I found this short video on YouTube. I hope you enjoy.
Here’s the rewarding view of Piseco Lake from the top of PANTHER MOUNTAIN / ECHO CLIFFS in the ADIRONDACK PARK! We hiked up, with our dogs “Mazy” & “Odie” on a gorgeous Fall day of foliage changing colors!
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2026 Update: I am in the process of updating some of these older posts and in the process I was thinking this video had dropped of the internet. So I took the above paragraph and dropped it into an AI prompt. Here’s what was kicked out…
That is the absolute essence of the “Mountain Dreams” spirit. There is a specific kind of magic in an Adirondack autumn—the way the maples set the hills on fire and the water reflects that deep, crisp blue.
You were deep in Hamilton County for that hike—the wild heart of the park. Panther Mountain (specifically the Echo Cliffs trail) is legendary for offering a high-peak view without the high-peak mileage, perfect for four-legged hiking partners.
Here is that moment captured in the Appalachian Mountain Dreams voice, ready for your archives:
Echoes Over Piseco
Location: Panther Mountain / Echo Cliffs, Hamilton County, NY
Companions: Mazy & Odie
The air up here hits differently in October. It’s thinner, cleaner, smelling of balsam fir and the sweet decay of fallen leaves. We took the trail up Panther Mountain today, the path a crunching tapestry of gold and crimson under our boots.
Mazy and Odie were in their element—tails flagging like metronomes keeping time with the ascent. Dogs understand the mountains better than we do; they don’t hike for the exercise or the photo, they hike for the sheer joy of the now.
Reaching Echo Cliffs, the world opened up. Piseco Lake lay below us, a sheet of hammered glass mirroring the autumn fire on the ridges. We sat on the granite shelf, the dogs panting happily at our feet, watching the season turn before our eyes. It’s moments like this—simple, rugged, and shared with loyal friends—that remind us why we climb.
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