I met up with my friend Caroline for a light stroll in the Catskills. We originally planned to do Wittenburg, but our progressively later and later meeting time didn't allow for such an ambitious hike.
Recently I've been to Mt Tremper, but both times were in the dark and fog during trail runs for Manitou's Revenge. It's probably been ten years since I've been to the summit to actually enjoy the views.
It was almost 3pm by the time we got going. We walked up quite briskly arriving to the summit in a little over an hour. We had some lunch on the summit and mostly talked about our future plans career-wise. We were greeted by one of the largest Catskill snakes I've seen.
Much of the past week's humidity cleared which made the views from the tower quite nice. We were quite surprised at how low the Ashokan Resevoir's water level was. Although quite dry recently, this Spring we have received an enormous amount of rain. Tremper provided some wonderful views of Wittenburg and Slide and the rest of the Central Catskills. A great day to be out and my first real hike since winter.
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| Wittenburg and Slide |
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| The descent is much more enjoyable to walk than run. Though Caroline may disagree. |
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| Some pines along the way |
