Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead – Becker Hollow Trail on Rt 214 5.4 miles total 2,219 ft of elevation gain 1 Peak over 3,500 and 4,000 ft – Hunter Mountain 4,046 ft ~3 hrs After completing my multi year journey to become an Adirondack 46er you would think it would be time for a well deserved break and […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~15.5 miles ~3,500 1 High Peak – Marshall 4,380 ft Snow and Below Freezing Weather ~12 hrs This past weekend Kelly and I left New Jersey to tackle my last peak to complete my Adirondack 46, Mount Marshall. Originally we expected to have maybe light rain or snow showers throughout the day but it […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~18 miles total ~3800 ft of elevation gain 1 High Peak – Allen 4,347 ft ~8hrs This past weekend I headed up to the High Peaks on Saturday night to meet up with a member of the ADK High Peaks forum, Alistair for a hike up Allen on Sunday. Generally no one has good […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~8 Miles Total (+4 miles for my unintentional detour) 5 hours 2 High Peaks – Street 4,160 ft and Nye 3,895 ft ~2,800 ft of elevation gain I left the Garden parking lot after finishing Big Slide feeling good and the day was warming up so I made my way over to the Loj […]
Hike stats at a glance: 8 Miles total 3.5hrs Total Time Including Stops 1 High Peak – Big Slide 4,239 ft Cloudy with temperatures in the 40’s With only a few peaks left to finish up my 46er journey the name of the game on this day trip was efficiency. My goal was to hike Big Slide in the […]
For a change of pace this past weekend I made a geology fueled adventure to the south central Adirondacks. The goal of the trip was to explore a new area of the park I haven’t seen and also to collect some minerals from old mines in the area. I will be making a separate post for my trip to the […]
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