Parking: Upper Works

• Take trail north towards Indian Pass & Lake Colden
• @ .25m path crosses Hudson over bridge
• @ .35m Calamity Brook trail (marked in red, later blue) forks to R
• This trail is 4.4m and takes approx 2.5 hours
  • Brings you along Calamity Brook to Flowed Land and Marcy region
  • Henderson monument (2 hours after leaving trailhead)
  • Will be at 4.75m at Marshall herd path, there’s a lean to
• Pass the herd path to Marshall, cross a bridge over Colden dam (5.6m in – about 3 hours after leaving trailhead)) and toward the Uphill lean-to
  • Lined on one side by steep cliffs dropping down the Opalescent River
  • Over a suspension bridge over the Brook
  • Approx 3.5-4 hours into hike will reach the lean to (there’s a sign) at 7.5m
  • The carins marking the start of Cliff and Redfield is near
• Cliff: path on right, .8 miles to summit, sloggy muddy, cliffy mess
  • 2/3 way there is a false summit
  • Treed view
  • Will reach summit about 5 hours after leaving trailhead
  • 1 hour to get back down
• Redfield: path on left, mostly a rock hop that follows Uphill Brook for 1.1 miles
  • Straight forward, not too steep until just below the summit
  • 1 hr 15 mins from base to summit (and same down)
  • Views of Marcy, Gray, Skylight, Algonquin, Iroquois, Marshall, Allen
• Head back the way you came
  • An hour to Colden Dam
  • 45 mins to Henderson

12 hours 20 mins total start to finish