The ruins haven't changed much since I was last up here last spring.

This is no fun for paddling through.

This was at the marshy end of the pond. The algae soup was not as bad in the center of the lake, but it still had a nasty green sheen to the whole lake. This is in the middle of Catskill Park, there are no farms or houses upstream, so I'm not sure if it was just the weather or poor practices from campers.

There is something pretty about this part of the Catskills and how the glaciers cut out round "scoops" out of the side of the mountains.

Down at the marshier end of Alder Pond.

It seems like Alder Pond is reverting back to marsh, or at least has some water quality issues. The pond was green from algae, which probably means it's overloaded from nutrients. Not much development around, maybe it's from campers doing their business too close to the pond? There are no outhouses here except the port-a-potty by the parking area.