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Wright Peak – 7.11.21
After a 2 year hiatus, Brendan and I finally summited a high peak together, Wright Peak! Brendan is almost done with his 46er Journey. He’s hiked almost all 40 of his high peaks with me over the years and on Sunday he hit #40, with Wright. Our original plan was to hike the trio, Algonquin, Iroquois and Wright together, but since it’s been so long since our last big day, we decided to break it up to make it a little easier. At 4,587 ft in elevation, Wright is the 16th highest peak in the Adirondacks. At only about 7 mi RT with ~2,500 ft of ascent, Wright on it’s…
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Winter Wonderland in the High Peaks – Hiking Phelps 12.8.18
Last week I got an invite from my friend Alicia to hike Phelps with her and our friend Francis. The weather was looking a bit cold, but I decided to join them since it had been a while since I’d hiked and was craving a long outdoor adventure. It had also been a while since I’d been on snowshoes (more like 2 years)! Alicia and I met at the exit 12 park and ride at 5:30am and drove up the Loj to meet Francis and his friend Mike. We arrived at the trailhead and the car’s thermometer read -14. Yikes! Thankfully we were all prepared with the appropriate cold weather…
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The Dix Range via Grace Slide – 8.11.18
Back in August I went up to the high peaks for some hiking! I have a few friends that are still working on completing the 46 high peaks, so anytime they invite me on a hike I’d like to re-do I try to make it happen. On this particular Saturday, they were planning on hiking the Dix Range. However they were not taking the traditional route up the Macomb Slide, they were going in via the Grace Slide. Now, I’m not an experienced slide-climber (this was my first slide climb if you don’t count Macomb), and we were hiking with a very experienced climber and someone that knows his way…
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Nippletop and Dial – 7.8.18
On Sunday I spent the day in one of my favorite places, the high peaks of the Adirondacks! It had been since October since I had hiked in the high peaks when I hiked Marcy with my friend Skyler. I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel because I haven’t hiked since hiking Alandar back in February. My friend Brendan invited me to hike Dial and Nippeltop with him–two peaks I hiked back in December 2014–with no views! This time would be different. I’d have views! We started at 9am from the Ausable Club lot (or rather–the parking lot for Giant across Rt 73). I had planned on taking…
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Hike to Allen Interior and Madera Hammock Review
This weekend I joined my friend Skyler on his hike to Allen Mountain, one of the 46 high peaks. I hiked Allen back in 2014 and really enjoyed it so I tagged along with Skyler. We met at 4:30am at Exit 12, arrived at the Allen trailhead on Upper Works road around 6:15 am. We were hiking by 6:30. An early start is always good with Allen, as the total mileage is about 19 miles. There is a brand new suspension bridge over the Opalescent River. Three years ago we had to wade across! Most of the first 5.5 miles are on old logging / mining roads, which…