Schunemunk Mountain (4/15/2006) This is Western Hudson Hike #18 ("High Knob and Schunemunk Mountain") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition). (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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Under railroad trestle |
Norfolk Southern tracks |
Long Path blaze |
Schunemunk in fog |
Schunemunk looms |
Climb to Little Knob |
Southern view from Little Knob |
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Climb to High Knob |
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New Woodbury development |
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Eastern view from High Knob |
View southeast |
View northeast |
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Moth |
Eye-level scrub oak |
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View of High Knob |
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On Schunemunk ridge |
View west from ridge |
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NE jaunt along ridge |
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Cairns mark the path |
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Three glacial errata |
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Schunemunk's 1664' peak |
Old site of fire tower |
Sign for megaliths |
Path to megaliths |
View northwest |
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Laura at edge of megaliths |
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Cairns galore! |
View east |
Distant towers at Jessup trail |
Through a lemon squeezer |
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View north from High Knob |
NE from High Knob |
Woodbury |
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Still building |
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Local quarry |
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