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Is anyone interested in doing the Santanonis on the weekend of Sept 17-18 or Sept 24-25? I need to plan ahead a bit because I have to drive from Ohio. Brian

level of difficulty While I personally like option #1, my problem is finding other people to hike with to share that sentiment. What usually ends up happening is that I overestimate what other people can do and it ends up getting a little less enjoyable than it otherwise would be. Maybe it's...

Hi Everyone, My summer vacation is coming early this year (next week), and with only a few peaks left to complete the 46 I'm getting to the ones that have been put off. I've read all the advice about waiting for good weather etc to do the Sanantonis Range and Allen, but if you had the...

close encounter with the carnivorous kind Last year at the Uphill Lean-to a bear visited while I was asleep. Another guy was in there with us and he said he thought he heard it, but desided to keep quite since we were there too. Normally I wouldn't have believed him, but my friend's camel...

aircraft in adks A few years ago my siblings and I witnessed a helicopter rescue over the feldspar lean-to (where our tents were). We were about half-way to Lake Tear when we saw the helicopter hover, drop down a basket, and pull someone up (even got a picture!). It was pretty exciting to...

Hi Everyone, I'm planning to take an ADK vacation and would like to do some hiking in the Santanoni Range. The problem is that my wife is not into the trailess peaks (my brother will join me) and I'd like to find a fun place to stay, so that she can have a nice day while we're playing in the...

Hi Everyone, I'm looking to do Cliff and Redfield from the uphill leanto and am thinking about how to get there. In the past I've reached peaks in the area via Lake Arnold. However, I do not have fond memories of descending from Lake Arnold and am considering an approach from Upper works via...