Favorite Views
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:52 pm
Hello, everyone!
I'm Michael, a photographer and avid hiker from Northern New Jersey. Just last year, I discovered the Catskill Mountains. My first hike was the northeastern section of Devil's Path - Indian Head, Twin, Sugarloaf and Plateau. That was, without a doubt, the hardest hike of my life. But I fell in love with the mountains that day, and I've now done 14 of the high peaks in total (3 were in the winter).
One of the biggest joys of hiking for me is the photography, and the Catskills offer so many spectacular spots. I could spend an entire day walking a riverside and finding intimate compositions. But what surprises me even more is how many open vistas there are from/near the summits. Below are a few of my favorite higher elevation views. Please click the descriptions below each image - it will take you to the Flickr page so you can view the full size image since the forum seems to be cropping each one.
Please let me know what you think! What are you favorite lookouts/ledges?
Wittenberg from Cornell.
Morning at Buck Ridge Lookout, West Kill Mountain
Peekamoose Panorama. We also did table the same day.
The Burroughs Range from the Hunter Mountain Firetower
Cloud Inversion while climbing Wittenberg
I'm Michael, a photographer and avid hiker from Northern New Jersey. Just last year, I discovered the Catskill Mountains. My first hike was the northeastern section of Devil's Path - Indian Head, Twin, Sugarloaf and Plateau. That was, without a doubt, the hardest hike of my life. But I fell in love with the mountains that day, and I've now done 14 of the high peaks in total (3 were in the winter).
One of the biggest joys of hiking for me is the photography, and the Catskills offer so many spectacular spots. I could spend an entire day walking a riverside and finding intimate compositions. But what surprises me even more is how many open vistas there are from/near the summits. Below are a few of my favorite higher elevation views. Please click the descriptions below each image - it will take you to the Flickr page so you can view the full size image since the forum seems to be cropping each one.
Please let me know what you think! What are you favorite lookouts/ledges?
Wittenberg from Cornell.
Morning at Buck Ridge Lookout, West Kill Mountain
Peekamoose Panorama. We also did table the same day.
The Burroughs Range from the Hunter Mountain Firetower
Cloud Inversion while climbing Wittenberg