Spectacular group hike this weekend on the Taconic Crest thru New York to Pownal Vermont to the wild Snow Hole! A 6 mile in and back hike thru abandoned grazing fields now covered with waist high ferns and a few lookouts along the way.

The Snow Hole is a vertical fissure in the bedrock lined with mosses and other moisture-loving plants. One end offers a fairly easy descent to the bottom while the other end is a  60-foot drop. But the fissure is narrow enough and deep enough that its bottom never gets direct sunlight and that leads to the conditions from which it gets its name. The Snow Hole is what is known as a tectonic feature, formed by physical forces.

The steep slope of the ridge contains extensive cracks in its bedrock known as joints that run parallel to the ridge line. Over millennia, water and ice have eroded this fissure and, because it is located on the very steep north slope of the ridge, it has widened and deepened under the pull of gravity. Several much narrower fissures are found between The Snow Hole and the main ridge trail which we also explored.

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