25. Windham High Peak ποΈπ©
via the Escarpment Trail at Elm Ridge Parking Area, NY-23 & Cross Rd, Windham, NY 12496
Windham HP in the Northern Catskills checks in at 3,524 feet, and the hiking roundtrip distance is about 7Β½ miles with an elevation gain of β 1,750 feet. βοΈ
Itβs one of the easier π° Catskill 3500 Club peaks. The summit has 3 lookout π ledges, and I spotted 2 USGS disk benchmarks π€.
Wording on the disks includes: WINDHAM 1942 and $250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK and FOR INFORMATION WRITE TO THE DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON D.C.
Shrooms π and butterflies π¦π perched on pink flower clusters conclude the hike.
31 pics:
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4 - will I hit prospecting paydirt? βοΈ
5 - trail is appropriately blazed yellow πͺ
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8 - for MJB β€οΈ
9 - who lives in here? π
10 - a series of switchbacks brings you here πͺ§
11 - lean-to ποΈ
12 - neighboring peaks π
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15 - 2βΏα΅ lookout π
16 - vista π
17 - 3Κ³α΅ lookout π
18 - vista π
19 - 1Λ’α΅ benchmark I saw π€
20 - 2βΏα΅ benchmark I saw π€
21 - 2βΏα΅ benchmark a little closer view π€
22 - π
23 - πβπ«
24 - πβπ«
25 - πβπ«
26 - 2 π¦π¦π
27 - 1 π¦π
28 - 2 π¦π¦π
29 - 2 π¦π¦π
30 - 2 π¦π¦π
31 - 2 π¦π¦π
