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Derek "Deek" Diedricksen treks (5 miles round trip) up Woodstock, NY's Lookout Mountain to film the ruins of the once magnificent 300+ room hotel- "The Outlook Mountain House" in Woodstock, NY. The hotel on this site burned down THREE times in its history, and was finally rebuilt starting in 1928 out of concrete (when it burned down again). The concrete usage is the only reason the ruins of this hotel, its rear family-mansion, and various other foundations around it still exist. Being TOO remote, this hotel was never as successful as its other region's counterparts such as The Catskill Mountain House. This hotel also stands as one of the very last remaining (even in ruins) of the heyday of the Catskill NY resort boom (which saw its slow death in the 1930s).

Be warned- its a fairly strenuous hike, and this is a region with many rattlesnake habitats. The building is also crumbling and in various states of decay and collapse- so enter at your own risk- or not at all!

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