Carol Gates and Julia Goren on the summit of Mount Skylight. photo courtesy Carol Gates.
ABS’ers Julia Goren and Carol Gates had a great hike to Mount Skylight on June 16th. They started the hike at 7:30 am and arrived at the summit about 12:30 pm. They got back to the parking lot at 7:30 pm – it was an 18 mile round trip to almost 5,000 ft (4,926)! They were looking for rare alpine species,including this one, Mountain Sandwort, Minuartia groenlandica.
Mountain Sandwort. photo courtesy Carol Gates
Adirondack Botanical Society 