Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Elk Lake Miles Round Trip: ~17 Elevation Gain: ~5,500 ft Total Time: ~8.5hrs Hike Highlights: Dix (4,857 ft), Macomb (4,405 ft), Hough (4,400 ft), South Dix (Carson Peak) (4,060 ft), Grace Peak (East Dix) (4,012 ft) This post dated trip report covers a trip that occurred prior to the creation of this blog. Since I am writing this […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: St Huberts Miles Round Trip: 4.6 miles (including Ausable Club Road) Elevation Gain: ~2,300 ft Hike Highlights: Noonmark Mountain (3,556 ft) On this particular trip to the Adirondacks, we had a couple of hikers new to the area with us so we decided to pick a hike that would offer great views but without too much […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Adirondack Loj (Heart Lake) Miles Round Trip: ~8 Elevation Gain: ~2,800 ft Hike Highlights: 2 High Peaks – Street (4,160 ft) and Nye (3,895 ft) Over the Labor Day weekend I felt like it was time to get back to the High Peaks after spending so much time in the White Mountains and other places the […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Adirondack Loj Miles Round trip: ~15 Total Elevation Gain: ~3,500 1 High Peak: Marcy (5,344 ft) Weather: 50-60 Degrees (Summit), ~5 mph winds, Bluebird Day Although this was my third trip up to the summit of Mt Marcy it was by far the best weather day I have had out of all of […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Atmospheric Science Research Center Miles Round trip: ~10 Total Elevation Gain: ~3,975 2 High Peaks: Whiteface (4,867 ft), Esther (4,239 ft) 1 Non-High Peak: Marble Mountain (2,753 ft) Weather: 40-50 Degrees, ~5 mph winds, Bluebird Day I climbed Whiteface and Esther for the first time in January 2015 on a day with -10 […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: St. Huberts/Lake Rd. Miles Round trip: ~15 Total Elevation Gain: ~4200 ft 2 High Peaks: Sawteeth 4,150 ft, Gothics 4,734 ft It had been a couple of years since I had been on Sawteeth and Gothics so when the opportunity came to do them again I jumped at the chance. For this trip […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~10 Miles total ~7hrs Total Time Including Stops 1 High Peak – Big Slide 4,239 ft Trailhead: Garden This post covers a hike up Big Slide in winter, for an overview of the hike in Fall you can click HERE. We arrived at the Garden Trailhead at about 6am and met up with our […]
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 […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~17.5 miles ~5,700 ft of elevation gain 3 High Peaks – Lower Wolf Jaw (4,175 ft), Upper Wolf Jaw (4,185 ft), Armstrong (4,400 ft) 2 Minor Peaks – Rooster Comb (2,762 ft), Hedgehog (3,389 ft) 9.5 hrs ~80 degrees hot and humid, partly cloudy After spending the last couple of weeks in the […]
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