WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST
Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, Ulster County surely is a blast from the past. It’s the last of the 19th century mountain houses that were once popular throughout the Catskills (and Shawangunks). The Shawangunk Ridge was “the mountain” that I grew up looking at. It’s one of the most unique areas in New York State between the crazy rock formations and pyrogenic (fire-dependent) vegetation like dwarf pitch pine and lowbush blueberry. In any case, brought my kids through the “lemon-squeeze” which is a crack in the mountain with tight-spaces and ladders meandering its way to New York State’s one and only historical stone fire tower.
May the Forest Be with You,
Ryan Trapani
Director of Forest Services
Catskill Forest Association