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The Longest Hike – Allen Mountain
Saturday was the perfect September day! My day started out VERY early at 4:00 AM. Christine is on her way to finishing her Adirondack 46 this month and only has a few more high peaks to hike. I joined her for one of the longest, Allen Mountain. We arrived at the trailhead for Allen at the East River parking lot at about 7:00am. The sun had been up for only a few minutes. We wanted as much day light as possible because this was a doozey of a hike. About 18-19 miles round trip and an estimated 12 hours of hiking. I was game because I like walking and I…
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Hiking Mt. Jo and ADK Things
This weekend was full of Adirondack goodness. I went camping near Lake Placid with my friends Meredith and John. We had grand plans of hiking some high peaks this past weekend, but weather diminished them. However, the weather was still great on Saturday after we set up camp, and decided that we better get a hike in now, just to say we saw some views. Enter Mt. Jo. The trail to Mt. Jo is at the Adirondack Loj parking lot. It was a short hike, so we didn’t mind starting the hike at about 4:30pm. First we stopped to see Heart Lake. Then we began the 1.1 mile climb on…
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Hiking Big Slide and the Brothers
Friday night, my sister, our friend Brendan and I drove to Keene Valley to stay a few nights in the Adirondacks for some hiking! I wanted to take my sister up there to experience a hike and thought she would enjoy it! She is in pretty good shape, even though she doesn’t do any hiking, so I figured we could tackle a moderate but not too easy hike, so I decided on Big Slide! Saturday morning at around 8:30 am, we parked at The Garden Parking lot for $7 and it was already filling up! Everyone knew it would be a nice day for hiking, despite the previous night’s rain.…
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Hiking Colvin and Blake
Two more high peaks down, and I lived to tell the tale. Just barely. 😉 Saturday morning Christine and I met up at exit 9 park & ride and went up north again to do some hiking. Colvin and Blake were on the agenda. We met two of her friends at the St. Huberts parking lot and got a pretty early start (around 8:30am). The first three miles were on a dirt road in the AMR (private land), which is a road that leads to a bunch of different trailheads to other various high peaks. It was a nice leisurely walk. It was a long day. First we made it…
