This is hike #35 ("Mount Minsi") from the book
50 Hikes in Eastern Pennsylvania (4th edition), with a few extra spurs thrown in for good measure.
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AT trail head off Mountain Road |
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Lake Lenape |
Cormorant chides a mallard |
Mallard chides back |
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Glimpse of Mt. Tammany in NJ |
AT packed with rhododendrons |
Very rocky in places |
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Route 80 through the trees |
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Hiking the ridge |
Lovely lichen on rocks |
And trees |
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Eureka Creek |
Its tiny falls |
View of gap off AT |
View east |
View north |
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Fall foliage |
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AT continues to climb Minsi |
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Rugged ridge |
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More rhododendrons |
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View of Mt. Tammany in NJ |
Tammany |
Close-up of Tammany |
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AT survey marker at Minsi's peak |
Taking the fire road back |
Beautiful foliage |
Lots of leaf drop |
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Ruins near Lake Lettini |
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Near Lake Lettini, now a swamp |
Back to Lake Lenape |
Tree mushrooms |
Lilypads on Lenape |
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