Our friends, Barb and Tom, were brave enough to take us newbies on an overnight backpacking trip to Middle Lake. Carrying such a heavy pack (maybe 30 pounds?) for the first time, I wasn’t on the trail very long before I thought to myself, “I’ll never make it.” But, lo and behold, I did.
3.1 miles [...]
We were invited to some friends’ cabin for the weekend. Had an amazing time! We hiked in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area. And we pitched our tent in our friends’ back yard which has a breathtaking view of the Schroon River with Nippletop Mt in the distance.
We hiked to the bottom and the top of [...]
Had a great hike up Bromley Mountain on Sunday, July 19. It was a PERFECT day for hiking: mostly sunny and a temp in the low 70s. This was a fairly moderate hike up the trail. Some steep sections and lots of mud. Saw many people on the trail.
The view from the summit is incredible. [...]
Saturday, July 11, found us with our hiking group at Shelving Rock Mountain and Shelving Rock Falls in Lake George.
The mountain trail is fairly easy. All of the elevation is in the beginning. The actual summit view is obscured by lots of trees. But, our group leader found a short side trail to a cliff [...]
We had a great hike here on Sunday, July 5. The beginning of the trail is quite steep up stone steps. After the initial ascent, it’s pretty level and easy. Lots of mud from all the recent rain.
Total: 3.4 miles
Vertical rise: 1,265 feet
On the trail, we met up with several people: some families out for [...]
On Saturday, June 13, we hiked to Berlin Mountain with our hiking group. It was a great day and quite a workout. The beginning of the loop was a pretty steep incline up a very rocky trail. Several hikers had trekking poles; I think I’ll bring mine from now on just in case. They would [...]
Yesterday, we hiked near Glastenbury Mountain. The weather was perfect as we headed out on the trail at 10 am. There is a lot of history, as well as folklore, about this area that is now called a ghost town. In the past 100 years, nature reclaimed what was rightfully hers. We were grateful for [...]
We hiked two fairly short trails here on Sunday, 5/31. The weather started out beautiful, but by the end of our second trail, we had our ponchos on while the rain beat down. Fortunately, we had sunlight for both destinations.
We will be working up to a hike to the summit of Mt. Greylock. First, we [...]
We went hiking here on May 20. The weather was perfect, but most of the trails were obscured by fallen branches and trees (damage from the December storm). We still had a great time.
The quarry was in operation from the 1860s to the 1960s, then seemed to shut down with no prior warning. The equipment [...]
I’m really getting into hiking this year. I love it. My Merrell boots are finally getting broken in nicely. I’m learning all kinds of new vocabulary, too. For instance: wicking, bug dope, GORP, moleskin, etc.
My goal is to post an entry for each hike. Since I’ve been on a few already, I’ll post them together [...]
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