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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 16h

Porter Mountain in the #Adirondacks is slightly lower and less popular than Cascade. Giant Mountain(the first photo) has completely captured my imagination. I have to climb it, and soon!

#hiking #hikingphotography #nature #ADK #landscape #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #scapes

View from Porter Mountain through green branches and bare trees toward Giant Mountain in the Adirondacks, its rugged slopes visible under a cloudy, silver-blue sky.

A view toward Porter mountain summit from an overlook on mountain slope

A group of hikers test at the summit of Porter Mountain under a slightly cloudy blue sky

View from the slope of Porter Mountain in the Adirondacks, showing a large granite outcrop in the foreground and a few tall spruce trees rising against layers of blue-green mountain ridges

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 1d

#Waterfalls are rare these days: another I visited Sunday dried up. Here’s a #winter shot of Ashley Falls in the #Catskills.

#WaterfallWednesday #hiking #hikingphotography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #scenery #landscapephotography
#stateparks #ProtectOurParks
#EastCoastKin

A partially frozen Ashley waterfall cascades over a rocky ledge in the #Catskills surrounded by icicles and patches of thick white ice. Moss and hemlock trees frame the top of the falls.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 2d

#HikingLog 2

#Rocks and Views at the summit of Cascade Mountain in #Adirondacks

#RockinTuesday #ADK #hiking #hikingNewYork #photography #landscape #landscapephotography
#hikingphotography #nature
#naturephotography #EastCoastKin #stateparks
#ProtectOurParks
#PhotographersUnited

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 2d

This is my first time and I will definitely be back!

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 2d

#HikingLog 2
Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain

Trailhead: Road 73
Distance: ~6 miles
Elevation: ~2200 ft
Highlights: Panoramic View of High Peak Wilderness and nearby Valleys
Note: On weekends the crowds are something else. Conga line on Cascade's summit. Do Porter First

#MountainMonday

Rocky summit of Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks, with tiny hikers visible under cloudy blue skies.

The conga line of hikers approaching the summit of Cascade Mountain. Taken from the nearby summit of Porter Mountain.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 3d

#HikingLog 2
Cascade Lake, Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain, #Adirondaks

Where the forest ends the mountain begin - the trail to Cascade's summit

#hiking #hikingnewyork #ADK #hikingphotography #nature #TrailTextures #landscapephotography #hikingNewYork #iLoveNY #EastCoastKin #MountainMonday

Hiker ascending the rocky upper trail to Cascade Mountain under a partly cloudy blue sky as the path turns to open stone near the summit.

Expansive view from the summit of Cascade Mountain, with broad gray rock slabs in the foreground and layers of forested ridges fading into distant blue peaks under a cloudy sky

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! As long as you don't touch it 😂

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Even poison ivy can #glow in the right light.

#nature #naturephotography
#tree #vines #autumn #orange
#forest #longisland
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#EastCoastKin #newyork
#BlueSkyArtShow

A tree trunk covered with a vine of poison ivy leaves turning bright yellow, orange, and red. Poison ivy changes color one of the first in my area

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Soft #glow guides the way to calm waters.

#Turku #Archipelago #Finland
#sunset #sea #calm #seascape #EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#BlueSkyArtShow #nature

A sunset over a narrow channel with glowing red navigation markers and a beacon tower reflecting on the water.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 6d

Moss-covered rocky trail in #Catskills, somewhere around Eagle Mountain.

#landscape #nature #forest
#hiking #hikingnewyork
#landscapephotography
#naturephotography #ForestFriday #scape #treescape #moss #scenery

A rocky forest trail weaves through moss-covered boulders and dense green forest toward a sun-lit clearing.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

New York fashion week — the morning after.

#city #streetphotography
#UrbanGaze #street
#streetscene #newyork #NYC
#blackandwhite
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#EastCoastKin

Several upside-down mannequin legs and torsos on a city sidewalk beside garbage bags and cardboard boxes.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

The last open sign before the end of the world

#UrbanGaze #storm #sky #clouds #cloudscape #LightAndShadows #rain #EastCoastKin #newyork #moody

Evening storm rolling in — a wall of clouds meeting the glow of streetlights.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

Hidden #waterfall in #Minnewaska cascades over mossy ledges.

#waterfallWednesday #landscape #nature
#landscapephotography
#naturephotography
#forest #stateparks
#ProtectOurParks #EastCoastKin #winter
#TrailTextures

A small untrailed waterfall in Minnewaska flowing over rocky ledges, surrounded by leafless trees and patches of ice in bright winter sunlight

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 8d

#Shadow and #light vie for supremacy in Pecoy Notch - hemlocks holding the dark, birches gathering the sun. Between them, a small #waterfall reflects their contest.

#WaterfallWednesday
#HikingLog #Catskills #TwinMountain
#hiking #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#EastCoastKin

Small waterfall flowing over mossy rock into a pool scattered with autumn leaves. The surrounding forest shifts from dark hemlock shade to bright birch canopy glowing with fall color.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 9d

How does it not fall? 👀

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 9d

Water gathering from every slope, collecting in a quiet #wetland. Flat #rocks break the surface like a faint #trail leading nowhere in particular

#RockinTuesday #HikingLog #Catskills #hikingnewyork
#hikingphotography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#EastCoastKin #scenic

Shallow wetland of Peconic Notch at the foot of a forested mountain, with flat gray stones forming a loose path across clear water. Autumn leaves and reflections shimmer around the rocks, with the slope behind glowing in fall colors.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 10d

Pecoy Notch is a land of forgotten bluestone quarries, stacked slabs and silent walls. "Catskill chairs" - a throne of rock, weathered and waiting.

#HikingLog #Catskills #TwinMountain
#hiking #hikingphotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #quarry #BlueSky
#MountainMonday #EastCoastKin

A person wearing a bandana and holding a trekking pole stone chair built from flat bluestone slabs with Catskills mountains in the background.

A person with an orange backpack stands on stacked bluestone slabs overlooking a valley of autumn-colored forest. A district shape of Kaaterskill High Peak rises in the distance under a bright blue sky.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 11d

Twin Mountain
Trailhead: Roaring kill (not much roaring - too dry)
Distance: ~8.5 miles
Elevation gain: ~1,900 ft
Highlights: Twin’s two summits, sweeping views in fall color
Notes: Devil's Path is steep and scrambly - you got to work for these views.

Expansive mountain landscape with rolling forested hills fading into distant blue ridges, with hemlocks and autumn-colored shrubs in the foreground.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 11d

#HikingLog 1
Twin Mountain, #Catskills

#hiking #hikingphotography #hikingadventure #nature #naturephotography #hikingNewYork #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #fall #orange #blue #TwinMountain

A person with an orange backpack sits on a rocky ledge overlooking layered blue mountains and valleys covered in autumn foliage, under a hazy blue sky.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 11d

I’m going to try something different. Since I hike every week, I might as well post these hikes as weekly logs. Over the next year, I’ll be revisiting the Catskills High Peaks, this time with my son. This is roughly the area we will be covering

The map of my Catskills and Shawangunks hikes

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 12d

It's the Delaware river - definitely no gators there. There are occasional water snakes 😀

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 12d

Just another totally normal way to #relax at the beach.

#photography #PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #HumansOfBlueSky #river #beach #nature #gymnastics #outdoors

A one-handed cartwheel by the Delaware river - because who relaxes by just sitting still?

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