Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth With her eye for the

With her eye for the unusual

The Catskill Mountain House and the World Around explores the following topics:

Forward: Karl Beard

along the banks of the Hudson River

Throughout the Hudson Valley

Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth With her eye for thePhotographs by Nora Scarlett Photographer Nora Scarlett hiked, climbed, scrambled and bushwhacked throughout the Shawangunk Mountains for over ten years to create this visual story of a region she so loves her own big backyard a diverse area of glaciated slabs dotted with gnarled pitch pines, dark hemlock groves, striking cliff faces, deep crevasses, mossy swamps and sparking blue lakes. She quested for iconic ridge views under dramatic conditions as