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We got going late from home on Sunday so it was 10:30 or so before we hit the Loj. No rain on the drive up until we left the Northway on Rt 73 then it started. Rain was a light but steady shower by time we reached the Loj. I considered bagging the hike but decided to just try Wrights (had hoped...

I have the Maptech Take a Hike Series (for the Adirondack Park) and I'm concered about it accuracy. For example when I put a route/track right over the Mt Marcy summit I only get an elevation of about 4950 feet (so it's off by about 400 feet). I even put a simple track from one major contour...

What ideas do you folks have for dehydrating food for backpacking? I've done the obligatory apple and banana chips (worked great) and of course jerky is a favorite...last time we ran out at home even before the trip...later found out son #2 had taken most of it to school and was selling it... I...

Well my wife needed a break and I needed a mountain fix so off we went last week for a quick visit to our favorite place, Lake Placid. The plan was to drive up on Wed, spend the afternoon in town and have a nice dinner. I was to hike the next morning and be back in LP to grab lunch and one final...

I submitted my letter and questionaire and letters and questionaires from my sons on 1-18-05. I mailed them in a 9x12 inch manila envelope. Now I see on the 46er wweb site to use only #10 business envelopes (bigger size ones don't fit in their PO box). Now, ofcourse I'm worried they won't even...

I am dying to get out to the ADK high peaks over the next few weeks. We've done a few winter hikes in the past (easy ones, Cascade, Phelps) and are summer 46er's. I am thinking about Colden...but I only have snowshoes (which we'll have to rent except for my cheapo pair of Yukon Charlie's)....how...

Any thoughts on camping and possible routes for a two night backpacking trip to do Basin, Saddleback, Skylight and Gray would be welcome. I'm trying to piece together a route/itinerary this spring/summer that mimimizes elevation gain/loss and lets me stay/tent in one area both nights (hopefully...

The trip was a big question mark from the get go. The forecast for Friday the 25th was iffy....accuweather said a little rain in the morning...the weather channel said showers all afternoon...there was a lot going on at work...but I finally said the heck with it. The kids were off of school...

I am considering an attempt on Redfield from the Loj sometime during the week after Easter as a long day hike. Any ideas/thoughts on the conditions I could expect to find are welcome. We will bring snowshoes (only crampons on the snowshoes...meaning I don't have separate strap-on crampons). Will...

I'm thinking of trying Wright's Peak and maybe Algonquin (time/weather permitting) on this Saturday with some family members. We won't have crampons so I was wondering if folks think we'd be OK with just snowshoes. I've only done two easy high peaks in winter (Cascade and Phelps) so I'm new at...