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Trail was broken to the shoulder of Noonmark (not to Bear Den as the guy at the Ausable gate assured us at 5:45 am). Now the trail is broken all the way to NT and return. Was very cold and got colder. No sun. Few views. Lots of fluffy snow. Who knew that Dial was 3 hrs from Nippletop? Indeed...

Date of Hike: 2008-12-06 Saturday Trail Conditions: Road from parking lot snowy but ploughed -- bare boots best. Blue trail to Bradley Pond needed snowshoes, though snow was not very deep. Herd path from Bradley Pond to Times Square was challenging. Was unbroken, now is broken so should...

Was a great day to hike this small jaunt. Got off to a great start following a trail broken out by PinPin. Snowshoes are needed! Trail was beautiful in the morning and over to Rocky Peak Ridge. Way back down Giant had been destroyed by a small horde of careless people who barebooted or used...

2005-10-29 ADK parking lot to Mt Colden and return 7:30 Started from lot with novice hiker Bill. Bill is a triatheloner but novice hiker. 8:50 at Avalanche Lake lean-to -- this matched my solo time in June 2004 10:10 at foot of Trap Dike -- probably took us 30 min to get from trail to here...

Some hikes blend into others so seamlessly it is hard to remember which is what. The bushwhack up Nippletop will not be one of those. It will persist in memory as long as memory persists. 4:00 am: Meet the gang at Exit 9 Park & Ride. Ansel volunteers to drive. As gas prices have doubled in the...

Seems like this would be the right forum for a discussion of strengths and features of various global positioning system receivers. I have searched all VFTT using "GPS" and "global positioning systems" and found just one post. Forgive me if there is already a ton of discussion on this topic (and...

Continuing my quest for hikes to with my wife -- remember the rules -- under 10-mi RT, no bugs, no rain, good views, comfortable humidity, cool temperature. Saturday met those conditions. We left home late and didn't begin walking until 9:20 am. (Another advantage of hiking with spouse is late...

Saturday was a great day to take a short hike. Persuaded my wife to come along as conditions were more or less perfect for her: no rain, few bugs, moderate temperate, short hike, with view. I had never hiked in the Eastern ADKs before. I had seen Pharaoh Mtn from the Northway. It looked...

Destination Dix via the north Dix slide and then Hough. Was a great day for a hike! Met Claudia and Cliff at the Exit 9 Park & Ride off of 87 at 4am. The skies opened a bit north of Glens Falls. We consoled ourseleves with the thought that we had 70 miles more to go and that the weather *might*...

Here is a pix from last weekend (May 21st). Don't know if everything will show up on this reduced photo but what you are looking at is a large "cavern" formed by a shelf of rock on top that projects out about 20-25 feet. The cave part is at the top of a steep slide. We didn't try to climb in it...

Climbed Calamity from Flowed Lands and then continued the bushwhack over to Mt. Adams with Wonder Woman (WW) last Saturday (Oct 30th). A very overcast day that added to the *enjoyment* of the whack!! Left Upper Works parking lot at 6:15 made it to the Flowed Lands lean-to area by 7:50 (4.1 mi...

:confused: Anyone climbed Calamity Mountain?

:confused: Anyone whacked Little Santanoni?

I had posted a query last week on the Q&A forum asking about the bushwhack from Tabletop #1 over TT#2, TT#3, and TT#4 to Phelps. Apparently no one had done that recently and most thought you would be nuts to try. Not nuts, just prepared and determined. Here is my trip report from Saturday's...

By the map, it looks as if Tabletop and Phelps are part of the same ridgeline. Looks like a fairly flat walk. I have summitted both the usual way and have given some thought to bushwhacking between them along the ridge. Does anyone have any stories or advice about this trip? I guess this is a...

Oct 2nd 2004 -- Bushwhack to Green Mountain. Up Roaring Creek trail to Giant. Down to valley between Green & Giant. Somehow we missed the creek that McMartin talks about. Ended up in marshy area towards Hopkins. Turned back to solid ground and began bushwhacking by heading East-North-East by...

MacNaughton from UpperWorks and back via Indian Pass. See post on 2004-09-04 on trail conditions site. This is an expansion of that (but different). Left at 4am. Ansel met me at home. Weatherman was promising nothing but rain and thunderstorms on Sunday. But at 4am there was no rain though...

MacNaughton from UpperWorks and back via Indian Pass. See post on 2004-09-04 on trail conditions site. This is an expansion of that (but different). Left at 4am. Ansel met me here. Weatherman was promising nothing but rain and thunderstorms on Sunday. But at 4am there was no rain though the...