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Alternatives It depends on how serious a bushwhack you want. The Sawtooth range offers lots of opportunities to get lost but sometimes you can't see your feet. One description is for practice try walking through a snowfence. It is very wild. You need to really enjoy bushwhacking though...

There is a lot more imprecision once you start plugging col depths into these calculations anyway. Absent a benchmark, you are working from contours and if the summit height is based on a contour as well you have two sources of potential error. The amount of potential error is not trivial...

At least the bridges are in better shape than in the mid 90's. On one trip I blew both tires on my drivers side 2.5 miles in.

On the other hand, the hike up Pyramid is quite steep, so be sure you are in shape. Another hike with excellent views is Colden. A very typical first hike is Cascade with a side trip to Porter. As to living in Northern New York, I love it. I especially like the variety of activities that...

more on Carson Carson's Peaks and People of the Adirondacks is a critical book in Adirondack hiking history. For one thing, it preserved history of the previous seventy years and gave the history of the naming of the peaks in the Adirondacks above 4000 feet. It was he who identified the 46...

One other aspect of this is that there is a very thin layer of organic matter over the anorthosite in the ADK's. The anorthosite is in general non permeable, so that the water stays near the surface after percolating through the soil. (The numerous slides in the adirondacks are a result of this...

The route you propose is a nice one. The actual stream is beautiful but has steep walls on either side for some significant stretches. Nice waterfalls in the summer but probably more trouble when there is ice. I have heard that the south side of the stream is more open but we went up on the...

Hiking in the Adirondacks you could base yourself at the Adirondack Mountain Clubs Adirondak Loj and climb Phelps (moderate), hike through to Avalanche Pass, climb Algonquin and Wright or Mount Marcy. Canoeing, there are mulitple opportunities in the Adirondacks. The St. Regis Canoe area, the...

46er position The bylaws of the 46ers require that you ascend and descend the mountains for them to count. The out however is a clause which permits membership to be granted by the exec com. I quote the bylaws, Article 3: Eligibility for membership shall be limited to those who have...

I do not recall a gate. My recollection is that they simply don't plow beyond the bridge. After a foot of snow, that can be inconvenient.

It is a significant climb oo the order of fifteen hundred feet anyway but not too steep anywhere. I know of no way around lake jimmy. If it is icy, why not bring instep crampons.

elk lake area is closed during hunting season. After hunting season one can park at clear pond and hike the area.

Friends of Azure mountain restored the tower and the grand reopening was last year. The road is open year road but the parking lot is difficult in the winter. The road does have significant snowmobile traffic in the winter so be careful. The road south of the tower is not kept open all the...

I would guess it is a survey marker. Colvin numbered his survey bolts. The 1874 report indicates that no. 5 is located on the summit of bald peak in the Town of Moriah. Also his bolts don't look like the one you observed. It would be interesting to try to discover what survey this...

It has not yet been removed. Views from St. Regis do not require ascent of the tower and are awesome.

The Adirondack 46ers are a separate incorporated entity completely independent of the Adirondack Mountain Club. The use of ADK on the patch for the 46ers references the Adirondacks and not the Adirondack Mountain Club. While ADK has used those initials since at least 1923, the use of...

Not true. (avoiding a diagnosis) The last national park effort was 30+ years ago. It was shot down because of concern that the us gov would not protect the forest as completely as ny does under the forever wild provision. Looking at snowmobiles in Yellowstone and other trends, this...

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When I asked for tips before doing Sawtooth 4, MarK Lowell's response was "for practice, try straining yourself through a snow fence". This turned out to be very practical advice.

When I asked for tips before doing Sawtooth 4, MarK Lowell's response was "for practice, try straining yourself through a snow fence". This turned out to be very practical advice.