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Well, it's more than a few days, and it's not yet a full TR, but the pictures are at least available: http://www.narsil.org/trips/dacks/index.html -- Jerry

We're back; it was great! Thanks again to everyone who provided suggestions for our trip; we hiked in last Wednesday (8/24) and came out on Sunday (8/28). I'll post a TR within the next few days, but the highlights are: We stayed 2 nights at each camp site. Our first two nights were near the...

Does anyone have suggestions for where to stay the night after a 4-night hike near Mt. Marcy? There are 8 of us, and we'll be looking for a quiet, yet inexpensive, place to crash that has (of course) SHOWERS available. We'll have tents, so a quiet campground would work. It'll be a Sunday or...

Thanks for all the suggestions! I like the idea of perhaps avoiding Mt. Marcy altogether. Whatever we wind up doing, I'll try to post a TR. -- Jerry

I don't know how many miles this is, but I've done Franconia Ridge as an overnight, starting in the afternoon. Park at Lafayette Place, go south to the Liberty Spring Trail; take that trail to the Liberty Spring tent platforms for the night. Next morning, continue up to the Franconia Ridge...

We are planning a trip in the Adirondacks near the end of August (going in on Wednesday, August 24th and coming out on the following Monday). "We" is two families who have done a lot of hiking and backcountry skiing together: 4 adults and 4 kids, ages 9, 12, 15 and 18. We've done two 3-night...