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Hiking Mount Colden via Avalanche Pass
Today I’m writing my trip report in a form of a Day in the Life Post-Enjoy! 3:50AM – Wake up before my 4AM alarm. I was convinced I was going to toss and turn all night but I slept fairly well and got a solid five hours. Get up, put in my contacts, and finish packing my hiking pack. Fill up my 3L platypus bladder with filtered water (I know from experience that putting filtered water vs. tap water makes ALL the difference in taste when your water sits in a bladder all day) and my 1L hydroflask. Make bagel and cream cheese to bring for breakfast and PBJ for…
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Hiking Lower Wolfjaw Mountain
I took the day off from work on Friday to hike with Christine. Since Brendan and I didn’t hike Lower Wolfjaw when he hiked Gothics, Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw, we decided it would be an “easy” peak to tackle on its own. We left Albany around 7 and parked at the Ausable Club lot headed in via the White Trail at around 9am. The trail was soft and not rocky which was nice on the feet. However, it was steep! It was straight up for almost the entire trip up. Just a heads up, there were many random trails leading to nowhere during the hike–we made sure to pay attention…
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Black Mountain Firetower
Looking for a nice, easy hike not too far from the Capital Region? Look no further! Yesterday Jona and I hiked Black Mountain, a hike not too far from Lake George. At 2,665 ft., Black Mountain is the highest mountain in the Lake George region. Not only is there a firetower at the top (closed to the public), there is a power generating wind turbine! I didn’t realize that until we got up there so it was a nice surprise. We had a late start and parked at the lot on Pike Brook Road at around 1:30PM. I think this may have been my latest hike start, but it was…
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Hiking Algonquin, Iroquois and Wright Peaks
Another weekend down, more high peaks crossed off the list! Saturday was the perfect day for a hike–the weather was looking fantastic! I was waiting for the perfect day to tackle Algonquin, New York’s second highest mountain, along with Iroquois and Wright. Jenna and I met at Exit 9 at 5am, got to the Loj around 7:15 and were off by 7:30. It was a quick mile to the junction to Marcy Dam, we went right to go to Wright and Algonquin. The first few miles are very pleasant! Then we started climbing steeply, but we had a really good pace! Many sections of the trail are really rocky. Made…
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Street and Nye Mountains
Happy (belated) fourth of July! Did anyone get out and go hiking? I did! I got a group of my awesome hiking friends together and went up to the Lake Placid area to hike two more high peaks, Street and Nye Mountains. It was a later start for me, meeting at Exit 9 Park & Ride at 7:30AM. We got up to the Adirondack Loj trail parking area at around 10:00AM. The trail for Street and Nye is unmarked, meaning there are no trail marker disks anywhere to be found on the trail, however, there are rock cairns at certain points to let hikers know they are on the right…
