Last weekend, we hiked the Skyline Trail at Hickory Run State Park. We had hiked this trail before, back in November, and I also went snowshoeing there in December. We were looking forward to seeing it again, now that things are getting green. Here’s a map of the hike.

View Skyline Trail @ Hickory Run 05/10/2009 in a larger map

The first mile and a half or so is a pretty, but fairly unremarkable walk through the woods. The rest follows the edge of the Lehigh Gorge, and offers views that just get better and better as you go.

Wide trail near the beginning

Sarah

Wildflower

Climbing

The trail follows the edge of the gorge

Sarah’s new hiking boots

Rob on the trail

Looking across the gorge

Sarah

Wildflowers, gorge, mountains

Trail

Across the gorge

Lehigh Gorge

Sarah got me a green enhancing (“green field”)  filter for my birthday. I have been waiting for a good opportunity to try it. The effect is more intense than I expected, but it’s pretty cool, and I think I can do some neat, stylized shots with it.

Lehigh Gorge, enhanced with a green field filter

Leaves, with the green field filter

I tried some infrared shots, even though I didn’t bring my tripod. My hiking staff/monopod helped some, but wasn’t steady enough.

Infrared gorge

Motion blur with the monopod

File under: Hiking