peak_bgr
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Well it was a day of trying to hike in huge snow. We didn’t want an all day adventure so we decided to do three small peaks, in different spots to break up the day.
We started out in Saranac Lake on Mount Pisgah. Rather than hiking the usual ski slope up to the summit, we decided an approach from the other side. We knew we would be breaking trail from Jeep to summit but what the heck. It was tough, 18+ inches of unconsolidated snow. The views were decent, they would have been better if it were clearer.
Our second peak we drove over to Tupper Lake to grab Panther Mountain, a short 0.60 miles along a state trail. To our luck it had been broken, kind of. By the looks of it, the last person climbed it the day after the storm, because it was blown back in pretty good in spots. This was my third time on this peak and it’s a great peak. Killer view of the Sewards and the Sawtooths, a view point that you can really only get from here. I guess that’s the case with every mountain, but you know what I mean.
Third peak was Dewey Mountain. Heck, we climbed Lewey last year, Dewey this year, next year it’s Hewey. Anyone know where there’s a Hewey Mountain?? This one we thought was going to be chore to find a route. We thought about from Rte 3, but we couldn’t find a spot along the road to pull off, the snow banks were too high. To our surprise there’s a cross-country ski and snowshoe area on Dewey. $3 a day and you have full access. We anteed up $6 and off we went. The trails here are top notch, the snowshoes trails are pretty sweet, and to our advantage already broken. The lower ski trails were groomed and being touched up as we were there. Pretty busy place too. The trails didn’t actually go to the summit, but a short 0.25 miles from the summit. But that took a lot of energy as well, 18-20 inches of unconsolidated snow.
That’s that for Friday, But today’s Saturday and I have another trip report to do, stay tuned.
We started out in Saranac Lake on Mount Pisgah. Rather than hiking the usual ski slope up to the summit, we decided an approach from the other side. We knew we would be breaking trail from Jeep to summit but what the heck. It was tough, 18+ inches of unconsolidated snow. The views were decent, they would have been better if it were clearer.
Our second peak we drove over to Tupper Lake to grab Panther Mountain, a short 0.60 miles along a state trail. To our luck it had been broken, kind of. By the looks of it, the last person climbed it the day after the storm, because it was blown back in pretty good in spots. This was my third time on this peak and it’s a great peak. Killer view of the Sewards and the Sawtooths, a view point that you can really only get from here. I guess that’s the case with every mountain, but you know what I mean.
Third peak was Dewey Mountain. Heck, we climbed Lewey last year, Dewey this year, next year it’s Hewey. Anyone know where there’s a Hewey Mountain?? This one we thought was going to be chore to find a route. We thought about from Rte 3, but we couldn’t find a spot along the road to pull off, the snow banks were too high. To our surprise there’s a cross-country ski and snowshoe area on Dewey. $3 a day and you have full access. We anteed up $6 and off we went. The trails here are top notch, the snowshoes trails are pretty sweet, and to our advantage already broken. The lower ski trails were groomed and being touched up as we were there. Pretty busy place too. The trails didn’t actually go to the summit, but a short 0.25 miles from the summit. But that took a lot of energy as well, 18-20 inches of unconsolidated snow.
That’s that for Friday, But today’s Saturday and I have another trip report to do, stay tuned.
