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NY/NE Slides
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NY/NE Slides

 
NY/NE Slides

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Image Type(s): Rock Climbing, Hiking, Informational, Scenery

 

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Created/Edited: Oct 20, 2007 / Nov 2, 2007

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Rockslides and "slab slides" in New England and New York

Rockslides consist of loose, sometimes still unstable, rock and gravel that has travelled downslope. These exist in the Northeast, but a more common phenomenon is the "slab slide", where a thin layer of topsoil (including vegetation) has slipped off an underlying granite slab. The resulting scars can be miles long, and often provide a convenient route to the top of a mountain - if you don't mind a little exposure.
Water and algae make a dangerous combination on slides, and that's saying nothing about snow and ice. Of course, with proper equipment, snow and ice can be what attract people to slides in the first place.

Images


Noonmark

Noonmark

Baxter

Baxter

Brook Slide

Brook Slide

Nippletop Slide ID Photo

Nippletop Slide ID Photo

Hunters Slide - Midpoint

Hunters Slide - Midpoint

View north from the summit...

View north from the summit...

Baxter

Baxter

At the top of Ski Slide #1...

At the top of Ski Slide #1...

Brook Slide

Brook Slide

Blake Slide - Slab ID Photo

Blake Slide - Slab ID Photo

This gives some idea how...

This gives some idea how...

Looking down Ski Slide #1 at...

Looking down Ski Slide #1 at...

The Mt Coe trail follows a...

The Mt Coe trail follows a...

North Hancock, seen from...

North Hancock, seen from...

Looking down the south slide<br />
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Looking down the south slide
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