Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth Forward: Karl Beard

Forward: Karl Beard

balsam forest" that remained a wilderness despite all the "modern conveniences" like "the upholstered car

Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Open Space Institute

With her eye for the unusual

views and vistas made world-famous by America’s greatest painters

Ledge Lake Leaf Labyrinth Forward: Karl BeardPhotographs 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