ADK 46 LOGS

ADIRONDACK 46 HIGH PEAKS
Gabriel & Mary-Lou LIST OF ALL THE DATES HERE

GOTHICS ~ SUNDAY, June 18th 2006
# 1 / 46
HIKING start 9h00am / finish 8h00 pm
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 15 lbs
Catch up to Club Rando : *Colin-LaForumi, Stéphane-Boussole68, Ingrid-Ingrid, Michel-michel123, Carine-ctj,Valérie-Soleil, Nicolas, Richard, ?,

DISTANCE ~25 km
ASCENT 910m
UP 3h52 mins

MORE UP 1h51 mins
lunch
DOWN 3h57 mins
EXTRA 30 mins / back to River crossing to get photo I had missed in the morning.

KNEES I was careful all day.. used my poles up and down except for the part that had cables.. and my knees gave me no problems at all.

wheather : Warm and sunny.. hot at the top

The trail #3 that's on the south Side of the Ore Bed Brook is spectacular but alot less used than the other side.

If you google-image for ' Gothics hiking ' you'll find pictures of the trail #4, that's actually the Friction Climbing section with the cable in the picture below.

All distances on the map are in Miles.

More comments probably later.

Views from MOUNT GOTHICS

	Gabriel's first full day hike. What a start!
	I learned the phrase "friction climbing" .. but on some section there were cables . Gabriel chose to have fun with them both going up.. and down.. I took the more technical way and only grabbed on to them when I really needed to. probably more comments later..
	Stéphane from Club Rando has fun jumping back and forth on rocks that I was just glad to get across. I'll have to practice that skill sometime.. I don't trust myself (nore my boots) very much in this kind of situation. More photos

MARCY ~ SATURDAY, September 1st 2007
# 2 / 46
Van Hoevenberg Trail

HIKING start 9h25 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 17,4 lbs
ASCENT 3179 feet / 969 meters
TOTAL LENGTH 14,8 miles / 23,6 km
TOTAL TIME 9 h 00

Sunrise / Sunset calendar
Twilight : 5:48am Sunrise: 6:17am Sunset: 7:34pm Twilight: 8:04pm	For Lake Placid NY September 1st 2007

TEMPERATURE : sunny, with a high near 62. North wind between 3 and 9 mph. low 50s and strong wind at the summit, but very clear and sunny.

Much easier than 34 years ago, they must have changed some of the sections and redone the trail, maybe even a couple of times since. Very pleasant but sort of disapointing, is that compatible? The last section was fun and the view at top was just as awesome.

NOTE : see banner and diary above, with Algonquin in the background.

RIGHT : The last section, about .06 miles, was fun.

BELOW : Gothics highlighted and Giant right behind it.

UP Starting at Adirondak Loj to about 0,6 mi from the top
3h25 mins
Lunch
0h12 mins
UP to Marcy and walk-about
0h52 mins
DOWN to Indian Falls
1h49 mins
Snack and view at Indian Falls
0h23 mins
DOWN to Adirondak Loj
2h01 mins

BED AT 00h30 AM

ALGONQUIN PEAK ~ THURSDAY, July 29th 2010
# 3 / 46
via Avalanche Pass Trail just across the lake from Mount Colden

HIKING time : ~ 10 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :19 lbs
CHALLENGE : The Avalanche Pass
ALTITUDE : 5114' / 1559 m
ASCENT ~ 895 m
TOTAL LENGTH 18,1 km
WEATHER : No rain,

ORANGE Trail on this map, From the parking at the Adirondak Loj (10 $).

MORE COMMENTS TO COME

BED AT 9h00 PM

Whispering Pine Campground, 4582 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-9322
Site #16 19$

GIANT ~ FRIDAY, July 30th 2010
# 4 / 46

Forecast for Keene as of Wednesday July 28th :
Friday: SMostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind between 5 and 7 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

HIKING time ~ 7 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :
TECHNICAL CHALLENGE :
ALTITUDE : 4627' / 1410 m
ASCENT ~ 930 m
TOTAL LENGTH 9,4 km +
WEATHER : No rain,

PINK TRAIL on this map, From the parking on road 73. Up the Ridge Trail, and down with a loop so as not to finish to early.

MORE COMMENTS TO COME

This is the day Gabriel decides that he wants to do al 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks. I think I'd rather do the top 10 5000 footers in NE North America.

BED AT 9h00 PM

Whispering Pine Campground, 4582 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-9322
Site #16 19$

COLDEN ~ SATURDAY, July 31st 2010
# 5 / 46

Forecast for Keene as of Wednesday July 28th :
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Just across the lake from Algonquin Peak
HIKING time ~ 9 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :
TECHNICAL CHALLENGE :
ALTITUDE : 4714' / 1437 m
ASCENT ~ 772 m
TOTAL LENGTH 20 km
WEATHER : No rain,

PINK TRAIL on this map, From the parking at the Adirondak Loj (10 $). There and back.

MORE COMMENTS TO COME

LEFT : I just love clear indications at intersections and clear trail markers. The yellow, blue and red dots on the map above refer to the trail markers.

MORE COMMENTS TO COME

SUMMIT : Sitting on top of the world, looking over at Algonquin, eating lunch, relaxing, and suddenly out of nowhere just in front of us, a young couple in their early 20s pop up. We had never heard of Slide climbin.. LOL

BED AT 9h00 PM

Whispering Pine Campground, 4582 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-9322
Site #16 19$

BIG SLIDE ~ SUNDAY, August 1st 2010
# 6 / 46

via The Brothers

HIKING time ~ 6 h 50 mins
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :
TECHNICAL CHALLENGE :
ALTITUDE : 4240' / 1292 m
ASCENT ~ 853 m
TOTAL LENGTH 12,5 km
WEATHER : Mostly sunny. great day.


	ORANGE Trail on this map Starting at the Garden Parking (7$)

CAR TRIP HOME 4-7 pm

DIX ~ WEDNESDAY, July 27th 2011
# 7 / 46
Day 2
HIKING start at 7h26 to ~ 9,5 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 21 lbs / 2+2 liters of Water
ALTITUDE : 4857' / 1481 m
ASSENT ~ 3200' / 976 m
TOTAL LENGTH 13,6 Miles / 11 km

-banner picture taken by Gabriel
-try out my filtration pump at the Boquet River near the Leanto.
-nice leanto I'd love to stay at someday
-I like my system of 2 times 2 liter hydration bags. I know how much water I have left, and just have to clip my tube to the bag I want.

UP 4h59 mins
LUNCH 23 mins
DOWN 4h15 mins

BED AT 9h00 Camping day 2 Lincoln Pond Campground #20 / 4363 Lincoln Pond Road Elisabethtown, NY 12932 (518) 942-5892

CASCADE & PORTER ~ THURSDAY, July 28th 2011
# 8 - 9 / 46
Day 3

HIKING start : 9h40 AM time : ~ 4h30mins
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 19 lbs
ALTITUDE : Cascade : 4098' / 1249 m // Porter 4059' / 1238 m
ASSENT Cascade : 1940' / 592 m // Porter + 58' / +20 m
TOTAL LENGTH : Cascade : 4.8 mi / 7.8 km // Porter + 1.4 mi / + 0.9 ?km

-no water at all in the streams

-Gabriel wears gaiters for the first time. I like my high gaiters that protect my shins, although they do tend to be warm.

-I thought we were coming from the other side.. and it's only on top that I noticed I had the wrong trail on my map. This is the right one.

UP 1h57 mins
LUNCH 29 mins
TO PORTER 1h08 mins
DOWN 1h03 mins

BED AT 9h00 PM at TMax-n-Topo's Jackrabitt Hostel 5046 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-0123 http://tmax-n-topo.com/ "Dixes"

LOWER WOLFJAW, UPPER WOLFJAW & ARMSTRONG
~ FRIDAY, July 29th 2011
# 10 - 11 - 12 / 46
Day 4

HIKING time : ~ 10,5 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 22 lbs
ALTITUDE : Lower WJ 4175'/ 1273 m & Upper WJ 4185' & Armstrong 4400'
ASSENT ~ Lower WJ 2825' / 861 m & Upper WJ + ? ' & Armstrong + ? '
TOTAL LENGTH Lower WJ 4.2 / 6.8 m & Upper WJ + ? ' & Armstrong + ? '
WEATHER ok until we're almost at Armstrong when we get a heavy downpour for 4 hours! It's warm though, 20°C, so we don't even put on our rain coats! But DO cover our pacsacs. Luckily it stops just before we get to the cars.

-Gaby parks car while I wait with pacsacs at trailhead

-up to Lower Wolfjaw first

-nice place to get out of the pouring rain for a few minutes.

UP TO LWJ TRAIL : Wedge Brook Trail
2h50 mins
LWJ
48 mins
LUNCH 16 mins
DOWN TO UWJ TRAIL
23 mins
UP TO UWJ
2h18 mins
TO ARMSTRONG AND DOWN in the pouring rain!
3h59 mins

BED AT 9h30 PM at TMax-n-Topo's Jackrabitt Hostel 5046 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-0123 http://tmax-n-topo.com/ "Dixes"

WRIGHT ~ SATURDAY, July 30th 2011
# 13 / 46
Day 5

HIKING time : ~ 6.5 hours .. start at 8h17 AM
ALTITUDE : 4580'
ASSENT ~ 2401' / 732 m
TOTAL LENGTH 7 Miles / 11,4 Km

-Wear old leather Merrels because of yesterday's rain and so does Gabriel who gets blisters.

-We WERE supposed to do Iroquois this same day, but it's safer to change our plans.

UP 2h40 mins
TOP 1h06 mins
DOWN 2h22 mins

BED AT 9h30 PM at TMax-n-Topo's Jackrabitt Hostel 5046 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-0123 http://tmax-n-topo.com/ "Dixes"

PHELPS ~ SUNDAY, July 31st 2011
# 14 / 46
Day 6

HIKING time : ~ 6 hours Start at 7h41 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs
ALTITUDE : 4161' / 1269 m
ASSENT 1982 ' / 604 m
TOTAL LENGTH 8.8 mi / 14,2 km

	This winter I'd like to mark all the trails on a paper map to get an overview of where we've been.
	Such a nice hike. And it was about time we did this hike, since Gabriel kept thinking we'd already done it! We start out early in the cool of the day and are on our way down when we stop for lunch. A fantastic place on the rocks. Gabriel says the water is cold.

UP 2h37 mins
SNACK & WALKABOUT 30 mins
DOWN TO RIVER / ROCKS
1h16 mins
LUNCH on the rocks 15 mins
DOWN 1h15 mins

BED AT 9h30 PM Camping day 1 KOA Lake Placid / Whiteface KOA 77 FoxFarmRoad / Wilminton NY 12997 (800) 562-0368

WHITEFACE Wilmington trail & ESTHER Unmarked TUESDAY, August 2nd 2011
# 15 - 16 / 46
Day 8

HIKING time : ~ 9,5 hours / Start at 7h05 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 18 lbs
ALTITUDE : Whiteface 4867' / 1484 m // Esther :
ASSENT ~ 1,103 m + Esther
TOTAL LENGTH 10.4 mi / 16,8 km + Esther 2.4 mi

-first time I write stuff on my maps. I think I'll do it more often..

-easy mountain, alternating level and ascent..

-do Esther on the way down. Esther is our first "unmarked and unmaintained" summit, but no way can we get lost on it, it's clearer than some marked trails!

UP TO WHITEFACE
3h55 mins
WALKABOUT 23 mins
DOWN TO JUNCTION WITH ESTER
1h09 mins
LUNCH 13 mins
UP TO ESTER
40 mins
TOP ~ 10 mins
DOWN TO WHITEFACE TRAIL
39 mins
DOWN
2h02 mins

BED AT 9h00 PM Camping day 3 KOA Lake Placid / Whiteface KOA 77 FoxFarmRoad / Wilminton NY 12997 (800) 562-0368

IROQUOIS ~ SATURDAY, August 20th 2011
# 17 / 46
Day 2 Via Algonquin

HIKING start at 7h30 ~ 8H15 mins
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs / 2+2 liters of Water +pump, drink 2,5 liters
ALTITUDE : x' / x m
ASSENT ~ x' / x m
TOTAL LENGTH xMiles / x km

It was a full week at work and we only started packing on Friday.

I put my Small Gatorade bottle in the cooler and forgot to bring it with me on the hike. It made me anxious for a while, although Gaby had some powdered gatorade. But the hike was much easier than I thought, or I was in better shape ;) In FB I say :

Another nice Adirondak hike. 8 hours, beautiful weather. Iroquois via Algonquin. We saw some very courageous out of shape people doing the hike. I'll remember one lady stuck for a while having alot of trouble with a section where her legs just didn't have enough strength anymore. I don't think I've ever sufferd or want to suffer as much as she did. Crazy, even dangerous. But I guess she'll have alot to talk about. " Alot of great adventure stories come from unprepared travellers" mls. I asked if they needed help and since they said they'd be all right.. I just bouldered on and climbed by them. The man said " Look at her go! She's a real mountain goat." :-D

BED AT 9h00 Camping day 2 Whispering Pine Campground, 4582 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-9322
Site #21 across from showers, good 25$

BACKPACK IN ~ SATURDAY, September 3rd 2011
First backpacking trip
Day 1

, we had planned to do our trip near NippleTop but all of the Eastern High Peaks are closed! D

From P to Ward Brook Leanto
BACKPACKING time : ~ 3h00
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 35 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH We take trail #129 to Ward Brook Leanto.

So! We're finally going backpacking! I've wanted this for a few years. Imagine how excited I am! I feel like when I was 20 going on a canoe trip. This is adventure. Actually, it's just a little adventure, but the fact that it's Gabriel's first time as well makes it even more fun.

Put up tent near Lean-to and have Lunch

SEYMOUR ~ SATURDAY, September 3rd 2011
# 18 / 46
Day 1
"unmarked & unmaintained" RED LINE
HIKING time : ~ 4 hours
ALTITUDE : 4091'
ASSENT ~

I will show the trail to Seymour when Gabriel shows me the GPS trail.but it starts off along the brook just east of the Ward Brook Leanto.

BED AT 8h30 PM Wilderness camping beside Ward Brook Leanto

SEWARD, DONALDSON & EMMONS
~ SUNDAY, September 4th 2011
# 19 - 20 - 21 / 46
Day 2
"unmarked & unmaintained"

HIKING time : ~ 10,5 hours Start at 8 AM, That means we finish 30 mins before sunset!

ALTITUDE : X' / X m
ASSENT X ' / X m
TOTAL LENGTH X mi / X km

A picture like this is worth the trip just in itself.

They say " Unmarked and unmaintained "

ABOVEI will show the trail to Seward, Donaldson and Emmons when Gabriel shows me the GPS trail.but it starts off along the brook just east of Blueberry Leanto. Thanks to our Camp neighbor Peter for lending us the description of the trail.

BED AT 9h30 PM Wilderness camping beside Ward Brook Leanto

BACKPACKING OUT ~ MONDAY, September 5th 2011
Day 3

time : 2h45
WEATHER time
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 35 lbs + weight of water on wet tent, tarp, dirty clothes, dirty gaiters in pac etc.
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

here is a copy of my post on adkhighpeaks.com/forums

Short Trip Report.
Well our planned backpacking was for Labor Day week-end and it was in the Eastern High Peaks. Luckily we decided to go down to the ADKs on Friday instead of Saturday morning, so staying à TMax-n-Topo's Hostel, Dawn helped us re-route our trip.

So Saturday morning we backpacked to Ward Brook Leanto and put up our tent. In the afternoon we hiked Seymour. all in good weather.

Sunday ( with more info on the route from our Leanto neighbor Peter) we did Seward, Donaldson and Emmons, and back the same way. on shot of lightening and thunder almost at the same time near the top of Seward had our hearts beating a little faster but I kept hoping it was "heat lightning" ("éclairs de chaleur" in french), and in effect there was no rain at all. Yes the trail was easy to follow except for some places where the mud puddles were so large that we really had to take a good look to find where the trail came out of them. That was a beautiful full day.

The rain fell hard during that night.. and we came back soaking wet, with my pack heavier since I was carrying the wet tent and tarp we had. but it's really a short easy hike back.. and I was sooooooo glad that it haden't started raining the day before.

waoh.. I'm a backpacker

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT 1h30 PM

TABLETOP ~ SATURDAY, June 16th 2012
# 22 / 46
CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 6h07 AM ~ 3 hours

HIKING time : ~ 6h30min Start at 9h23 AM we don't really stop for lunch.
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs
ALTITUDE : 4413' /
ASSENT 2233 ' /
TOTAL LENGTH ~ 16 km
TEMPERATURE : 20°c mostly covered skies... we're lucky, it was supposed to be 26 and sunny

Take pictures of Post-hurricaine Irene 2011.. the bridge on the Auto road to the lodge took a heavy beating and the foot bridge over Marcy Dam is no more. We rock-hop over the brook and walk up the car trail for a few hundered feet.

Tabletop is between Phelps and Marcy.. We hike from ADK Loj to a well marked path to the left. (brown on the map)

The herd path to Tabletop cannot be missed, and because of the hot dry week we've had, even the mud levels are reasonnable. Gaby finds that there are ALOT of bugs, but they don't seem to bother me.

Legend says that only hikers doing the 46 High Peaks go to Tabletop., check it with some of the hikers we cross, they agree and are at 39.

UP 3h27 mins
DOWN 2h15 mins

I really weigh 10 lbs toooooo much and am not in top shape like last summer. No view at the top but nice hike

BACKPACK IN ~ MONDAY, July 23rd 2012
Day 1

CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 5 AM
Google maps says : 198 Km, 2h43 minutes

(2nd trip)

This is the trip we had planned last summer but the Easter High Peaks was closed because of Hurricain Irene .

From P to
START AT 9H10 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ -h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 40 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

FETCH WATER :, across from second campsite. 350m down hill and back up.

BED AT 6h30 PM !! LOL Camping
Storm at 6h30 and the HUGE storm at midnight, very impressive to be in the mountains.

COLVIN and BLAKE PEAK ~ TUESDAY, July 24th 2012
# 23 - 24 / 46
Day 2

HIKING start at 8h55 am to ~ 4h03 pm
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs / 2 liters of Water, But would have needed more.. had my filter but there were no streams
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

UP
LUNCH s
DOWN

FETCH WATER : with Gabriel, across from second campsite. 350m down hill and back up.

BED AT xxh00

NIPPLETOP ~ WEDNESDAY, July 25th 2012
# 25 / 46
Day 3

HIKING start at 8H35 AM to ~ xx hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs / 1,5 liters of Water
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

UP
LUNCH s
DOWN

FETCH WATER : with Gabriel, across from second campsite. 350m down hill and back up.

BED AT xx PM

BACKPACK OUT ~ THURSDAY, July 26th 2012
Day 4
as we came up on July 23rd
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 3h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT xx PM

BACKPACK IN ~ SATURDAY, July 28th 2012

Day 1

CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 6 AM
Google maps says : ?? Km, 3h43 minutes

ORANGE TRAIL

From P to Bradly Pond Santanoni Leanto (camping)
START AT 9H10 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ -h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 40 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

ORANGE TRAIL to camp near Santanoni Leanto

Start of in excellent weather.. eat by the Santanoni Brook at about noon.. and then the clouds come in, and by the time we arrive to Bradly Pond, it had been pooring rain long enough for me to be really cold. We set up a tarp just across the first brook before the Leanto (the Leanto was full) and waited.. but it was quite a while before it got better.. so we set up the tent. It's only later that we noticed that we were in a "No camping" zone, and way too close to underground water coming up out of nowhere and passing close to our tent before going back to the brook.

As we see it, all of the hikers (camping an Leanto) who were out on the Santas today had a really hard and wet day and left either as they came back or the next morning.

BED AT ?? PM !! LOL Camping
St

COUCHSACHRAGA & PANTHER ~ SUNDAY, July 29th 2012
# 26 - 27 / 46
Day 2 PINK TRAIL "Unmarked, unmaintained herd trail"

HIKING start at 8h15 am to ~ 4h03 pm ~ 8 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs / 2 liters of Water, B
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

We move the tent to a better spot before eating breakfast.

Left : along the beaver dam.

PINK TRAIL

BED AT xxh00

SANTANONI PEAK ~ MONDAY, July 30th 2012
# 28 / 46
Day 3 That's # 28 / 46 GREY TRAIL "Unmarked, unmaintained herd trail"

HIKING start at 8H35 AM to ~ 7 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~18 lbs / 1,5 liters of Water
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

GREY TRAIL

Not in Pictures : Tell myself over and over that we did the right thing in doing this trail today instead of doing it with the two summits we did yesterday.

Yesterday's pictures : I really like the part that is going up the brook on the large rocks so I'm glad that we get to do it again. It's also nice to go around the Beaver Dam .

"In the 1970's the 46ers hadn't even heard of herd trails." mls

UP
LUNCH
DOWN

Gabriel and I eat breakfast in the Leanto that has been completely abandonded since yesterday. I've been wanting to sleap in a leanto since the 1970's but it's only at 5h30 pm, after the hike, and clean-up and supper that I think of packing up the tent and moving to the leanto for our last night here. Another hiker (David) arrives at about the same time and it's nice to chat with him. He plans to do the 3 summits tomorrow.

BED AT xx PM in Bradly Pond Santanoni Leanto (first time in a Leanto)

BAKCPACK OUT ~ TUESDAY, July 31st 2012
Day 4 as we came up on July 28th ORANGE TRAIL
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 3h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 37 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

It is so much easier when we know the trail and what's ahead. OK going down helps as well. but..

Slide on bridge.. on my bum and start falling over to my left side off the bridge.. but I tell myself « NOOOO » and manage to not fall off.

ORANGE TRAIL

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT xx PM

DIAL ~ FRIDAY, August 3rd 2012
# 29 / 46
Day 1

HIKING start at 8h15 am to ~ 4h03 pm ~ 7,5 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs / 2 liters of Water, too much for today.
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x
WEATHER : VERY HOT : about 84° C, and NO wind

GREEN Trail via Bear Den It is WAY too hot today, and yesterday I didn't get to rest as much as I would have need to.. at least that's what I think is the reason that I found this trail sooo hard. . I ask Gaby to take the Tarp, he also takes my extra water.. thanks! and that little less weight makes it endurable. I tell myself a couple of times that it is these times, when we find the up-trail really difficult but stick to doing the best we can.. that we get stronger, both physically and mentally.

BED AT xxh00 at T-Max-n-Topo's Hostel

STREET & NYE ~ SATURDAY, August 4th 2012
# 30 - 31 / 46
Day 2 & back up to STREET lol That's # 31 / 46 !

HIKING start at 8H35 AM to ~ 9 hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~18 lbs / 3,0 liters of Water to start with and refill going down
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
WEATHER : VERY HOT : about 84° C, with at times a little breeze that is soooo good.

Above : the Street Mountain is at the left, yet the summit is 50 feet before the Lookout.. we even went up twice to find the marker and make sure we got it right. Good call Gaby !

Left : First part of trail is mostly "Hurdles" lol I've never seen such a "clean" trail, with so many fallen trees to go over, like if they've been left there on purpose.

Right: after a 9 hour hike.. you have one happy lady :)

UP to STREET lookout
DOWN to NYE
LUNCH : Bejgli & Green tea
UP to STREET PEAK
DOWN

BUYING : "46 to ONE, A Journal" Maybe I'll write that journal in french .. for my son and grandaughters..

CAR TRIP HOME

BACKPACK IN ~ SATURDAY, September 1st 2012
Day 1

CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 6 AM
Google maps says : ?? Km, 3h00 minutes

ORANGE TRAIL via 40

From P to (2nd camping on Gill Brook Trail) via Gill Cut off (40)
START AT 9H10 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ -h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 40 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

FISH HAWK CLIFF AND INDIAN HEAD LOOP RED TRAIL
with Gabriel
HIKING start at XX am to ~ XX pm ~ XXhours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs / 2 liters of Water,
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

BED AT ?? PM !! LOL Camping

SAWTEETH ~ SUNDAY, September 2nd 2012
# 32 / 46
Day 2 That's # 32 / 46 !!

HIKING start at XX am to ~ XX pm ~ XXhours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs / 3,5 liters of Water, B
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x


Left : OUTLOOK # 4 : "Why do it in a day, when we can take three days ?" mls Center : Marble Point : The fire that kept us from doing Sawteeth this summer. Right : Arm's length collection, with Basin , that is still on our "to do" list.
Over Indian Head, down to Bridge over Dam, Scenic/Steep Trail up (36) and Easy down.(35) Lake Road and Gill Cutoff back to camp. Stop at all lookouts.

BED AT xxh00

BACKPACK OUT ~ MONDAY, September 3rd 2012
Day 3

HIKING start at XX AM to ~ X hours
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~X lbs / X liters of Water
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

Breakfast with Mosa & Johnny from Vermont at the "dinner" (river) . Johnny was a ranger in Montana and seems to have alot of expercience hiking./ Gabriel and I talk alot about coming back to do the east and west river trails (26 & 28) when we'll have finished the 46 high peaks .. and re do the Gill Brook trail and the Rainbow Falls as well when the water is high. With the Indian Head loop, it can be a nice day.

Stove fuel : 3,5 oz per person / per day.. ??
Cold water meals!

CAR TRIP HOME

BACKPACK IN ~ MONDAY, July 15th 2013
Day 1
Get up at 5 am

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From Garden Parking to Bushnell Leanto # 1
START AT 7h20 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 3h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 39 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH
Since we're so early at the Leanto, Gabriel suggests we do the Haystacks today. Excellent call!

HAYSTACK ~ (banner pic, view from the top)
# 33 / 46
with Gabriel
HIKING start at 11h00 am to ~ 6h30 pm
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 22 lbs / 3.5 liters of Water, and check out where we can fill up tomorrow.
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x
Wiki : "One of the most famous elements of Haystack is the infamous "Devil's Half Mile". This stretch, which is technically three-quarters mile (1.2 km), is the extremely steep last stretch of the trail."

We meet Aspiring HP Queen and Fiddlehead (from ADKHighPeakForums) at the Summit.

top : some of the trail was more climing than hiking.. love it.

bottom : The Backpack in is the red line and the hike to and from Haystack is the blue line.

BED AT 8h00 at Bushnell Leanto #1 but only fall asleep around 10h30 (my usual time)

BASIN and SADDLEBACK ~ TUESDAY, July 16th 2013
# 34 - 35 / 46
Day 2

HIKING start at 7h15 AM to ~ 4h30 pm 9h15mins
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :~ 22 lbs Start with just 1,5 liters of water 'cause we know we can fill up at Slant Rock.
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

Go up the shortcut to Basin, the Saddleback "Wall" worried me but was just fine. I guess we do have quite a bit of experience, Gabriel and I, scrambling and stuff. Maybe we're ready for Mount Washington's Huntington Ravine.

The loop for Basin and Saddleback is in Yellow and we did it counter-clockwise.

BACKPACK OUT ~ WEDNESDAY, July 17th 2013
Day 3

as we came up on July 15th Bushnell Leanto #1 to Garden parking
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 3h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

BUSHNELL FALLS

a MUST SEE at least when the weather is beautiful , We were going to do this on the day we hiked in but put it off to today do do Haystack instead. good call.
PACSAC : use only the top of my pack and hook my waterbottle on the side. works very well and is very comfortable.

The Bushnell Falls are just across the trail and down from the leanto. The hike out is the red line.

CAR TRIP HOME

BACKPACK IN ~ MONDAY, July 22nd 2013
Day 1
Get up at 5 am

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From ADK Lodge to Feldspar Leanto ORANGE on the map
START AT 7h00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 4h10
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 42 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

See picture of floating bridge on July 23 rd..

ACHES & PAINS : my pack is Too heavy and my hip strap is mal ajusted, I actually develop 2 kysts! one on each side of my lower back, My right side is worse..

SKYLIGHT & GRAY ~
# 36 - 37 / 46

BLUE on the map

HIKING start at 11h45 am to ~ 5h30 pm
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 19 lbs / lots of water available all along
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

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BED AT 8h00 at b

BACKPACK OUT ~ TUESDAY, July 23rd 2013
Day 2as we came
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ 5h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

NOTE TO SELF : Bear Kegs are NOT rainproof!

ACHES & PAINS : Gaby took the tent poles in his pack and I carry less water, but my kysts really hurt until about an hour and a half before the end of the trail ( Avalanche Pass) when I finally take the time to re-adjust my hip belt, but only manage to make it better, not perfect. At the end of the hike I manage to put it à the settings 4-4 that I would have needed all the time..

Hiking in yesterday the Floating bridge was "OK", but on the way back today, with 12 hours of rain and higher water level.. ouch.. definitely out of our comfort zone, my reaction was " I'm scared, this is not what I signed up for" but I made it through, and gained more experience.

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT 10h30 PM

BACKPACK IN ~ SUNDAY, August 4th 2013
CAR TRIP to Upper Works near Newcomb in the Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 5h30 AM
Google maps says : 268 km, 3 heures 27 min, I-87 S, plus we stop for Breakfast at Friendly's

Day 1
near Newcomb,NY
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From UPPER WORKS to Beaver Point Leanto, on Lake Colden RED LINE
START AT am
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 38 lbs / Water: 1,5 liters
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

Extra walk on the Flowed Lands for about 1h30 mins. I cross the river almost at the end but can't find a clear herd trail, so we turn all the way back. With my feet so wet, I have to admit that I'm cold. I don't know why I didn't take the time to change into my water sandals.

BED AT 9h30 PM

CLIFF & REDFIELD ~ MONDAY, August 5th 2013
# 38 - 39 / 46
Day 2
BLUE LINES
HIKING start at AM to ~ 0 pm
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :~ 22 lbs
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

I wanted to hike in shorts.. but the early morning was too cool, so I wore over them, for the first time, my new hiking skirt that I made for the bottom section my Gabriel's hiking Pants .. you know.. the kind that has a zipper to make shorts, and the top always gets worn-out long before the bottoms parts. I really loved my skirt, and it was so easy to take it off when the weather warmed up enough to be in shorts.

MARSHALL ~ TUESDAY, August 6th 2013
# 40 / 46
Day 3

40/46 YELLOW LINE

HIKING start at
WEIGHT OF PACSAC :~ 22 lbs Start
ALTITUDE :x
ASSENT ~ x
TOTAL LENGTH x

As I posted on the adkhighpeaks forum : There is a place where we missed a brook crossing, and the herd path on the left side was very clear.. until at a big boulder, where it completely disappeard, as we were coming down to find another route we met an Assistant Ranger who had also taken the same path as us. We went up to the boulder again and she confirmed that there was no more trail there so we came down again.. we heard voices on the other side of the brook, talked to the guys comming down from Marshall, so we crossed the brook to the right (and "right" ) side and the rest was easy.
Later coming down, we saw where we had gone wrong, and saw 2 cairns at the crossing where the bad herd path continues on the left side. The cairn leading to the right side of the brook was really small, so we re-did it with much larger rocks, we also put a big branch and some smaller ones across the herd trail on the left side.

I'm not used to writing trip reports, I hope this is clear enough.. our mistake was mostly that we'd read so much the the herd path was easy and clear, that we followed the bad one too quickly.

With Assistant Ranger Lesley near the top of Marshall

BACKPACK OUT ~ WEDNESDAY, August 7th 2013
Day 4

as we came RED LINE
START AT am
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ s
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

NOTE TO SELF : Sometimes we are not lost, sometimes we are exactly where we're supposed to be.

Now THIS is surely the original ADK chair!

ACHES & PAINS : Larengitis and sinusite

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT 10h30 PM

BACKPACK IN ~ WEDNESDAY, July 16th 2014
Day 1

CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 8 am
Google maps says : 198 Km, 2h43 minutes

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START AT
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH : 2,3 miles

From Elk Lake parking to Camping near Slide Brook Leanto ORANGE on the map

BED AT 9h00 PM LOTS of noise.. until about midnight coming from Leanto
at Campground near Slide Brook Leanto

MACOMB, SOUTH DIX, GRACE, HOUGH ~ THURSAY, July 17th 2014
# 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 / 46
Day 2
Get up at 6 am
.that's 41-42-43-44 / 46

From Slide Brook Campground to MACOMB to SOUTH DIX, GRACE (formerly EAST DIX) , (back to South Dix) and then over to HOUGH, down Lilian Brook and back to campground near Slide Brook
START AT 7h00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~20 lbs 4 liters of water, have 1,5 left over but it wasn't a hot/sunny day.
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH


Above : Backpacking IN UP to Macomb, South Dix and Grace OVER to Hough DOWN to camping Backpacking OUT	A lady hiking with her young son tells us that the clearest way to Hough from Grace is back up South Dix and just a very short distance after the summit take the trail to the right. We didn't yet have the map that shows the other trail, but it was all good. I like clear trails :) specially on herd paths lol

I think my motto for the day was "I've seen worse.." so all was good.

Fun & sandy Macomb Slide	Nice 'n easy South Dix scramble
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Leaving my gaiters on my boots when I put them under the tent fly keeps the bugs away. I just have to fold the gaiters a little and the next morning it's much faster to put them on.

BED AT 9h00 at Slide Brook campground

BACKPACK OUT ~ FRIDAY, July 18th 2014
Day 3
HIKE OUT as we came
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

I recycle milk bags for alot of things, and now I put 1 cup muslix and 1/4 cup powdered skim milk, twist, fold and put an elastic as I usully do, and it's ready for a quick breakfast. I just have to add 3/4 cups cold water and mix a little. When I'm finished, fold/roll it carefully and put the elastic back around the whole deal and pack it in the carry-out garbage.

CAR TRIP HOME

BACKPACK IN ~ MONDAY, July 21st 2014
Day 1

CAR TRIP to Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 5:10 am

SUNDAY, August 4th 2013

CAR TRIP to Upper Works near Newcomb in the Adirondack Park, NY
departure : 5h30 AM
Google maps says : 268 km, 3 heures 27 min, I-87 S, plus we stop at Price Choppers in Champlain for Salami and dried Abricots and for Breakfast at Friendly's

START AT
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC :
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH : 6,1 miles

From P to campground just into Wilderness Boundary

	Backpacking IN and (2 days later) OUT Trail # 123 The new ADK map shows that the Wilderness Boundry Extends much closer to Lake Sally than before. Doesn't change much for us but Niiice :)

Crossing the Opalescent river.. luckily it was very shallow and easy. In fact, we ate lunch on the rocks in the center.. a "No Fly Zone"	A dry tree stump, excellent to hang my backpack. Just a few minutes before, when it was on the ground there were tons of tiny red ants all over the part that touched the ground. Gaby used the tree stump as well for his pack.

BED AT 9h30 PM
at campground just inside State land

ALLEN ~ TUESDAY, July 22nd 2014
# 25 / 46
Day 2
Get up at 5 am
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From Campground to Mount Allen and back — that's 45/46
START AT 6h00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : 20 lbs
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT ~
TOTAL LENGTH

Above : herd path on GPS
From the trail UP to Allen and back
We have an extra bit at start and end to get to the campground.

Since it had been dry for a couple of days, the rocks were note too slippery, as we had heard it was real bad, but we still had to be careful. I just slipped once.. on probably the last slippery rock back down, just enough to wet my bottom. but it dried quite quickly.

BED AT 9h00

BACKPACK OUT ~ WEDNESDAY, July 23rd 2014
Day 3
as we came
START AT 10H00 am
BACKPACKING time : ~ h00
WEIGHT OF PALISADE PACSAC : ~ 36 lbs
ALTITUDE :
DESSENT~
TOTAL LENGTH

ADK's wilderness.. Blowdown in the background.

CAR TRIP to TMAX's

BED AT 10h30 PM
at TMax-n-Topo's Hostel 5046 Cascade Road (Route 73) Lake Placid 518-523-0123 http://tmax-n-topo.com/

ROCKY PEAK RIDGE ~ FRIDAY, July 25th 2014
# 46 / 46
Day 5 / THAT'S 46/46 OF THE ADIRONDACK HIGH PEAKS !!!
from the east side

START AT 5:08 am
BACKPACKING time : 11h45 including stops
WEIGHT OF DEUTER PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs - 4 liters of water
ALTITUDE :
ASSENT~ 5000 Feet / 1500 m
TOTAL LENGTH 13,4 km / 22 km

The Mary-Louise Pond is really lovely.

above : From the New Russia Parking to RPR and back

below : Absolutely beautiful trail and much easier than we thought.

below : some fog in the distance

also banner picture!

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