Chris (FreezeFrame) and I met up in Schenectady and headed down to the Catskills for a "winter" hike of Panther Mtn. We arrived at the Giant Ledge TH and headed up the trail, it was chilly but was warming up with the sun. We made it fairly quickly up to Giant Ledge and enjoyed the views...
The day was warm and we were enjoying the springlike weather, not knowing the second hike of the day would be much different. We put microskpikes on to climb Panther Mtn because there was some icy patches along the way...
We continued up the trail and reached the summit where we ate and enjoyed the view...
We headed back down enjoying the warm sunny weather back across the Ledge and to the car.
We made such good time on the hike we decided to drive up the road a few miles and hike Slide Mtn.
The sky was starting to fill up with clouds as we ascended the wide path up the mountain. We made it up to the first overlook just as a storm was blowing in...
By the time we reached the summit it had started to snow, I showed Chris the Burroughs Plaque and then we ate a snack and geared up for the winter weather...
It snowed off and on back down to the car. 2 different seasons in 1 hike, a great day to be out in the woods!
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