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Trail from ADK Loj was wet in many places with lots of running water up near the waterfall and turnoff for Wright. No snow or ice to be found anywhere. Weather conditions were great on Saturday. Nicely cool start (upper 30's) warming throughout the day. Summit was chilly with a nice stiff...

My son and I finished our journey and challenge of the Adirondack 46 high peaks yesterday afternoon on Marcy. We hugged each other at the summit and reflected on past hikes and our time together. We have real admiration and respect for all those who have accomplished the same status since we...

Trail from the Garden to JBL was wet and muddy, but not as bad as we had feared given all the recent rain. From JBL up to Slant Rock was quite muddy, but again not too bad and easily navigated. From Slant Rock up the trails were quite wet with lots of running water and loose rock. Bugs were not...

#44 for my son and I! This long hike was made more difficult by the wet conditions from all of the recent rain. The grassy areas of the trail was very wet and thoroughly soaked our feet. The Opalescent River crossing was very easy to find and manage. The water was swift and cold in the middle...

Hiked Colden from the ADK Log. Ascent via Avalanche Pass/Lake Colden. Descent via Lake Arnold. The trails from the Log to Avalance Pass were wet in spots, but not much mud to deal with. We encountered a bit of snow and ice in Avalance Pass that was easily barebootable. The ascent up Colden from...

Date of Hike: Dec 26, 2007 Trail Conditions: The toll road was nicely hard packed. Easily barebooted or skied. Trail above the toll road was wind blown and deep in spots. We lost the trail a bit on the way down and found a few spruce traps. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes or skis...

I'm interested in purchasing a new backpack to use for some combined camping and dayhiking trips. By that I mean we (my son and I) will hike in and set up a base camp to stay for a couple of days. We would then climb several peaks in the area. A regular daypack would not be big enough, but we...