Marshall + Cliff via Flowed Lands route - 01-04 and 01-05-2008 - corrected title

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Sorry - got the title wrong, so re-posting this.

Recently did an overnighter to get two peaks for Jenn's winter 46er list: Marshall and Cliff. Lots of fresh snow meant extensive trailbreaking and bushwhacking, but now two good tracks are now broken out: up the Herbert Brook approach to Marshall, and up the Northwest side of Cliff, from the Flowed Lands side (of course, things will be thoroughly soggified with all of the rain since, but the tracks should still be followable).

Also, we encountered four very friendly and helpful FDNY guys at the Calamity Ponds Lean-to, and a very annoying martin / mink type creature living under the lean-to.

Full report with pictures and writeup available here
 
"but now two good tracks are now broken out: up the Herbert Brook approach to Marshall, and up the Northwest side of Cliff"

Congratulations but your tracks are probably gone by now, it has been sunny and warm for 3 days, above freezing overnights and it was 65F in Keene Valley at 2PM today. Rivers and brooks are in spring mode already, ealier tourists were taking pictures of roaring Roaring Brook Falls, Chapel Pond was watery and it hasn't rain yet which it's supposed to do heavely on Wednesday!

... too bad I need Marshall ...
 
BlackSpruce said:
"but now two good tracks are now broken out: up the Herbert Brook approach to Marshall, and up the Northwest side of Cliff"

Congratulations but your tracks are probably gone by now, it has been sunny and warm for 3 days, above freezing overnights and it was 65F in Keene Valley at 2PM today. Rivers and brooks are in spring mode already, ealier tourists were taking pictures of roaring Roaring Brook Falls, Chapel Pond was watery and it hasn't rain yet which it's supposed to do heavely on Wednesday!

... too bad I need Marshall ...
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yes, I realize that it's been raining cats and dogs, but even so there can often be some faint remnant of track even after a rain event or snow event, and that can be useful to someone looking for the way.
 
alavigne said:
yes, I realize that it's been raining cats and dogs, but even so there can often be some faint remnant of track even after a rain event or snow event, and that can be useful to someone looking for the way.
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We can always hope. The winter route to Cliff is tough though if it goes over a lot of blowdown. I recall huge piles of blowdown that were able to be climbed due to the amount of snow. Now we'll be lucky to make it across flowed lands without taking a swim!
 
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