Bozen Kill Preserve(Altamont)

Visited the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy's 214 acre Bozen Kill Preserve, located along Westfall Road just outside the village of Altamont, after work this afternoon.  Although today's warmer temperatures in the upper 30's melted much of yesterday's inch or two of snow, the rushing water of the Bozen Kill still looked icy cold.

Followed the short blue marked trail along the creek, where water's power of erosion was on clear display.

The blue trail quickly bends away from the creek, crossing an open field over to a white blazed trail.  This white trail follows what looks to be some sort of old road.

A small overlook with a plaque provides a look down at the Bozen Kill from the top of a washed out slope.

The trail leaves the old road for a short distance before meeting back up with it at a large rock cairn.

The white trail eventually dead ends at the Bozen Kill, where you get your best chance to get up close and personal with the creek.  This was also formerly the end of the Preserve's trail system.

Near the white trails terminus, I found a new(at least to me) red marked trail which closely follows a small tributary.  I stumbled across the remains of some sort of old, washed out footbridge on the tiny stream.

The trail soon crosses over the tributary, which is a very easy rock hop.

Another neat find along the trail was this old cellar hole, which has been completely filled in over the years.

The red trail continues basically west, with the meandering Bozen Kill on the banks down below.

The creek bending away from the trail to the south.

The red trail basically runs between the low land of the creek and at the foot of a very steep slope to the north.

Further along, a more sheltered section of the trail finds the creek in a much more wintry state.

The red trail comes to a dead end at a picturesque spot on the creek after nearly 2/3 of a mile.

The impressively eroded banks at the end of the trail rise nearly 20 feet above the water.

I retraced my steps back towards the car, enjoying the relative warmth and increasing sunshine along the way.

Hiked about 2.6 miles total at this pretty preserve.