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: ~14 miles ~4,000 ft elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Nippletop 4,620 ft and Dial 4,020 ft 9 hrs (Parking lot to Parking lot) Now that the holidays are officially over my weekends are free once again, and what better way to ring in the new year than with a beautiful Adirondack hike? For […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~12 miles ~4,350 3 High Peaks – Algonquin 5,114ft, Iroquois 4,840 ft, Wright 4,580 ft 8 hrs Despite finishing up my 46 back in October I was itching to get back to hiking in the High Peaks. It was a nice feeling to choose a hike based purely on desire instead of a need […]
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 […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 6.8 Miles Total ~4 hours total ~2,000 ft of elevation gain 1 peak, Hurricane Mountain 3,678 ft For the second day of our trip we got a late start so we decided to just enjoy a delicious breakfast at the ADK Cafe before setting off for another shorter hike. We settled on hiking Hurricane […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 5.7 miles 4 hrs total with lengthy summit stops ~2,250 ft of elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Cascade Mountain 4,098 ft, Porter Mountain 4,058 ft This weekend in the Adirondack High Peaks was a little different than usual as I brought my girlfriend Kelly with me for her first ever Adirondack High Peaks […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~19 Miles 6,000 ft of elevation gain 4 High Peaks – Nippletop (4,610), Dial (4,003), Colvin (4,081) and Blake (3,970) 10 hours total time ~80 degrees and sunny I will apologize for my outrageously long post in advance, but a long day calls for a long post and I do not want to leave anything out […]
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