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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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Hiking Mount VanHoevenberg – 10.14.17
Last month when my sister came up from NJ for her birthday weekend in Lake Placid, she wanted to do an easy hike with great views. I suggested Mount VanHoevenberg! It was only about 4 miles RT and boasted great views of the high peaks. The trailhead is located on South Meadows Rd, which is a dirt road off of Loj Road in Lake Placid. There were cars lined up along Loj Road (busy day in the high peaks, I guess), but there weren’t many on South Meadows. We parked, met up with my parents who were joining us for the hike, and set off! The trail starts out easy.…
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Sawteeth and Indian Head – 6.24.17
Yesterday Skyler and I wanted to hike something big. Originally we were going to hike part of the Dix Range, but with some rain the AM forecast, I didn’t want to hike up the Macomb Slide, so we changed our plan to Sawteeth from the Ausable Club. I first hiked Sawteeth back in December 2013 with Jona, so it had been a while since I’ve been on this high peak. We pulled into the lot a little before 7am and were on Lake Road by 7:15AM. It was drizzling the entire walk in, thankfully we both had our rain gear! As soon as we hit the bridge at Ausable Lake,…
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Yard Mountain, Big Slide and the Brothers Loop
Since finishing hiking the 46 high peaks last month, I took a much needed break! However, I can’t stay away from the mountains for too long. My new hiking friend was looking to hike in the high peaks on Saturday and I couldn’t resist joining him. The great part is, now I can hike what I want, whenever I want! There are bunch of peaks I want to hike again, taking new routes. YEsterday, we decided to hike Big Slide, one of the easier high peaks. Instead of doing the popular out and back route over the Brothers, we chose to take the trail into the John’s Brook Lodge, ascending Yard…
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My 46er Finish on Esther and Whiteface Mountains
Saturday afternoon after hiking Seymour, I was pretty tired. I decided ahead of time to get a space at Tmax & Topo’s in Keene, a hiker hostel. It’s owned by some pretty legendary 46ers (they even made an appearance in the The 46ers Film!) and is frequented by high peaks hikers. So staying here on the eve of my finish, along with so many other accomplished hikers, seemed fitting. I showered, cooked my dinner (trader joe’s boxed mac and cheese!) and hunkered down in my room, reflecting on the journey while other hikers milled about discussing their day’s hikes. I chatted with my bunkmate who had just hiked Marshall. He was…