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Only a few patches of snow remaining, mostly in shadier spots and/or above 3500'. No stabilicers or crampons needed. I used a hiking pole for the first hike (in case ice turned out to be a problem) but left it behind for the second. I looped over Balsam from Rider Hollow in the early AM, and...

My brother and I spotted a car in Big Hollow and ascended via Barnum Road. Bareboot (and dog) tracks petered out just above a steep pitch around 2500-2700' and we broke trail through possibly a foot of snow from there to the summit of Black Dome. We scraped some occasional rocks with our...

A few inches of hard-packed snow near Peekamoose Road increased to a foot or so above 3500' and between the mountains. Snowshoes might have been helpful above 3500', but the snow was hard enough to support weight even off the trail (they would've been a definite liability below Reconnoiter...

Hi all - I'm planning a Bonds traverse for next Sunday (7/15) and I'm trying to figure out the most efficient plan for water. On a Franconia loop last summer I found out that Greenleaf Hut has water available for passing hikers...can I assume the same is true for Zealand Hut (and perhaps for...

6/24/06 My brother Dan and I wanted to do all 4 McIntyres for our annual Solstice Hike. We set out from the Adirondack Loj at 3:30AM and turned off our headlamps after filtering water at the well-known waterfall about halfway up Algonquin. We reached Wright's summit at 5:40, where we had an...

July 23, 2005 This was my first Adirondack hike in quite some time in which all of my objectives were not met, but the day's experience was very enjoyable nevertheless. Wishing to get an early start (as I had on my 7/4 hike of Allen Mountain) I left Lake Placid at 2:45 and arrived at the...

A.K.A. "The Solstice Hike" My brother Dan and I scared off a deer as we pulled into the Loj parking lot at 1:30 AM. I believe there was only one other car in the section closest to the trailhead. The moon was already low in the sky as we made our way to Marcy Dam - at times it looked like...