Post'r Boy, you have to remember, for those of us who don't have fancy schmancy altimeters, topozone maps, or map and compass skills (or who are quite new to the bushwhacking game and always end up hiking alone), the wooded high points to some of these mountains might not be readily apparent. Especially when one is working on the Y-Alpine list, where each summit is supposed to have a trail to it (which apparently isn't the case with Randolph or Crescent) and thus on such peaks one's expectations of having to hunt around for a high point are nonexistant. Nor does it help when one goes hiking in adverse conditions, when visibility isn't the best, and the woods are too wet and cold to go tramping through the unwelcoming spruce for very long. For instance, when I was up on Randolph, the trail was lined on both sides by a wall of snowy spruces, so at no point was I able to see the "discernable summit cone" and I never encountered a suggestion of one.
I don't know what kind of fishiness you sense, but the simple fact is that if the WMG gave sufficient information regarding these peaks I wouldn't have to bother people with my queries. believe one should never hesitate to ask questions if they would like additional information (and that it's everyone's right to refuse to answer questions if they would prefer not to [at least in matters relating to VFTT]).
