Buck & Assiniwikam Mountains



Buck & Assiniwikam Mountains, Norvin Green State Forest (11/25/2006)

This is a combination of the Hike of the Week for 9/11/2003 and 4/6/2004 as described on the NY-NJ Trail Conference website.
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Crossing Posts Brook


Laura prefers the log

The waterfall


Stubborn beech leaves

View East from Buck Mountain

Route 287?

Looking southeast

 

Climbing Buck Mountain

View SW from Buck Mountain

Torne Mountain directly ahead

 


De-layering


View west from Buck Mountain

Large glacial errata
 


Cairn photography



 




I see a man here

Pink blaze of the Will Monroe Loop
 


Laura loves cairns

View south

Atop Assiniwikam Mountain

 


Entire loop is open rock ledges


Wanaque Reservoir from Assiniwikam Mountain

There she goes again!
 


Turkey vulture

Lunch spot atop Assiniwikam Mountain

Killed by drought and gypsy moth infestation

 



On the Wyanokie Circular Trail


 



View of Buck Mountain

Crossing Posts Brook again

More water than this morning
 

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