Balsam 10-13
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:40 pm
So went for a hike up Balsam. The leaves were spectacular. It only took us 3 hours to make it up and around. We were going at a breakneck pace since we hadn't left NJ until 9, and didn't start hiking until 11:30. Still was nice to catch some of the fall foliage. I used my circular polarizer to make some of the duller colors pop a bit more.
The trail diversion from the stream is much improved since the last time I was here.
mine hollow
Me looking up at a hugely tall pine
This is what I was looking at
A tree swallowing its marker
Intersection with little more than 1 mile to go.
The climb comes to this slight viewpoint
From the tops of those rocks
Into the pines
snow
hanging out at the viewpoint
Summit
Then the hike back down was just tons more color
The lean-to is a leanin-too much. I would be scared to sleep in a parrallelogram
The trail diversion from the stream is much improved since the last time I was here.
mine hollow
Me looking up at a hugely tall pine
This is what I was looking at
A tree swallowing its marker
Intersection with little more than 1 mile to go.
The climb comes to this slight viewpoint
From the tops of those rocks
Into the pines
snow
hanging out at the viewpoint
Summit
Then the hike back down was just tons more color
The lean-to is a leanin-too much. I would be scared to sleep in a parrallelogram