Neil
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I took some pictures. (Hit F11 after opening the link for proper viewing)
This was my 4th time on Rocky Peak Ridge. Once from Giant in winter, once as a horrendous bushwhack from Split Rock Falls over Holcomb mountain and this, the 2nd time from New Russia.
After the Adams firetower recon I was planning on heading home early on Sunday. But then Jack kept saying that with the great weather he was going to hike something. My mind did a quick Google search of itself for the following:
Great hike AND "south facing trail" AND "something new for Jack"
I got 2 hits: Hopkins and RPR from New Russia. I refined my search to include: 5000 plus feet of elly gain and RPR was all that was left.
At 7:50am off we went. At 4:10PM we were done.
8 hours to get to Jack's car at the Giant trailhead, 10 minutes to get back to mine at New Russia where we met up with Barb Harris, Gary Koch and a gang of rowdy youngsters.
We took snowshoes and we used them, but could easily have survived the ordeal without. Micro-spikes were the best tool for adhering to the monorail/snow spine. There is still 2-3 feet of snow up high. There was none at all on Bald. It started on the south side of Rocky at about 3300 feet.
This was a fantastic hike and I rank it in the top 5 ADK hikes.
The Eagle slide and its neighbors are in season. Right now.
This was my 4th time on Rocky Peak Ridge. Once from Giant in winter, once as a horrendous bushwhack from Split Rock Falls over Holcomb mountain and this, the 2nd time from New Russia.
After the Adams firetower recon I was planning on heading home early on Sunday. But then Jack kept saying that with the great weather he was going to hike something. My mind did a quick Google search of itself for the following:
Great hike AND "south facing trail" AND "something new for Jack"
I got 2 hits: Hopkins and RPR from New Russia. I refined my search to include: 5000 plus feet of elly gain and RPR was all that was left.
At 7:50am off we went. At 4:10PM we were done.
8 hours to get to Jack's car at the Giant trailhead, 10 minutes to get back to mine at New Russia where we met up with Barb Harris, Gary Koch and a gang of rowdy youngsters.
We took snowshoes and we used them, but could easily have survived the ordeal without. Micro-spikes were the best tool for adhering to the monorail/snow spine. There is still 2-3 feet of snow up high. There was none at all on Bald. It started on the south side of Rocky at about 3300 feet.
This was a fantastic hike and I rank it in the top 5 ADK hikes.
The Eagle slide and its neighbors are in season. Right now.
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