Another day of trailhead stewarding, and another hike after, and trying to do Big Crow once again. This time I knew the trail was not next to the register, but the other side of the lot. This is a weirdly steep trail for the length. Not horribly difficult, short, but still not a walk in the park. The views though, my, they're worth it. This is another Lake Placid 9 down... now 3/9.
More Lake George 12 today. I had originally planned to do the entire tongue range, but it was a hot and humid day, so I cut it short by hiking out to Fivemile and then coming back to the top of the tongue. Overall, this is a beautiful hike, and on the north end not horribly difficult. The views though, somewhat lacking. There was a slight view at Brown, nothing at Huckleberry, and you had to scramble up a rock off the trail to get any view at 5 mile. I fortunately? didn't see any of the rattlesnakes that the tongue range is known for.
I continue my work on the Lake George 12. This time it was Buck, Erebus, and Sleeping Beauty out of the Fort Anne area. First up was Buck from Shelving Rock Road. The hike was just a dream. There was a bit of steep right at the top, but I was up in no time and didn't realize how fast I was going. The views were amazing too! No wonder this is one of the hikes that "everyone" does, and I'm surprised it took me so long to get to it as it's only about an hour away.
Looking to do a short hike after working as trailhead steward, I went to do Big Crow from O'Toole road, part of the Lake Placid 9 challenge. I get to the lot, sign in at the register, and start hiking the trail next to the register. After 15 min or so I start asking myself, am I on the right trail? I thought this trail was only 0.7 miles and steep, but I've gone at least 1/2 a mile and it's been flat! I check the GPS, and yup, I'm on the wrong trail, I'm heading towards Hurricane! Oops!
Today I started on the Lake George 12 by going for a hike with Michael up Cat and Thomas. We started off at the parking area on Edgecomb Rd. The trail starts off as a dirt road and eventually you make a left turn and are on trail. The trail overall up Cat was pretty nice to hike. It was surprisingly well marked and easy to follow. It was only at the top that it got a little steep to climb. The views though were well worth it.
For my last winter hike of the year, I went back up north and decided to do a "simple" 12 mile hike, TableTop and Phelps. The weather forecast was good, but suggested weather would be moving in later in the day.
I have heard many good things about doing Allen mountain in the winter. Biggest being that the hike up Allen Brook is not a slippery mess of moss and slime. I was looking forward to doing this hike in the winter to see how much better it can be. I also have never come in from the south on the East River trail, so those couple miles would be new to me.
