Doodles
Active member
Broke ground on the Adirondacks on Saturday. Hiked 4, 42 to go.
Was a long day. Left New Paltz at 4:00 am headed North. Nice easy drive, but a little disappointed when the rain started. Had breakfast at the Noonmark Diner and then proceeded to the Saint Hubert PA. By the time I got myself ready to go the rain had stopped and I was walking by 8:30.
I signed in at the trail register and started up the Lake Rd Tr to Henry Goddard Leach Tr #42. Up over Bear Den Mtn, Dial Mtn, and Nippletop. No views from the tops since the peaks were overcome by cloud cover. After Nippletop I head down Tr #41 to Elk Pass where I stopped for lunch at the pond. By this time the sun had burned off the clouds to a humid haze. I then proceeded to the Jct to Tr # 40 to Mt Colvin. Tr # 55 to Blake Peak. Colvin to Blake seemed like a straight down and up turn around and down and up again back on Tr # 55 over Colvin. I took another break on Colvin before proceeding down back to the Jct to Tr # 40 out to Gill Brook and back to Lake Rd Tr out. The trail along Gill Brook was a very nice walk with all the waterfalls.
I made it back to the PA by 7:30 and back home by 11:30. This was a very long day trip. I had planned on overnight weekend trips and not day trips, but I was itching to start the Adirondacks. I look forward to the upcoming trips to the Daks.
Was a long day. Left New Paltz at 4:00 am headed North. Nice easy drive, but a little disappointed when the rain started. Had breakfast at the Noonmark Diner and then proceeded to the Saint Hubert PA. By the time I got myself ready to go the rain had stopped and I was walking by 8:30.
I signed in at the trail register and started up the Lake Rd Tr to Henry Goddard Leach Tr #42. Up over Bear Den Mtn, Dial Mtn, and Nippletop. No views from the tops since the peaks were overcome by cloud cover. After Nippletop I head down Tr #41 to Elk Pass where I stopped for lunch at the pond. By this time the sun had burned off the clouds to a humid haze. I then proceeded to the Jct to Tr # 40 to Mt Colvin. Tr # 55 to Blake Peak. Colvin to Blake seemed like a straight down and up turn around and down and up again back on Tr # 55 over Colvin. I took another break on Colvin before proceeding down back to the Jct to Tr # 40 out to Gill Brook and back to Lake Rd Tr out. The trail along Gill Brook was a very nice walk with all the waterfalls.
I made it back to the PA by 7:30 and back home by 11:30. This was a very long day trip. I had planned on overnight weekend trips and not day trips, but I was itching to start the Adirondacks. I look forward to the upcoming trips to the Daks.
