shawangunks
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 11, 2015 - 12:33 pm
Above: One of the many vertical climbing walls in the Shawangunks. Photo by Flickr user Laurel F.
An experienced rock climber died on Wednesday, June 10 while climbing without a rope in the Mokonk Preserve in the Ulster County town of Gardiner, police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 6, 2015 - 12:03 pm
Above: A view of the Shawangunk brush fire looking south from the Summitville turn on Route 209 outside the Ulster County town of Ellenville at close to midnight on Tuesday, May 5. Photo by Michael Wentland.
A massive forest fire that began on Sunday, May... Read more
By Lauren Scrudato on Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2013 - 12:31 pm
Above: Corey Stewart ascending a wall of rock in the Shawangunk Mountains in March 2012, a month before suffering a near-fatal accident. Photos courtesy of Corey Stewart.
Three days after reaching a milestone -- his 21st birthday -- Corey Stewart’s life... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 2, 2011 - 4:11 pm
Video clip about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers by filmmaker Carole Hart, maker of the documentary film For The Next Seven Generations.
In October of 2004, thirteen elders from indigenous cultures scattered around the world... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 9, 2010 - 11:09 am
The New York Times accompanies a gaggle of fathers and daughters up the cliffs, and then afterwards to New Paltz, all the while congratulating itself on its touristic originality:
This was a departure from an otherwise typical tourist itinerary in the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 4:25 pm
If you lost your wedding ring somewhere in the Shawangunks, this guy might have it.
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 3:51 pm
The Open Space Institute just bought 67 acres of cliff faces in the Gunks, to be added to the Mohonk Preserve and used for conservation and recreation.
The rock formations that comprise the cliffs on the Shawangunk Ridge feature many different... Read more
