Sunday, July 7, 2019 Trailhead: Gale River Loop Rd Miles: 10.5 Elevation gain: 3037′ Accompanied by: Little Engine GaiaGPS track After packing up this morning, we leave our cabin at Mt Liberty Lodging and headed towards Gale River Loop Rd and the Garfield trailhead. We arrived around 8:25am, packed up, and were on trail by … Continue reading The Grid: Garfield
Friday, July 5, 2019 Trailhead: Cannon aerial tramway parking lot Miles: 3.2 Elevation gain: 1910′ Accompanied by: Little Engine After Toby picked me up from the Dublin trail parking lot, we headed up to retrieve my car from Mt Sunapee, drop it at a park and ride, and then drove up to the Whites. We … Continue reading The Grid: Cannon
Friday, July 5, 2019 Start: Crider shelter End: Dublin trailhead Miles: 15.7 (+0.5 for shelter side trail and going the wrong way at one road intersection) Elevation gain: 2503′ GaiaGPS route I had a horrible night sleep. The bugs started up again around 7:30pm and were relentless in their pursuit of me until around 10:30-11pm. … Continue reading MSG: Day 3
Thursday, July 4, 2019 Start: Moose Lookout Shelter End: Crider Shelter Miles: 24.5 (+~1 mile for water, town food, shelter side trail) Elevation gain: 4357′ GaiaGPS route So after getting to bed late (11:15pm), I didn’t sleep well due to the heat, and then I was woken up at 4:30am by the mosquitoes. They were … Continue reading MSG: Day 2
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Start: Mt Sunapee Resort End: Moose Lookout Shelter Miles: 7.4 Elevation gain: 2234′ GaiaGPS route I drove the two hours to the Mt Sunapee Resort, arriving around 7:15pm after eating a gas station dinner (since all the fast food places had lines 15+ minutes long). I prepped my gear, used an … Continue reading MSG: day 1
Sunday, June 30, 2019 Trailhead: Fire Tower trailhead, Upper Works Miles: 20.88 Elevation gain: 3760′ GaiaGPS track I was up at 5:30am, packed up, and left the campground by 6am. I made it to the trailhead around 6:30am, suited up, and then headed out from the buggy trailhead by 6:45am. It had rained overnight and … Continue reading ADK46: Allen
Saturday, June 22, 2019 Start: Wedge Brook campsite End: Ausable hiker parking Miles: 20.65 Elevation: 8200′ gain, 9596′ loss GaiaGPS track After being kept up until around 10pm by brutally ruthless bugs biting me through my headnet, I was woken up at 4:30am by bugs in my ears. I didn’t sleep well between 10-4:30, either, … Continue reading ADK46: Lower & Upper Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Little Haystack, Haystack, Pyramid, Sawteeth
Friday, June 21, 2019 Start: Ausable hiker parking lot End: Wedge Brook campsite Miles: 5.15 Elevation gain: 1766′ GaiaGPS track Around 3:30pm, I headed to the Mountaineer to rent a ADK-approved bear canister. I picked one up and headed down the road to the Ausable hiker parking lot. It was probably 80% full, though based … Continue reading ADK46: to Wedge Brook campsite
Sunday, June 9, 2019 Start: Feldspar Brook campsite End: Adirondack Loj Miles: 16.87 Elevation gain: 5250′ GaiaGPS track I woke up this morning around 5 and hung out in my sleeping bag until 5:15. I got up and packed up my campsite and was on trail hiking before 6 a.m. Before I left the campsite, … Continue reading ADK46: Grey, Skylight, Marcy, Table Top, Phelps
Saturday, June 8, 2019 Start: campsite by Colden Dam Mileage: 20.1 Elevation gain: 6004′ End: campsite at Feldspar Brook GaiaGPS track I fell asleep around 9:30 last night and slept relatively well for my first night out. I woke up to the morning light around 4:55am, right before my alarm was set to go off. I … Continue reading ADK46: Marshall, Cliff, Redfield, Colden
