Adirondacks Eleven

[blaze]

Friday 7/2 - leave from Richmond, VT, across Lake Champlain by ferry, then drive to St Huberts. Backpack to tent site near Indian Head. Set up camp. Day hike Nippletop, Dial, Colvin, Blake.

Saturday 7/3 - Sawteeth (scenic trail), Gothics, Armstrong, Upper Wolf Jaw, Lower Wolf Jaw. Back to Indian Head tent site.

Sunday 7/4 - Back out to St Huberts. Big breakfast. Cold beers. Day hike Cascade and Porter. More cold beers on summit. Hike down. Swim. Eat. Drive home.

Thanks to Tim for your company on this strenuous but very rewarding weekend! Eleven more 46ers in the bag.

Nice running into Dianne and Paul B at Beaver Meadow Falls.

Photos to be posted soon, including lots of Great Range panoramics.

Happy Independence Day!

 

[adktyler]

Nice Panorama!! You certainly had some awesome weather for hiking. Congrats on 11 more!

 

[blaze]

Thanks ADK88! It was a great weekend. I do not get over there enough. It's been two years. I had forgotten how spectacular (and rugged) the High Peaks are!

Photos are posted (full screen slideshow w/music, gallery).

Jonathan

 

[Hikes4fun]

That's a busy holiday weekend!!

 

[una_dogger]

How did you like the "Scenic" Trail?? Not one of my favorites.

Congrats on bagging so many peaks!

 

[blaze]

How did you like the "Scenic" Trail?? Not one of my favorites.

Congrats on bagging so many peaks!

Thanks!

I didn't think the Scenic Trail was too bad. Nice outlooks down to the lake.

Of everything that we did last weekend, the col between Colvin and Blake was my least favorite. We encountered plentiful mud everywhere we went, and some trails are badly eroded.

 

[PA Ridgerunner]

...Of everything that we did last weekend, the col between Colvin and Blake was my least favorite. We encountered plentiful mud everywhere we went, and some trails are badly eroded.

We were also there on Friday. I have one word for the southern side of Colvin -- ladders!!

 

[blaze]

We were also there on Friday. I have one word for the southern side of Colvin -- ladders!!

Yes! For instance, this would have been a real nice spot for a ladder...

 

[J.Dub]

Yes! For instance, this would have been a real nice spot for a ladder...

Really? Handjam Crack was one of my favorite parts of the Colvin/Blake trip.

Diff'rent strokes, I guess...

 

[ColdRiverRun]

Really? Handjam Crack was one of my favorite parts of the Colvin/Blake trip.

Diff'rent strokes, I guess...

It's not during the shoulder seasons when it is filled with ice and the rock around has a nice glaze. That spot used to be pretty narrow. It is constanty widening as people grab the vegetation around it to get up and down. Big problem to that (besides obvious) is that there is a nice stiff drop off just to the right (as you descend).

 

[una_dogger]

Of everything that we did last weekend, the col between Colvin and Blake was my least favorite. We encountered plentiful mud everywhere we went, and some trails are badly eroded.

Try it sometime in a downpour, can you say "mudslide" ??

I'm with JDub on the scrambles though, good fun.

 

[blaze]

Try it sometime in a downpour, can you say "mudslide" ??

I'm with JDub on the scrambles though, good fun.

No doubt, no doubt. That col just took us a bit longer than we figured it would!

 

[ColdRiverRun]

Blake kinda sucks in the summer (in comparison to others) but in winter it's fantastic. All those chutes and scrambles turn in to one long luge run and the blowdown field facing the Great range becomes a nice viewing platform.

 

[J.Dub]

It's not during the shoulder seasons when it is filled with ice and the rock around has a nice glaze. That spot used to be pretty narrow. It is constanty widening as people grab the vegetation around it to get up and down. Big problem to that (besides obvious) is that there is a nice stiff drop off just to the right (as you descend).

Y'know...I had not considered the "trail widening" issue there.

Thanks for pointing it out.