joshco7
New member
Hello,
My girlfriend and I are looking for a moderate to challenging backpacking trip to do in the Adirondacks June 17-19. As of now our two possible trips are Mt. Marcy or Algonquin. For Marcy, we plan to camp 2.5 miles in at the Marcy Dam sites and do the 10 mile round trip the next day to the summit from our site via the Van Hoevenberg Trail, then hike out on day 3, Saturday. Has anyone done the trip this way? Are there more campsites beyond the Marcy Dam so we could break up the trip a bit more? How is the climb to Marcy? Do the sites at Marcy Dam fill up fast? This is a big trip for us to do this early in the season, but I know it will be a great challenge. We lived in Washington State for 2.5 years up until this past winter, so we have a large amount of backpacking experience in the northwest. Did a 30 mile Enchantment Lakes trip last August, and a 25 mile Olympic Mountains trip last September, on top of many shorter trips. I'm from CT but I haven't done any backpacking in the northeast, so this is new territory for us. As for Algonquin, I know this is also a great trip. What is the camping situation along the trail to Algonquin? Anyway, I'm new to this forum, but I hope you all can give me some advice and share some of your experiences with me. Thanks, Josh
My girlfriend and I are looking for a moderate to challenging backpacking trip to do in the Adirondacks June 17-19. As of now our two possible trips are Mt. Marcy or Algonquin. For Marcy, we plan to camp 2.5 miles in at the Marcy Dam sites and do the 10 mile round trip the next day to the summit from our site via the Van Hoevenberg Trail, then hike out on day 3, Saturday. Has anyone done the trip this way? Are there more campsites beyond the Marcy Dam so we could break up the trip a bit more? How is the climb to Marcy? Do the sites at Marcy Dam fill up fast? This is a big trip for us to do this early in the season, but I know it will be a great challenge. We lived in Washington State for 2.5 years up until this past winter, so we have a large amount of backpacking experience in the northwest. Did a 30 mile Enchantment Lakes trip last August, and a 25 mile Olympic Mountains trip last September, on top of many shorter trips. I'm from CT but I haven't done any backpacking in the northeast, so this is new territory for us. As for Algonquin, I know this is also a great trip. What is the camping situation along the trail to Algonquin? Anyway, I'm new to this forum, but I hope you all can give me some advice and share some of your experiences with me. Thanks, Josh