Street (13) and Nye (12) Mtn's
We arrived at the Adirondack Loj around 8 am. Today (Friday, April 14, 2006) would by Mark, Derek, and myself hiking Street and Nye. We arrived at the trailhead sign-in at 820 am and meandered our way down to Indian Brook, where we finally found a safe place to cross at 10:05. We made our way up to the junction arriving at 1:40 pm after dealing with a fair amount of blowdown along the way. It was a short jaunt over to Nye summit arriving at 2:00 pm, with no views. After a quick photo session, we headed back to the junction arriving at 2:20 pm. We were soon on our way to Street. This summit seemed to be a bit elusive, and a few surprises as we had a little bit of trouble staying on the trail, blowdown, and the spruce traps were a bit...
Lower Wolfjaw Mt (11)
We arrived at the Garden parking lot to find it almost empty. I went and paid for our parking and returned to the truck for our stretches, made our last-minute checks to make sure we had everything we needed, signed in at the register, and around 1 pm off we went toward JBL. My son, Derek, and I set out for Johns Brook Lodge in hopes of spending the night in a lean-to but prepared to use our tents. We met several people coming out from having a few night's stays. We arrived at JBL around 5 pm, and soon went to see the caretaker and get a lean-to because our friends Mark, Chris, and Justin were going to come in later that night and the next day, our luck there were some available. We stayed in the Goodwin lean-to, which was in an...
Sawteeth Mtn (10)
For Father's Day, my dad, son Derek, brother Rick, and I set out to hike Sawteeth mountain. We arrived at the Lower Ausable parking lot after dropping off Derek and Dad at the beginning of the road. We were at the gate (trailhead) at 6:41 am and were off on our hike. I picked this hike for Fathers day because my father and brother had never done a high peak, so I figured this would be a fairly easy one, in that you start out with a long walk before climbing, this was nice for me also because it gave us time to slowly warm-up. We arrived at the lower Ausable lake at 8:50 am, had a drink and shed some clothes, and continued on. When we arrived at the waterfall I was amazed, this was a very relaxing and beautiful site, and I could have...
Algonquin (5) and Iroquis (7) Peak
On April 17, 2005, we set out to hike these two peaks, on a very nice day. This was another great day of hiking. It's funny how some days we describe as "epic" and others were just great hikes. This was one of those "epic" day hikes as we all felt strong all day. The 4 of us hiked these two beauties on a weekday, which has many advantages compared to a weekend. We would not see another soul until we returned back to Algonquin from Iroquois peak. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the exact start time or ending time, but I do know it was done entirely in daylight hours. The trail is well-traveled and is a popular hike, so naturally, it sees a lot of traffic. It is a steady uphill once you get past the junction where the trail goes to...
Big Slide (9) via the Brothers
We arrived at the garden around 7:00 am, paid for our parking, did our stretches, and signed in; it was my son Derek, and I. We were on the trail for Big Slide by 7:15 am. We took the trail over the Brothers; I really liked this approach, with the many outlooks along the way it gave a lot of inspiration. We arrived at the first Brother around 8:50 am I was surprised at all the nooks and crannies along the way, we passed a huge outcropping that looks as if people use it as a shelter. The one thing I did notice was this trail seemed to be in the sun a lot along the way, this would be a big problem for someone who may not have taken enough water, albeit there were several areas to get water along the way once you crossed over the last...
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