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The Garden fills up VERY early (I bet you can hear snoring all night long) If the lot is full there's no need to change plans or take the shuttle. Just park down in Keene Valley (roughly a mile walk and 500 feet of elevation). I believe there's a public lot behind the grocery store. Drop...

Put wet base layer in zip-lock and keep it from freezing in sleeping bag. Last thing before heading out in morning is to put the wet base layer back on. If it was OK to wear it wet most of the previous day then it's OK to wear it wet again. A bit invigorating putting wet items on upon a...

When I began using a VBL inside my winter down bag I immediately eliminated all of my (big) problems with condensation, ice and loss of loft. I wore a thin layer of polypropylene underwear, top and bottom. I thought I would be damp and clammy but was surprised at how dry I was. Not only was...

Bubba, I checked and it was 8 years ago (almost to the day) that we did the Jay Range. Remember this? http://adkhighpeaks.com/neil/outdoor%20pursuits/jay/IMG_0215.jpg

If you do Big Slide go via the Brothers Trail, which gets you up onto open rock early into the hike with killer views of the Great Range. From the summit I always return back over the Brothers. The light is different and so is the experience. You can always bail out down the Slide Brook Trail...

Yeah, kinda like debating whether Gordie Howe was better than Wayne Gretzky was better than Sidney Crosby.... Btw, how old was Esper when he did it?

Me too, I heard that the conditions were "just right" for Espers.

I have been part-way up the gorge from the Grace herd path. Additionally, I have whacked to the North Fork through the little col to the SW of the 884 meter peak. It was very open and the slopes of the 884M peak exhibited copious quantities of open rock. Of the peaks to the NE of the gorge I...

Hi buddy, Is this what you are referring to? If so, mastergrasshopper, who you can contact via ADKHighpeaks forum, is the man you want to query. He refers to that section of river as "Icicle Alley" and knows the region like the back of his hand...

Allen Mountain Elevation Info: 4347 ft / 1325 m Latitude/Longitude (WGS84) 44° 4' 16'' N; 73° 56' 24'' W 44.071037, -73.939912 (Dec Deg) 584890E 4880309N Zone 18 (UTM) At 8am Bib and I crossed the Hudson. It was a historical moment akin to the crossing of the Delaware by a well-known...

If I calculate my calorie consumption and glycogen reserves, distances, elevations gains, heart rate as a function of feet of elevation gain per minute and a host of other factors on an ultra-lite titanium abacus then I am eschewing digital technology, right? Say a hard-core Luddite only checks...

The article could have been entitled, "Cell Phones and Hiking the AT". :) Whatever, technology has infiltrated into the hiking experience in so many ways. Digital picture taking (most of us just take pictures, only a few do photography) and uploading onto the net. Usage of on-line weather...

Just to get an idea I did a Google Map route from the campground to Lake Placid: 45 minutes. To Keene valley : 26 minutes. Right from from the town of Lewis you can drive west up Well's road (AKA Spruce Mill Brook Rd.) into the heart of the Jay Mountain/ Hurricane Mt. Areas. The distance you...

Notice how, in the thick of a fir wave, the new growth can co-mingle with dead and leaning trees. Locally famous person in the shot.

Lately, I've been using my 60 CSx gps as a stopwatch while training (Polar watch battery dead) and I have noticed that my recently acquired, very long lasting and fully charged (in a MaHa charger) Eneloop batteries are losing juice very quickly (one bar every 30-60 mins, roughly) Google...

In most situations, if a fir wave lies in your way you're better off detouring around it. Even if it takes more time.

If your line of travel is perpendicular (or nearly so) to the line of travel of the fir wave you're in luck. If you walk along the leading edge you will find an open corridor between the seemingly healthy, unaffected trees and the ones that are leaning up against them but have yet to fall. One...

Yvon, I really like the composition and exposure of this shot.

When Mudrat goes out for a climb he doesn't fool around. When he writes a trip report, he maintains the same standard as for the climb.

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