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Seymour Mountain
With last Monday’s hike up Cliff Mountain, I had three peaks left. Seymour, Esther and Whiteface. Seymour was orphaned in August after hiking most of the Seward Range, so driving the 3+ hours to Saranac Lake had to be done. I was not particularly looking forward to this hike, either. I planned to make a weekend of it and hike Seymour on Saturday and finishing the 46 with Esther and Whiteface on Sunday. I left home at 4AM Saturday morning and was on the trail to Seymour by 7:45. I met a new hiking friend at the trail head (One of my 46er friends connected us so so I didn’t…
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Hiking the Seward Range
I’m interrupting my trip recap to bring you a new Adirondack Trip Report! Catching up? Check out my last few posts: General Sherman & Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park Walking with Giants in Sequoia National Park Hiking Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park Hiking the Panorama and Mist Trails, Yosemite National Park Fourth of July at Yosemite National Park So, anyway, last weekend I went backpacking in the Adirondacks to snag three more high peaks in the Seward Range, Donaldson, Emmons and Seward Mountains. Jenna, Brendan, Margaret and I drove up to Saranac Lake (The Sewards are the furthest away out of the high peaks, with a 3hr drive from…