• Fitness,  Hiking,  Trip Report

    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…

  • Fitness,  Hiking,  Trip Report

    Hiking Pyramid, Gothics, Armstrong and Upper WolfJaw Mountains

    When previous plans fell through on Saturday, I was free the spend the day doing what I enjoy most–being outdoors. I convinced my friend Brendan to hike part of the Lower Great Range in the high peaks–four mountains and three of the 46: Pyramid, Gothics, Armstrong and Upper Wolfjaw. There was the option to add Lower Wolfjaw, but kept that at a “maybe” depending on time and how we felt after already hiking four mountains. The day began early at 5:30AM-we drove up and stopped for food and coffee on the way. Normally I despise fast food, but with nothing open at that hour except McDonalds, an egg and cheese…