Tag Archives: Catskills Fall

Daily Catskills: 11/07/16

36F at 8.30am with clear skies and warm in the sun. 55F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 8.40am

© J.N. Urbanski 8.40am

Daily Catskills: 10/29/16

55F by noon, overcast, gusty and humid. 60F by mid-afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 2.50pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.50pm

Daily Catskills: 10/25/16

41F by mid-afternoon and windy with rolling cloud.

© J.N. Urbanski 4.40pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.40pm

Daily Catskills: 10/24/16

48F by noon and overcast with high winds.

© J.N. Urbanski 3.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 3.30pm

Daily Catskills: 10/21/16

An overcast morning, with sunshine emerging midday. 70F by mid-afternoon with rolling cloud.

© J.N. Urbanski 3.40pm

© J.N. Urbanski 3.40pm

Daily Catskills: 10/20/16

70F by mid-afternoon and overcast with lunch-time rain.

© J.N. Urbanski 4.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4.30pm

Daily Catskills: 10/19/16

64F at 8.30am, warm, cloudy and wet after overnight rain.

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

Daily Catskills: 10/18/16

70F by 8.30am, rising to 80F by mid-afternoon. Strong warm breeze filling the air with multi-colored confetti.

© J.N. Urbanski 1.10pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1.10pm

Daily Catskills: 10/17/16

57F at 8.30am and humid with moody skies. Update: 70F by mid-afternoon with periods of sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

Daily Catskills: 10/12/16

67F by mid-afternoon with mostly sunny skies.

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

Daily Catskills: 10/10/16

55F by 3pm with clear skies and a cool breeze.

© J.N. Urbanski 3.45pm

© J.N. Urbanski 3.45pm

Daily Catskills: 12/21/15

35˚F at 8am with a shimmering cloud cover this morning that had dulled by the afternoon. Today is the last day of Autumn and the eve of the Winter Solstice, which is officially the first day of winter (tomorrow). Tomorrow morning we will have a new winter sun. The northern hemisphere of the earth will be pointed the farthest away from the sun at 23.5˚ tonight and tomorrow will begin its slow return towards it until the June Solstice of 2015. The ancient tradition of Yule will begin tomorrow with the Solstice and will end on January 1st, 2016.

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

Daily Catskills: 12/20/15

Only 31F at 2pm, with most of yesterday’s snow melting, except parts that were in the shade. Clear skies all afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

 

The Catskill 35: Indian Head Mountain

© J.N. Urbanski

© J.N. Urbanski

It’s difficult to decide what was more remarkable about a hike up Indian Head Mountain during hunting season. Would it be the periodic burst of gunfire from the local sportsman’s club every few hundred yards of my 13th peak over 3500 feet, like distant, anonymous cheerleaders? Perhaps it was the burly, camouflaged hunters strolling nonchalantly around the parking area, with loaded weapons over their shoulders, incongruously set against our hippy neighbors in their tie-dye. Possibly it was the roadside pile of dead deer we passed on the journey, but I think it was actually the unseasonal weather: t-shirt warm and humid at 55F by 10am on December 13th. I had no mobile phone service at lunchtime, so I could not tell what exactly the temperature was, but it felt like at least 60F. We’ve had a smattering of snow this year, but thus far that has been all. Last year was a strikingly different story as you can see here from our Daily Catskills picture of the same day. The lower parts of the trail to the summit and back down were wet and there were frequent stream crossings, but they were very low.

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Daily Catskills: 12/04/15

A morning layer of overnight snow had melted by by mid-afternoon. Overcast and 40F by 3pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm

Daily Catskills: 12/03/15

35F at 8.30am and overcast with snow flurries beginning mid-morning, taking break for lunch and then continuing throughout the afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

Daily Catskills: 11/30/15

25F at 8.30am and bitter, with the landscape coated in a layer of grey frost evaporating in the sun. Clear skies save for a distant cloud of fog hugging a far off mountain. 34F by noon.

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

© J.N. Urbanski 10am