Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth North/South Lake State Park as

North/South Lake State Park as a giant and frigid “waterslide park

"Mountain River" highlights the continuing challenges of climate change and ongoing conservation efforts on the creek

Though small in area and in year-round population

In a daring and complicated attack

Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth North/South Lake State Park asPhotographs 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