Friday and Saturday, June 23rd and 24th
Hiked, cut down some trees, made camp, roasted marchmallows, talked through the night, eggs for breakfast!, widdling :), canoeing, hiked out, got sick :(
Lady Slippers!, bear encounter, heard loons through the evening and night
Sunday, June 24
Saturday, June 16
Nary's 46R List
1 Cascade (4098, 36th) on Friday, May 25th, 2007
2 Giant (4627, 12th) on Friday, June 8th, 2007
3 Rocky Peak (4420, 20th) on Friday, June 8th, 2007
Friday, June 8
46R Rocky Ridge Peak
Date: June 8th, 2007
People in Group: Jordan, Josh Clement
Location: Keene Valley
Peaks Reached: Giant and Rocky Ridge Peak
Start: 7:15am
End: 4:45pm
Length: 10 miles, 3375 ft. ascent up Giant, 1500 foot descent and re-ascent to Rocky Ridge Peak
Pictures: PicasaWeb Album
After eating lunch at the top of Giant, we continued the hike by descending down the Rocky Peak Ridge Foot Trail and then ascending to the ridge at Rocky Peak. The total hiking distance from Giant to Rocky Peak was 1.1 miles and, I might add, the hardest mile of hiking I have ever experienced in my life. It should also be pointed out that about halfway down the Rocky Peak Ridge trail there is a small creek that carries water from the nearby faces of both peaks. At the creek, the trail changes from a descent down Giant to an ascent up Rocky Peak.
People in Group: Jordan, Josh Clement
Location: Keene Valley
Peaks Reached: Giant and Rocky Ridge Peak
Start: 7:15am
End: 4:45pm
Length: 10 miles, 3375 ft. ascent up Giant, 1500 foot descent and re-ascent to Rocky Ridge Peak
Pictures: PicasaWeb Album
After eating lunch at the top of Giant, we continued the hike by descending down the Rocky Peak Ridge Foot Trail and then ascending to the ridge at Rocky Peak. The total hiking distance from Giant to Rocky Peak was 1.1 miles and, I might add, the hardest mile of hiking I have ever experienced in my life. It should also be pointed out that about halfway down the Rocky Peak Ridge trail there is a small creek that carries water from the nearby faces of both peaks. At the creek, the trail changes from a descent down Giant to an ascent up Rocky Peak.
46R Giant
Date: June 8th, 2007
People in Group: Jordan, Josh Clement
Location: Keene Valley
Peaks Reached: Giant and Rocky Ridge Peak
Start: 7:15am
End: 4:45pm
Length: 10 miles, 3375 ft. ascent up Giant
Pictures: PicasaWeb Album
Giant is the 12th largest mountain in the Adirondacks, with a peak at 4,627 feet above sea level and 3375 vertical feet above the trailhead on Route 73. Josh Clement of Cloning Cooper (a local band) and I woke up just as the sun was rising, to conquer the "Giant of the Valley," that towers over the Keene Valley.
We hiked up the Roaring Brook trail to the junction of the Roaring Brook and Ridge trails, and then continued the 3.6 mile ascent to the peak of Giant. We reached the top at 10:30, 3 hours and 15 minutes from when we started, and took a break for lunch. The view was
unfortunately exceedingly hazy as it was very humid this Friday.
After climbing Rocky Ridge Peak, we continued down Giant Mountain via the Ridge trail. At the washbowl we took the mile long connecting trail back to the Roaring Brook trail. After a quick swim in the Roaring Brook, we finished the hike and reached our vehicles by 4:30.
People in Group: Jordan, Josh Clement
Location: Keene Valley
Peaks Reached: Giant and Rocky Ridge Peak
Start: 7:15am
End: 4:45pm
Length: 10 miles, 3375 ft. ascent up Giant
Pictures: PicasaWeb Album
Giant is the 12th largest mountain in the Adirondacks, with a peak at 4,627 feet above sea level and 3375 vertical feet above the trailhead on Route 73. Josh Clement of Cloning Cooper (a local band) and I woke up just as the sun was rising, to conquer the "Giant of the Valley," that towers over the Keene Valley.
We hiked up the Roaring Brook trail to the junction of the Roaring Brook and Ridge trails, and then continued the 3.6 mile ascent to the peak of Giant. We reached the top at 10:30, 3 hours and 15 minutes from when we started, and took a break for lunch. The view was
unfortunately exceedingly hazy as it was very humid this Friday.After climbing Rocky Ridge Peak, we continued down Giant Mountain via the Ridge trail. At the washbowl we took the mile long connecting trail back to the Roaring Brook trail. After a quick swim in the Roaring Brook, we finished the hike and reached our vehicles by 4:30.
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