#HikingLog 26 #Pennsylvania. Ricketts Glen
At the risk of stating the obvious, the moss is wet.
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Mossy rock ledge in a damp forest during the thaw season, with dripping water falling in thin strands onto stones, wet leaves, and a slick fallen log below. Every moss-lined ledge seems alive with moisture, and the water-laden moss glows a vivid, bright green against dark rocks.
Tuscarora Falls spilling over a rock ledge, with rushing water spreading out into a wide curtain of falling water into the pool below. Wet rocks, mossy logs, and leaf-covered ground all around, everything soaked from the strong early-season flow.
Tree roots gripping a mossy, eroded bank beside a stream, with flowing water sliding past the edge and curling around rocks.
Tall trees standing around a pool of still water. Sunlight filters through the woods, and the quiet water mirrors the forest so clearly that the trees seem to stretch both upward and down into the pond.
#HikingLog 26 #Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen
8 mile lollipop loop with 20 named #waterfalls - and I don’t even know where to start. This hike is all about #water: dripping, rushing, falling, flowing, and occasionally, still
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A sunlit hillside forest with tall bare trees, scattered conifers, and a leaf-covered ground, with long shadows stretching across the slope and a faint ridge visible through the trees in the distance.
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap. Coppermine trail. Pahaquarry ravine from above
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Small waterfall dropping over a rocky ledge beneath large stacked stone blocks, with wet leaf-covered ground and mossy rocks,
Twin cascades pouring over a mossy rock ledge beneath massive stone blocks, with clear water spreading into a shallow pool surrounded by wet leaves
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap
The first #waterfall of Pahaquarry Brook, where the flat ridge top plunges into the ravine below.
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Wide view of a cascading stream spilling over layered, moss-covered rock ledges
A small waterfall cascading over mossy rocks in a forest ravine. Early spring
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap
Coppermine trail follows along Pahaquarry Brook with numerous cascades and #waterfalls
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Stone ruin wall of the Pahaquarry ore processing in a moody leafless forest, with bare trees and brush surrounding it and a large fallen tree trunk leaning diagonally across the top of the wall.
Same wall different angle
Overgrown stone ruins in a forest, with mossy walls, fallen branches and tree trunks, and bare trees crowding around.
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap.Ruins of the Pahaquarry mines ore processing factory.
The whole area has strong Blair witch project vibes.
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#RockinTuesday #EastCoadtKin
A blocked mine entrance under a rugged moss-covered cliff face, with a metal gate across the opening, leaf-covered ground in front, and dense forest rising above at the Pahaquarry Copper Mine in Delaware Water Gap.
Entrance into the Pahaquarry Copper Mine showing a narrow rocky tunnel with rust-colored mineral staining, scattered wooden planks and debris on the floor, and a dark passage receding into the distance.
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap
When you hike the Coppermine trail somewhere there is a copper mine.
#hiking #mine #abandoned
#RockinTuesday #rocks #nature #photography
#photo #outdoor #explore #outdoorphotography #eastCoastKin
Appalachian trail with large gray boulders covered in pale green lichen and patches of moss, surrounded by leafless trees under a very gloomy overcast sky.
Shrouded in fog mount Mohican viewed through bare tree branches, with dry grass and rocky ground. Gloomy morning
#HikingLog 24 #NewJersey Delaware Water Gap. The Appalachian trail-Kaiser Trail-Coppermine trail loop
I increased the distance to 7 miles. The injured achilles complained by the end, but not too loudly, and there were no next-day consequences - so I’ll keep on keeping on.
Lower Glen waterfall spills over mossy rocks into Van Campens Brook flowing through a forest ravine, with bare trees, rhododendron, and fallen logs along the banks.
#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Van Campens Brook
Lower Glen #waterfall
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Small waterfall dropping over rock ledges in a forest ravine.
A long exposure photo of a waterfall spilling through a narrow crack into a calm, dark pool, surrounded by a forest of bare trees and evergreen bushes
#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Van Campens Brook, Upper Glen #Waterfalls
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#landscapephotography
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#longexposure
Narrow waterfall cascading through a moss-covered rocky channel beside a rock wall, with fallen logs and ferns overhead in a forest ravine.
Water rushing through a narrow, moss-lined forest ravine, with fallen trees spanning the channel overhead.
#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap.
Van Campens Brook narrows into a deep stone channel, quickening just before plunging over Upper Glen #waterfalls.
#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #forest #creek #rushingwater
#EastCoastKin #longexposure #water
Small waterfall rushing through a narrow rocky channel in a mossy forest, framed by a tree trunk and overhanging rhododendron branches.
#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Van Campens Brook
#hiking #photography #forest #hikingphotography #nature #creek #longexposure #explore #outdoors #stream #EastCoastKin
A shallow stream curves past mossy rocks in a quiet forest, with fallen leaves, bare trees, and a low stone wall along the bank.
Van Campens Brook flows over mossy rocks and small ledges beneath tall trees, with fallen branches crossing the water and patches of green moss.
A porcupine curls in a dense tangle of branches high in a tree. Three hours later on my way back it was still there
Brink Road, an old paved road now overtaken by moss, runs uphill through a bare forest
#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware Water Gap. Van Campens Brook.
Slowly increasing distances. Beautiful creek in a scenic gorge, two waterfalls, several smaller cascades. A very lazy porcupine.
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A smaller cascade threads through mossy boulders in a steep rocky ravine, with a larger waterfall partly visible in the background beneath a fallen tree.
#HikingLog 22 #Pennsylvania Delaware water gap.
Another angle on Tumbling Waters.
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Lower Tumbling waters - a multilevel waterfall cascades through a rocky forested ravine, spilling over boulders into a stream filled with branches and fallen trees.
A multilevel waterfall rushes through a narrow rocky gorge, framed by mossy boulders, fallen logs, and bare trees
#HikingLog 22 #Pennsylvania Delaware water gap.
Finally I reached the main attraction - Tumbling water, Lower Cascade.
#waterfallWednesday
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A narrow forest trail through an area of heavy storm damage, with numerous cut logs and fallen trees piled along both sides of the path.
#HikingLog 22 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap.
A 2018 winter storm brought down dozens of trees across the Elfin Gorge trail to Tumbling Waters. Thanks to the crews who cleared it!
#hiking #TrailTexture #ThickTrunkTuesday #HikingPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin #trail #forest #nature
A rocky forest stream rushes through a narrow gorge beneath a fallen tree trunk, with moss-covered boulders, steep rock walls, and leafless trees rising on both sides
#HikingLog 22 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap.
Tumbling Waters is just a short hop south of Dingmans Falls. The waterfall is powerful, but this shot is all about #rocks and #trees
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Dingmans creek rushes past rocks through a leafless forest, with patches of snow lining the banks. The spring is comming
Another long exposure shot of Dingmans creek surging through a wooded ravine, sunlight glinting off the rushing water while bare trees and patches of snow line the banks.
A wet two-lane road toward Dingmans Falls is blocked by barricades and warning signs, including a large sign reading “BRIDGE OUT,” with snow piled along the sides. They were not kidding. The bridge is gone
A rushing mountain stream flows over mossy rocks and fallen logs in a wooded ravine, with patches of snow scattered along the banks.
#HikingLog 22 #Pennsylvania Delaware Water Gap
A series of short hops to scout future trips. The main goal was Dingmans Falls, but the bridge was no more. All creeks are in full force and especially beautiful right now
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#HikingLog 21 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Hornbeck creek.
Upper Hornbeck falls.
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A small waterfall spills over dark rock into a calm pool in a forested ravine. Patches of snow cling to the rocks and banks.
#HikingLog 21 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Hornbeck creek.
Lower Indian Ladder Falls
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A large, weathered tree with a split, hollowed trunk and exposed twisted roots stands in a snowy forest
#HikingLog 21 #Pennsylvania. Delaware Water Gap. Hornbeck creek.
Split and weathered but still standing.
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Hornbeck creek winds through a rocky, forested ravine, with patches of snow and ice along the banks. A mossy, leaning tree and ferns cling to the rock wall on the right.
Higher in the mountains Hornbeck creek runs through a dense forested ravine. Fallen logs and tangled branches cross over the channel. Here it is fast, very fast
Just a bit lower the ravine opens up and Hornbeck creek becomes a lazy forest stream winding through a leafless winter forest.
#HikingLog 21 #Pennsylvania. Delaware water gap. Hornbeck creek
Another short hike to two waterfalls.
#hiking #winter #creek #forest #photography #EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday #landscapephotography
#HikingLog 20 #Pennsylvania. Delaware Water Gap. Tumbling waters
Trailhead: Pocono Environmental Center
Distance: 4 miles
Ascent: ~500 ft
Highlights: Tumbling waters #waterfalls
#waterfallWednesday #hiking
#winter #photography #EastCoastKin
Black-and-white photo of several fallen tree trunks and tangled bare branches lying across snow and thin ice at the edge of a frozen pond near Pocono Environmental Education center
A wooded hillside near waterfalls, with patches of snow on the ground and a large rounded boulder resting among mossy rocks and tree trunks.
A view from the top of the waterfalls. Low cloud before the snowfall and hills far on New Jersey side of Delaware river
#HikingLog 20 #Pennsylvania. Delaware Water Gap. Tumbling waters
Short loop from Pocono Environmental Center to the waterfall and back. Fairly easy hike if not for a very slippery snow.
#hiking #winter #photography #EastCoastKin #blackandWhite
#RockinTuesday
A frozen lake with pine trees on a small island casting long shadows, and sunlight peeking through bare branches under a partly cloudy blue sky.
#HikingLog 19 New Jersey. Pyramid mountain
Taylortown reservoir, still frozen.
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#landscapephotography
#naturephotography
#photography #eastCoastKin
#bluesky
Tripod Rock at the Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area. A large rectangular boulder balanced on several smaller rocks, in a leafless winter forest with snow-covered ground and a clear blue sky
Tripod Rock at the Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area. Another view
#HikingLog 19 New Jersey. Pyramid mountain
Trailhead: Visitor center
Distance: 5.7 miles
Ascent: 647 ft
Highlights: A view from Pyramid Mountain. Many glacial erratics.
Tripod Rock.
#hiking #NewJersey #rocks #RockinTuesday #erratics #nature #photography #EastCoastKin
Snow-covered large dark boulders in the foreground, leafless trees and a tall steel power-line transmission tower rising into a clear blue sky with cables stretching overhead. Very common sight in the Northern New Jersey
A rocky cliff face in winter with patches of snow and brown leaf litter, where long clear icicles hang from a small frozen seep.
A winter hillside in a leafless forest with snow covering the ground and an exposed rock ledge running across the slope
A snowy forest slope scattered with large gray boulders and exposed rock slabs. Gneiss of Pyramid mountain in New Jersey
#HikingLog 19 New Jersey. Pyramid mountain
Winter hike in a popular park in Morris county. A fair number of people last Saturday. Easy hike in old, flattened by glacier hills. Erratics everywhere. Precambrian Gneiss.
#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #hiking #winter #photography #EastCoastKin
Snowy Delaware river valley seen from mount Minsi, with a partially frozen river winding past a stone arch bridge and a curving road toward distant forested hills; an industrial plant with tall smokestacks sits near the river in the mid-distance.
#HikingLog 18 Delaware Water Gap. Mount Minsi
Winter. Delaware river valley from Mount Minsi
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#landscapephotography
#explore #outdoors #frozen
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Snow-covered Appalachian trail winds uphill through a winter forest. Leafless trees rise against a clear blue sky, and dense thicket of mountain laurel with long, drooping leaves line both sides of the path
Framed by pine branches winter view of Mount Tammany: a snow-dusted mountain ridge with a rocky face rises in the distance beneath a clear, bright blue sky.
#HikingLog 18
Delaware Water Gap. Mount Minsi
Trailhead: Lenape lake TH
Distance: 5.4 miles
Ascent: 1036 ft
Highlights: panoramic views of Delaware river valley and Tammany Mount. Caledonia Creek and waterfalls
#hiking #Pennsylvania #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin #nature #winter
A winter view from the Appalachian Trail overlooking Mount Tammany and the Delaware River. Snow blankets the rocky foreground ledge and the narrow trail edge, while the partially frozen river curves through the valley below. Forested hills rise steeply on both sides, their slopes dusted with snow under a clear blue sky. At the time my thermometer showed 9F(-12C).
A snowy forest hillside with tall, leafless trees casting long shadows across the white ground. Through the trunks you can see a distant snow-dusted mount Tammany.
#HikingLog 18. Delaware Water Gap. Mount Minsi
A winter hike on a typically crowded section of the Appalachian Trail. Cold, weather kept most people away.
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