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 […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~20 miles 2 High Peaks – Mount Redfield (4,606ft) Cliff Mountain (3,960ft) 10 hours total time Hot and Humid ~80 Degrees For my first hiking trip back in the place I like to call home, the Adirondack High Peaks, I chose to go with climbing Cliff and Redfield. I decided for this trip […]
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 […]
Hike stats at a glance: 15.5 miles 4,950 ft of elevation gain 3 High Peaks – Santanoni, Panther, Couchsachraga 11 hrs total including stops ~75 degrees, humid, raining, cloudy ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————– This past Saturday I decided to pick the Santanoni range as my next set of high peaks to climb on my journey to becoming an Adirondack 46er. It had rained […]
When I originally researched doing the Seward range in a day, most sources advise doing it as a two day trip. Personally I prefer day trips and knew that I would not be going with that strategy. Doing the Seward range in one day certainly involves a lot of mileage and commitment but for the fit hiker it should pose no major […]
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