In the afternoon we went to Kaaterskill Falls. A 260 foot waterfall in the area. Because of all the rain and flooding there was plenty of water! Amazing power standing near the bottom. There is a trail that goes to the base of the falls and another that goes to an observation deck at the top of the falls.
We went up Slide Mountain today. Much nicer weather than yesterday! Clouds and sun with no rain and temperatures around 70. The trail is well maintained. Still wet on the trails in spots today and a significant water crossing at the start of the trail. We did a loop starting on Phoenicia East and then going up Wittenburg - Cornell. On the way down we took Curtis Omsbee. This last trail started out very nice and then turned fairly rough later on. Tall grass and weeds and a long section that was really a stream. The mountain has a few lookouts in one direction. The actual summit has trees. Nice day to be out there.
There are two 4000 foot mountains in the Catskills NY. 6 hour drive from home but we are heading to Erie PA so it is pretty much on the way. We made the plans a while ago so you get what you get with weather. Yesterday and last night they had some flooding in the area. We passed a few closed roads and the rivers are way up. I got to the trailhead at 1:00 and it was light rain and mist. The trail starts with two stone entrance pillars. The trail starts along a river which was very high and then heads up like most New England trails. Straight up to the top. These trails were created before they invented switch backs. The trail was part river and part trail. Light rain pretty much the whole way to the top and then it stopped for most of the way down. Nice fire tower at the top but not a lot of views today. I went up and down on the Becker Hollow trail which is 5 miles RT. Saw one other person. It really was a nice day in many ways. Maybe 60-65 degrees and comfortable even though I was wet. Dense woods with fog and clouds drifting around.
We set out to see the Eagle, a Coast Guard tall ship, and ended up doing that and walking around the waterfront, Munjoy Hill, and the Old Port.
