 There are also two open areas visible from the summit on a knob known as Beech Flat, one of about at and another of at , are totally natural, resulting from the absence of soil in those areas.It is not known who first climbed Panther, due to the sketchy records kept by early inhabitants of the area.Farming, Kudish found, went much lower on Panther (on average) than it did elsewhere in the Catskills, due to the steep slopes at the mountain's base.