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We were successful on our second scheduled try for the three lower Dixes today! The first scheduled day included an overnight change in the weather forecast and a poor night’s sleep, resulting in a trip to Big Slide instead. Being in our 60’s we have enough working against us without getting our...

Conditions were awesome as we hit the trail from the Garden at 9:30am. We had planned to do three of the Dixes, but changed the plan around dawn. The warm air and sparkling sun took accompanied us to the Ranger Outpost where we took the Slide Brook Trail to the summit. Conditons on the trails...

My wife and I were alone on the trails all day. Most of the trailhead parking areas were empty or had one or two cars at most. Conditions were good with light clouds and more sun as the day progressed. We started down the Old Nye Ski Trail at about 9:15 and made the col by 11:30. We dropped our...

We went up from Rt.73 on the Zander Scott Trail that had lots of ice. Wore microspikes all day but could have used our crampons on the upper ledges. Didn't need axes. The bigger ice flows tapped all our energy and with a badly twisted knee just below the junction to RPR, we decided to save it...

My wife and I arrived at the AC gate by 6:50am. The temperature was 9 degrees and the skies were beginning to clear. About an inch or two of snow covered the lake road which had a layer of ice underneath as we got to the 3 mile mark. We donned microspkikes and used them the entire trip. The...

What a magnificent day to hike! The trails were dry and in good shape with occasional braches to be pushed off the path. We had the mountain all to ourselves and enjoyed a long, sunny stay on the summit. Very quiet! We went up from the AC parking area and came down via the old Dix trail to the...

Mt. Colden - March 19, 2011 W19 With the exception of the six peaks we did climb, this winter’s hiking season was less than we had hoped and planned for. Last winter my wife and I climbed 10 peaks as a couple and had planned on 16 this winter. We thought it would be safer to go with some...

We had planned to go with a GF/S group over Dix and Hough today but were not up to that much of a trek. Plan B was to grab a sure thing in Tabletop and we were not disappointed. The sun came out as we passed Marcy Dam and went up the blue trail but it didn't last long. There were a few views as...

Our first venture into the wilderness as part of a group from GF/S Chapter! Have always hiked as a couple. A great hike with a leader who enabled us to work in the group dynamic. Trail was well packed and did the whole trip in miocrospikes. No views on the day, but a thrill to get there. Had to...

Driving the 18.3 miles on the Keese Mills Rd. was like off-roading in the wilderness so our return trip home was via the state highways! The thick clouds in the sky didn’t break up until we were on our way home so the climb, summit and descent were all cold and grey. There was a few inches of...

They say timing is everything. It certainly contributed to a wonderful summit experience on St. Regis as we had it almost all to ourselves on this sunny day. We left the full parking lot with two Paul Smith’s vans parked there and followed another couple and their dog all the way up. All those...

November 10, 2010 Owl’s Head Mt. What an absolutely beautiful hike we had to do our 16th fire tower mountain! We are now driving into the far reaches of the ADK Park to climb and finish up these mountains. The trail was mostly dry and the forest was crisp and still as we wound our way to...

I appologize if my creative "colorful" writing was misconstrued as political! I was just trying to lead into the BEAUTIFUL blue skies we encountered with a little humor. I have read the rules and will never intentionally violate them.

Pillsbury Mt. ( Political comments removed by moderator - pls review site rules regarding political posts) My wife and I drove 65 miles one way to hike this great mountain. It was a steady, strong uphill without the nice switchbacks we saw on Lyon Mt. so we slowed our usual pace to keep from...

Thanks for the info! Hey Phil, great story in the Examiner! So it is the ADK that cut the newer trail and only about a year ago, eh? Nice to know! It is a wonderful trail to hike! My wife and I want to get involved in trailwork starting next spring. We will work with the 46rs but also might be...

We would like to know if anyone knows the actual mileage to the summit of Lyon Mt. using the newer trail. We keep a record of our total miles hiked on each trip and don't know the distance up the newer trail. FOOTNOTE: I found the information on peakbagger.com 6.8mi Roundtrip:D

Lyon Mt. We chose the best weather day of the week to attempt this climb, but even this day was predicted to be very cloudy. The trail’s description in Morrissey’s book had us prepared for a hike that would be a physical gauntlet and the nor’easter from the weekend had left local summits white...

Fire Tower 5 miles RT With some of our conditioning beginning to return, we decided to begin a final push to finish the Adirondack Park fire towers. We have 13 done and want to do all 23 of them, even though that is not required for the challenge. The temperature reached a high of 56 all day...

September 29, 2010 Belfry Mt. (FT) .6 miles! From April to August we’ve only been able to bag one peak per month due to many family obligations and setting up our new house! Once again we’ve found ourselves having almost an entire month pass by without a mountain trek in the books for...

We had plenty of company since Hadley is a tourist attraction. This is a firetower climb that we have saved for a questionable weather day. The sun came out as the day wore on and we had a nice climb on wide moderate trails. Views were hazy but full in all directions. The only special item...