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Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
View of Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain from the road to the north.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The trail sign along the road.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
An information kiosk at the trailhead.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The registration box a few steps down the trail.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A wide former logging road is your path.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Some of the local flora.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The trail is flooded by beavers.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
06/21/2018
A beaver's lodge in the middle of its constructed pond.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Crossing over a beaver dam.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Looking back over the beaver pond.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The path continues up the mountain.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A second constructed beaver pond.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A lean-to at the trail intersection.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The former ranger cabin foundation.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A view of Whiteface to the west.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A viewpoint to the south along the way.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
The trail becomes narrow and rocky as you approach the top.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Some of the local flora.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A scenic vantage-point over a rock ledge at the summit.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
06/21/2018
Peering out over the rock ledge at the summit.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
06/21/2018
The Poke-O-Moonshine Fire Tower.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Looking down at some hikers from the fire tower.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Treetops backed by some of the high peaks to the west.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Some of the high peaks to the west.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
A view across the southern Adirondacks.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
View to the north from the fire tower.
Nick Catania
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06/21/2018
Butternut Pond to the north.
Nick Catania
Photo Date:
06/21/2018
Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains to the east.