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Those pink flowers just look like mountain laurel blooms? It's kind of tough to tell cause it's blurry. But it looks like they're growing on a bush rather than growing close to the ground like "Lapland Rosebay" does.

Nice trip report! That tree in the first picture is a tamarack (larch) I believe. It's a coniferous tree that loses its needles in the winter. :confused:

Yeah, it was lots of fun. An adventure I won't forget.

Oh yeah. Some very nice views. Unfortunately I've never gotten any pictures from the Devil's Path. When I backpacked it last summer, my batteries died two pictures in and this time around I was too concerned about weight to bring a camera. Next time. :eek:

Let me preface by saying what a hike! The only other Catskills hike that I believe may be more difficult is the BLM-Graham-Doubletop-Big Indian-Eagle-Balsam traverse I did last fall with Ralph and my buddy Jeff. A friend of mine from another hiking site posted a challenge that I could not...

The only mushrooms I trust myself identifying is chicken of the woods. There's no mistaking it for anything else, really. Puffballs seem like they'd be easy to identify but I haven't seen any around here.

Here in NJ we don't really have wild strawberries or wood sorrel. Just got back from New Hampshire last night and I picked my first Indian cucumber root on my way down the Tripyramids. Very crispy. I've tried sorrel in the Catskills but they just taste like the clovers that grow on my front...

Wow, looks like you had a great time not doing a Carter-Moriah-Wildcat traverse! :p Just kidding! Looks like you had quite an awesome trek. When I told my buddy that you were doing a Pemi loop in a day instead, he was quite humbled.

Oh yeah. Should be fun. We're gonna backpack it! :D

The ringmaster? :confused::confused:

Hey all, Every summer, I love to observe the abundance of wild edibles along the trails. Maybe it's the Swede in me but I always find myself nibbling on all sorts of berries while hiking. This year I've found so far: blueberries, huckleberries, wineberries, red raspberries, black raspberries...

Hey all, My buddy and I are headed up to NH this weekend and we're looking to do the Wildcats-Carter-Moriah traverse as a day hike. Our original plan was to do it as a backpack but we're hoping to do it as a day hike if we can set up a car spot. Saturday or Sunday is fine.

Ugh. If only you had decided to go a few days earlier, I totally would have gone to Maine. I'm leaving for NH on the 24th and heading back on the 28th. Although...my buddy and I are still undecided as to what we're going to do on Monday or Tuesday so if you're willing to throw in Old Speck...

Nice trek. Good pictures too. I'm so tempted to do the Wildcats-Carter-Moriah traverse as a day hike in a few weeks but I think I've submitted to doing it as a backpack since I have no reliable shuttle. :(

It's also a wildlife management area in Rhode Island. :)

Err...sorry, I may have forgotten to mention that I'm doing the Wildcats also. So basically I'm looking to do the whole Carter-Moriah range on day 1 and then do the Wildcats on day 2.

Hey all, I'm doing a two-day Carter-Moriah backpack towards the end of July and I need some advice. We're thinking of doing a north-south traverse and then catching the shuttle at Pinkham Notch back to Gorham. So I'm looking to get a good portion of the traverse out of the way on day 1 (say...

Yeah, I have a LOT more pictures but I only posted my favorites/the ones that came out. It's always disappointing when you set up a shot thinking it's going to be great and then when you load it onto the computer it looks awful. :o

Yeah, everyone was surprised too when I magically pulled out a completely full flask of rum on the very last day! :D

Oh yeah, definitely fun times. The weather was quite varied too. Hot sun and clear skies to cool rain and fog.