6/4-5/16 Parking: Coreys Road Group: Mom, Shawn, Emily, and Murphy I had been dreading this one for awhile. We decided last summer that when we got to these four that we would camp out and get them all in one weekend instead of in two separate trips. Any trip story or blog I had heard/read about this hike involved rain, mud, and exhaustion — and our weekend did not disappoint. As we were driving to the parking area Saturday morning, we realized…
5/30/16 Parking: St. Huberts Group: Shawn & Emily We knew this one would be a long day, so we obviously carbed up for it throughout the long Memorial Weekend (aka beer). We both still needed Colvin & Blake and Shawn hadn’t been to Dial & Nippletop yet, so we decided to make it a challenging day and string them all together. The majority of the trip reports I found online prior to our hike started with Dial and then…
5/17/16 Parking: Adk Loj Group: Emily, Shawn, Murphy The forecast called for thunderstorms starting Saturday afternoon, so we decided it would be a good morning to visit Street & Nye. We left Albany at 5am, made a quick stop at Stewart’s to get an egg sandwich, and were at the Loj by 7:30am. The parking lot was emptier than usual, but there were still a handful of cars parked. Fifteen minutes after we pulled in we were on our way around Heart Lake (and starting…
4/23/16 Parking: Adk Loj Group: Mom, Carol, Kelly, Dan, Stephanie, Andrew, Shawn, Emily, and Murphy We had a big group with us for our first trip up Colden! Since we were coming from a few different (some far-off) directions, and the sun wasn’t suppose to come out from behind the clouds until 1pm, we set our meeting time at the Loj for 10am. By 10:30am we were off and headed for Marcy Dam. After a quick stop at the Dam, we…
4/16/16 Parking: Adk Loj Group: Emily, Shawn, Murphy Our new backpacking camping gear arrived and we were itching to get out and use it! I really wanted to camp out at Lake Colden, and Shawn still needed Cliff & Redfield, so we decided to hike in from the Loj through Avalanche Pass (we hadn’t been there yet!) and stay in one of the Beaver Point lean-tos. Because we were staying overnight, we didn’t feel too rushed Saturday morning and didn’t leave Albany…
1/24/16 Parking: Adk Loj Group: Mom, Shawn, Emily, Murphy Shawn was in the midst of prepping for the Bar Exam, but I tried to drag him to the mountains every time he started to get worn out and/or was studying more than 15 hours a day. This time – it was a trip up Phelps! With a floating idea of tying on Tabletop…(spoiler alert: it didn’t happen). We pulled into the Loj around 7:30am and started hiking not long after….
1/2/16 Parking: The Garden Group: Shawn, Emily & Murphy It was Murphy’s first high peak! And our first winter one, so we decided to spend the day on a nice, short hike up Big Slide. The first time I did this mountain I took the Brothers on the way up and then the loop past the John Brook’s Lodge on the way out, but we decided to play it safe and just go up and down the Brothers. Directions…
7/3/15 Parking: Cascade trailhead Group: Mom, Shawn, Penny & Emily Steep, but relatively easy hike. This is typically one of the first day hikes that Aspiring 46ers take on. It takes two hours to hike from the trailhead to the junction between Porter and Cascade Summit of Porter from the junction is .7 miles and takes about 30 mins Porter is 4,059 ft in height (#38/46) Return to the junction the way you came – takes about 20 mins Summit of…
6/20/15 Parking: The Loj Group: Mom, Shawn, Stephanie, & Emily This was our first trip out of the season, and it was a tough one! We hiked in past Lake Arnold, and visited Gray first. Then over to Four Corners, went up to Skylight, came back down and went up and over the other side of Marcy. Below are the step by step instructions for this direction of the loop! Take the Van Hoevenberg trail 3 miles to Marcy Dam…