Fire Towers

Adirondack region communities, politics, news, events, happenings.

Moderators: Brenda, Kelly, backpacker

Post Reply
User avatar
backpacker
Board Expert
Board Expert
Posts: 881
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:16 am
Camera Model: Nikon D90, D40x, Lenses Nikor 12-24, 18-105 vr, 18-135, 70-300 vr, sigma 150-5oo os
Location: Oriskany Falls

hobkyl wrote:Awesome photos!
Thanks :D
The Mountains are Calling and I must Go John Muir
my flickr gallery
46er interview
User avatar
hobkyl
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2671
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:55 am
Camera Model: Pentax K30
Location: Victor, NY

Is that you climbing the ice? Where is it?
“There’s an inconsequentiality to our lives that living in the wilderness shows up. Mountain are real, they set their limits, they set ours. They expose us, make us vulnerable and strong at the same time. “
--Alison Wat




Flickr Facebook
User avatar
hobkyl
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2671
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:55 am
Camera Model: Pentax K30
Location: Victor, NY

Is that you climbing the ice? Where is it?
“There’s an inconsequentiality to our lives that living in the wilderness shows up. Mountain are real, they set their limits, they set ours. They expose us, make us vulnerable and strong at the same time. “
--Alison Wat




Flickr Facebook
User avatar
backpacker
Board Expert
Board Expert
Posts: 881
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:16 am
Camera Model: Nikon D90, D40x, Lenses Nikor 12-24, 18-105 vr, 18-135, 70-300 vr, sigma 150-5oo os
Location: Oriskany Falls

Nope not me climbing the ice. The location is Poke-O-Moonshine campground about 20 miles south of Plattsburg on route 9.
It is a well known rock climbing area with over 180 routes up the rock face.
The Mountains are Calling and I must Go John Muir
my flickr gallery
46er interview
User avatar
Matt
President
President
Posts: 13374
Joined: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:01 pm
Camera Model: Olympus OMD EM-1 m1, m2; Panasonic GM5, Osmo Pocket
Location: Rochester, NY
Contact:

great set of photos with magnificent shades of blue :up:
User avatar
backpacker
Board Expert
Board Expert
Posts: 881
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:16 am
Camera Model: Nikon D90, D40x, Lenses Nikor 12-24, 18-105 vr, 18-135, 70-300 vr, sigma 150-5oo os
Location: Oriskany Falls

Thanks Matt,
no filters this time. If I remember I'll put on a CP but not on this trip.
The Mountains are Calling and I must Go John Muir
my flickr gallery
46er interview
User avatar
backpacker
Board Expert
Board Expert
Posts: 881
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:16 am
Camera Model: Nikon D90, D40x, Lenses Nikor 12-24, 18-105 vr, 18-135, 70-300 vr, sigma 150-5oo os
Location: Oriskany Falls

Kane Fire Tower
This tower is well visited in the summer time due to the campsites nearby. The tower was staffed until 1990. The tower and cabin was restored starting in 1995. As you can see the cabin is now a mess, the door is busted off and people (most likely kids) have painted their hands and names all over the walls inside and out. The summit elevation is 2180 feet, I used the south trail which hasa an elevation gain of 580 feet in 7 tenths of a mile.

Observer’s cabin
Image

The tower
Image

The view South
Image

Wide view with cabin
Image

The view North East
Image

The view West
Image

Outside of cabin
Image

Inside of cabin
Image
The Mountains are Calling and I must Go John Muir
my flickr gallery
46er interview
User avatar
backpacker
Board Expert
Board Expert
Posts: 881
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:16 am
Camera Model: Nikon D90, D40x, Lenses Nikor 12-24, 18-105 vr, 18-135, 70-300 vr, sigma 150-5oo os
Location: Oriskany Falls

Woodhull Fire Tower
Located in the Black River Wild Forest lands near McKeever it's a 15.2 mile round trip with only 812 feet elevation change. The first 5 miles can be done on mountain bike or cross country skis depending on the season. We did the bike, note never ride a mountain bike for 11 miles when you haven’t been on a bike in over 20 years. The trail follows an old logging road and passes some old logging camp sites (now fields), it ends at a creek crossing and the hike begins. An easy climb with some good view awaits you on the summit. The tower was built in 1916, the ranger cabin has burned and few signs remain of its present. You can see the Tughill Windmills on the horizon some 40 miles as the crow flies.

The Tower
Image

Image

Woodhull Lake
Image

Bald Mt. (Rondaxe)Tower
Image

A few of the over 300 windmills on Tughill
Image

most of the color has pasted, the wind mills and Bald fire tower were shot with my 150-500 lens thus a lot of space to compress so the haze is relentless.
The Mountains are Calling and I must Go John Muir
my flickr gallery
46er interview
Post Reply