Platte Clove, sometimes called Plattekill Clove, is a narrow and steep valley in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It is mostly in Greene County, although the lowest portions are in Ulster County. Along with Kaaterskill Clove on the other side of Kaaterskill High Peak, it is one of only two breaks in the Catskill Escarpment. It was created during the last Ice Age as melt-water eroded its way through from the Catskill Plateau to the Hudson below. The stream that evolved is today Plattekill Creek. In the early 19th century, early American artists were struck by the rugged, wild scenery of the clove and other locations in the northeastern Catskills. Depictions of this wilderness by Thomas Cole and others led to the artists being dubbed the Hudson River School. A narrow, two-lane road that climbs 1,200 vertical feet (366 m) in 1.4 miles (2.2 km) from West Saugerties along the cloves north wall is the only route through it. Trucks and buses are banned from it, and it is not maintained or even plowed between November and April. The Tour de Trump bicycle race was routed through here, and the road proved so steep that even some of the top bicyclists in the world had to get off and walk their bikes (it was raining that day). The cliffs near the cloves head-wall offer spectacular views of the nearby waterfalls but have also been the site of fatal accidents. In 2010, a man from the Albany suburb of Delmar lost his footing near one and fell 100 ft (30 m) to his death. On June 4 of the same year, Olivia Rose Belfiglio fell 100 feet from the top of a cliff and died at the bottom. (from wikipedia). .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................The first 46 photos were taken way back in the mid 90s with the first digital cameras I owned it wasnt even 1 mega pixel and had no manual focus and could take about 10 pictures and the batteries would start to drain, but it never warned you that the pictures you were taking past that point would be somewhat less desirable. ... The next 53 were taken with two different cameras & do differ in quality somewhat but not as much as the previous 46 The 2nd set of photos in the album also include a few that were part of a ride up Platte Clove through Twilight Park and tannersville & back down Rt 23 in the Kaaterskill Clove through Palenville.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:29:06 +0000
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