Saturday, December 15, 2018 Start/End: ADK Loj/Heart Lake Miles: 9.9 Elevation gain/loss: 4238′ GaiaGPS track Listened to: Aftereffect podcast; book on Overdrive I ate breakfast at 7am at the Loj’s buffet and then headed out. I was booted up and on trail by 8am. I decided to wear my snowshoes for the entire hike today, though … Continue reading NE 111: Wright, Algonquin, & Iroquois
Friday, December 14, 2018 Start/End: Cascade Mtn Trailhead Miles: 5.8 Elevation gain/loss: 2355′ GaiaGPS track Around 2pm, I headed out from the Loj to the trailhead 15 minutes away. I geared up and headed out by 2:30pm. There was constant snow cover, with a maximum depth of ~3 feet. I wore snowshoes for the entirety … Continue reading NE 111: Cascade & Porter
Sunday, December 2, 2018 Miles: 6.9 Elevation gain: 1983′ Start/end: Rusk Mt Trailhead GaiaGPS track This morning, I was up and out of my house by 6:25am, arriving at the Rusk Mt trailhead around 9:15am. I booted up and started hiking in a light mist at 9:30am. The beginning of the trail was a single-track … Continue reading NE 111: Hunter Mountain
Sunday, December 2, 2018 Miles: 6.0 Elevation gain: 1903′ Start/end: Slide Mt West Trailhead GaiaGPS track After hiking Hunter, I hopped in my car and drove the 45 minutes to the Slide Mountain trail head. It was a bit of an adventure, since I’d neglected to download the Google Maps directions and there was almost … Continue reading NE 111: Slide Mountain
We started at started at Prediger Rd at 5:50am. We made it to the psychological half way point of Stony Clove Notch around 12:45pm, and arrived at the car on Spruceton Rd at 7pm. There was water present on-trail at: Mink Hollow (piped spring), Notch Lake, Devil’s Acre shelter, Diamond Notch Falls, and on the climb up West Kill. Continue reading The Devil’s Path – NY
