Over 50 Rip Van Winkle statues painted by various artists will be placed around the mountaintop towns of Haines Falls, Tannersville, Hunter, Windham and Prattsville for the 3rd year. A special feature this year will be the placement of a Cat from the Cat-n-Around festival on the mountaintop in exchange for a Rip statue being placed in Catskill. Another special feature will be the appearance of the "Survivor of Hurricane Irene" Rip's which were salvaged from the devastating floods of August 2011.