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Hopkins Mountain – 9.22.18
Last Saturday, my good friend Brendan and I drove up to the high peaks for a long-awaited hike. Brendan is still working on the 46, so we had originally planned to hike Lower Wolfjaw from the Bennie’s Brook Slide, however, decided against it when we spent 1 hour trying to cross a high brook on the way to the base of the slide. We decided to hike a much lesser-traveled trail to Hopkins Mountain. The trailhead is located right on Route 73 in Keene Valley across from the Rooster Comb trailhead. We parked in the lot for Rooster Comb, crossed the road and started hiking via the Ranney Trail–you will…