Giant's Ledge

Hiked up to Giant's Ledge today with some nice folks from the Meetup.com group Ulster County Outdoors.  Typical Catskill's hike, mostly uphill one way and downhill the other with a rocky trail.  The views from Giant's Ledge were well worth it, however.

Here's a panorama from the ledges - one of the best views in the Catskills.  Nice cirque (bowl-shaped depression carved by glaciers during the last ice age) over by Wittenberg and Cornell on the right side of the panorama.  Click here for a big version.

Also quite a few wildflowers along the trail.

 

Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) & White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

 

 

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) & Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)

 

I should write about nearby Panther Mountain, site of a possible ancient meteorite crater, but it will have to wait for another day.