 Walking south to crag's edge |
 Catskills on horizon |
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 Southern tip of Bonticou Crag |
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 Fallen rock slabs |
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 Low-flying turkey vulture |
 Crag scrambling |
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 Open field on Table Rocks trail |
 View north from Table Rocks |
 Time for lunch |
 Rondout Valley & Catskills from Table Rocks |
 Exploring |
 Uh-oh. Where's Laura? |
 Crevices 105' deep |
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 Cold air between the rocks |
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 Beetles courting |
 Pear tree on Table Rocks trail |
 Monarch butterfly |
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 Japanese beetle |
 Open field on Spring Farm trail |
 "Million $ View" of Catskills |
 Ceiling of Slingerland Pavillion |
 Catskills from Slingerland Pavillion |
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 Huge weeping willow at Spring Farm |
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