This was a nice little hike with Cindy and Brian. It was a surprise hike so to speak as they packed in cupcakes for the summit, and sang happy birthday to me. A beautiful little hike that has some decent views.
Around 2.5 miles round trip
Elevation gain of 713 feet.
Beautiful snowshoeing with some nice views. This is near Elizabethtown NY.
These trails are a system of various trails (30 of them) open to hikers, horses, bicyclists, and even small recreational vehicles. The trail network is part of a local initiative to give the community and visitors a place for recreation. The land was donated to Elizabethtown by the Holst Family back in the 1980s. Many of the trails developed seem to get very light used making the narrower trails seem more like herd paths, but are indeed marked. The terrain is a mix of hilly and flat routes with some following old woods roads leading through passes between adjoining small mounds.
As always carry out trash and stay off wet areas to avoid trail erosion. Marker...
This was another nice outing. There are various trails, we took Lewis Clearing Bay trail, and went to Snake Den overlook. These trails were moderate grade and easy to follow.
Essex, NY
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Brain and Cindy had invited me along on this hike. At the time I hadn't done a lot of hiking in the Lake George area, so this was all new to me.
We went in at the Clay Meadows parking lot, which was near beside a small quarry pool. From the trailhead, we hiked straight up to the center of the mountain’s spine. From that trail junction, we went south over French Point which has some awesome views from its open ledge. We continued on towards Montcalm Point, however, we decided to drop down before First Peaks and bushwhack to the trail along Northwest Bay and take the trail back out to the trailhead and parking area.
This is a hike I want to do again.
It was around 4 miles from the loop
Just under 1000' of elevation gain.
A nice snowshoe walk into the Ausable Club property. This area is absolutely beautiful, year-round. The club is all private property, but an agreement with New York state allows access via foot traffic only, and no pets.
The hike from the parking area, round trip is around 6 miles.
The elevation gain was around 800'.