when: friday april 22
where: beacon, cold spring, etc
who: just the three of us
transportation: grand central --> beacon; cold spring --> grand central
trail: i think it goes white, yellow, white, blue, white, yellow, white, blue, yellow, blue for 8 or 9 miles sometimes gaining 700 feet in a 1/4 miles.
weather/view: it was calm but chilly at times, warm at times, chilly at the end. was able to see catskill range in the north and new york city buildings in the south.
animals: i think blue birds and some circling hawk type things. humans. asian guy and a goth looking guy with a staff.
pictures: (forthcoming)
4/17/11
Lambs Hill, South Beacon, and Breakneck
when: saturday april, 16th
where: upper putnam / lower dutchess county
participants: just me
transportation: metro north trains. grand central to beacon ($14.00), cold spring to grand central ($13.25).
food: frito lay honey roasted peanuts 2/$1, frito lay salted peanuts 2/$1, frito lay mixed nuts bag $1.99, frito lay sunflower seeds, two apples of various types, one orange, blue gatorade, 2 liters of tap water.
trail: to get to the trailhead in beacon i walked 1.5 mi through town on walcott ave. i took the red trail up the metal stairs towards beacon north summit, then took a left going north on the yellow trail towards fishkill ridge. the portion of trail on fishkill ridge is marked in white, snakes through a revine and crosses some cascading water that's the outlet from the reservoir. the trail bends north east and hooks north to skirt around the last few hundred feet that round off lambs hill. this part was very nice despite the drizzly rain and gloomy clouds. beacon north was still visible but almost entirely in shadow. from atop lambs hill you can see all of beacon, beacon north and scofield ridge, and 1300 ft elevated bowl containing the reservoir. the white trail loops down the east side of lambs hill and turns south towards the blue trail and dozer junction, where's there's an actual bull dozer decaying as you descend through crevasse between scofield ridge and lambs hill. at the yellow trail junction i made a right turn heading straight south on memorial wilkinson trail, you gain a couple hundred feet here and the wind started picking up. this was the first sign i was in for really bad weather. to the east of the ridge is lake valhalla and sharp drop in elevation. the wind was hitting the ridge and making a very loud drone. still on yellow the trail traverses a few rock outcroppings and boulders until you work up to 1500 feet and a small peak that stare right at beacon south. curving west as you descend the unnamed peak there's a chance for a red-trail junction. i made a right on that going north until a white-trail junction took me up and over mt beacon south. elevation is about 1600 here, the highest in the area and the wind was scary. heading south off beacon on the white ridge trail was when things became uncomfortable. five miles and breakneck to go from the train station the wind was most intense on the open ridge. scampering down the boulders i put my gloved hand in a puddle. this was a sign of how wet i would become. off the ridge the trail joins with with the yellow trail again and crosses squirrel hollow brook. white goes back on it's own south and then west over sunset point and down to merge with the blue trail. now i'm on breakneck ridge trail in the forest traveling southwest along the contour lines and winding around some of the smaller humps. from s.h.b. to the highest point on the ridge you only gain about 500 feet but there's a lot of up and down between. atop breakneck the wind was as strong as ever and it was becoming dark. heading back on the blue trail it descends quickly heading straight south and the skies open up. within three or four minutes of the straight rain my already wet person becomes soaked down to my socks and underwear. it also feels very cold. it's dark. crossing the stream on the red trail is challenging. the one thin log is wet and the water beneath is deep and rushing. the trail is soaked and puddle filled all over. i take the blue trail at the final fork and stomp down the promenade feeling cold and wet. it's completely dark by the time i hit the parking area for bull hill. then it's on through town where i find out from a gentleman smoking underneath an awning that it's 7:56 pm. so i'd been walking for six straight hours in the rain. i sorta get lost trying to find the platform and have to sprint to catch the train that arrives about 10 or fifteen minutes after 8.
weather/view: the weather was terrible obviously. i knew it'd be bad but i didn't think that bad. some of the views of the shadowy mountains and low clouds were actually awesome. because the mountains aren't that elevated they don't become completely socked in by storm clouds.
aftermath: on the train i was completely freezing. my clothes left pools of water on the seats and my phone seemed to be broken. it's finally functioning now though.
picture:
from lambs hill, beacon north
from lambs hill, beacon south (maybe)
where: upper putnam / lower dutchess county
participants: just me
transportation: metro north trains. grand central to beacon ($14.00), cold spring to grand central ($13.25).
food: frito lay honey roasted peanuts 2/$1, frito lay salted peanuts 2/$1, frito lay mixed nuts bag $1.99, frito lay sunflower seeds, two apples of various types, one orange, blue gatorade, 2 liters of tap water.
trail: to get to the trailhead in beacon i walked 1.5 mi through town on walcott ave. i took the red trail up the metal stairs towards beacon north summit, then took a left going north on the yellow trail towards fishkill ridge. the portion of trail on fishkill ridge is marked in white, snakes through a revine and crosses some cascading water that's the outlet from the reservoir. the trail bends north east and hooks north to skirt around the last few hundred feet that round off lambs hill. this part was very nice despite the drizzly rain and gloomy clouds. beacon north was still visible but almost entirely in shadow. from atop lambs hill you can see all of beacon, beacon north and scofield ridge, and 1300 ft elevated bowl containing the reservoir. the white trail loops down the east side of lambs hill and turns south towards the blue trail and dozer junction, where's there's an actual bull dozer decaying as you descend through crevasse between scofield ridge and lambs hill. at the yellow trail junction i made a right turn heading straight south on memorial wilkinson trail, you gain a couple hundred feet here and the wind started picking up. this was the first sign i was in for really bad weather. to the east of the ridge is lake valhalla and sharp drop in elevation. the wind was hitting the ridge and making a very loud drone. still on yellow the trail traverses a few rock outcroppings and boulders until you work up to 1500 feet and a small peak that stare right at beacon south. curving west as you descend the unnamed peak there's a chance for a red-trail junction. i made a right on that going north until a white-trail junction took me up and over mt beacon south. elevation is about 1600 here, the highest in the area and the wind was scary. heading south off beacon on the white ridge trail was when things became uncomfortable. five miles and breakneck to go from the train station the wind was most intense on the open ridge. scampering down the boulders i put my gloved hand in a puddle. this was a sign of how wet i would become. off the ridge the trail joins with with the yellow trail again and crosses squirrel hollow brook. white goes back on it's own south and then west over sunset point and down to merge with the blue trail. now i'm on breakneck ridge trail in the forest traveling southwest along the contour lines and winding around some of the smaller humps. from s.h.b. to the highest point on the ridge you only gain about 500 feet but there's a lot of up and down between. atop breakneck the wind was as strong as ever and it was becoming dark. heading back on the blue trail it descends quickly heading straight south and the skies open up. within three or four minutes of the straight rain my already wet person becomes soaked down to my socks and underwear. it also feels very cold. it's dark. crossing the stream on the red trail is challenging. the one thin log is wet and the water beneath is deep and rushing. the trail is soaked and puddle filled all over. i take the blue trail at the final fork and stomp down the promenade feeling cold and wet. it's completely dark by the time i hit the parking area for bull hill. then it's on through town where i find out from a gentleman smoking underneath an awning that it's 7:56 pm. so i'd been walking for six straight hours in the rain. i sorta get lost trying to find the platform and have to sprint to catch the train that arrives about 10 or fifteen minutes after 8.
weather/view: the weather was terrible obviously. i knew it'd be bad but i didn't think that bad. some of the views of the shadowy mountains and low clouds were actually awesome. because the mountains aren't that elevated they don't become completely socked in by storm clouds.
aftermath: on the train i was completely freezing. my clothes left pools of water on the seats and my phone seemed to be broken. it's finally functioning now though.
picture:
from lambs hill, beacon north
from lambs hill, beacon south (maybe)
4/4/11
turkey mountain
when: march 19th
where: dorktown, new york
participants: elizabeth, benjamin, muah
transportation: ben picked me up from metro north; we drove to the trail head. liz met us there.
food: water and beer, (heh)
trail: traffic in the parking lot created a serious mud pit in the center. the trail was dry though. the trail slopes down then up quickly then down into a flat swampy area. after the footbridge over the wet swamp part it gets steep all the way to the summit. a bunch of bro-types were coming down and we sat on the top alone for a while. we drank beer and took a few pictures. a person we knew through my brother came to the top and we talked to her for a while. we continued the loop north from the summit, along the ridge. after 3/4 a mile the trail turns east and steeply descends - there's some rocky footing and some slanted footing cut across the hill that winds around trees and rocks. the last bit flattens out but slopes up and down gently, crossing streams and cutting through a few old stone walls. the whole loop is maybe 2 miles.
view/weather: the weather was warm but windy. you could see the buildings of manhattan, hills of the highlands and waters of the resevior and hudson. high ceiling of broad clouds overhead.
note: a week or so prior a body was found in these woods, believed to be a suicide victim.
where: dorktown, new york
participants: elizabeth, benjamin, muah
transportation: ben picked me up from metro north; we drove to the trail head. liz met us there.
food: water and beer, (heh)
trail: traffic in the parking lot created a serious mud pit in the center. the trail was dry though. the trail slopes down then up quickly then down into a flat swampy area. after the footbridge over the wet swamp part it gets steep all the way to the summit. a bunch of bro-types were coming down and we sat on the top alone for a while. we drank beer and took a few pictures. a person we knew through my brother came to the top and we talked to her for a while. we continued the loop north from the summit, along the ridge. after 3/4 a mile the trail turns east and steeply descends - there's some rocky footing and some slanted footing cut across the hill that winds around trees and rocks. the last bit flattens out but slopes up and down gently, crossing streams and cutting through a few old stone walls. the whole loop is maybe 2 miles.
view/weather: the weather was warm but windy. you could see the buildings of manhattan, hills of the highlands and waters of the resevior and hudson. high ceiling of broad clouds overhead.
note: a week or so prior a body was found in these woods, believed to be a suicide victim.
1/18/11
street and nye
street and nye from miles ross on Vimeo.
maybe later i'll write about this. don't feel like it now. there's also a hike or two from last year i didn't post. oh well. feeling kinda crazy so...
10/24/10
bull hill (mt taurus) / south beacon mountain / breakneck ridge
when: saturday, october 23, 2010
where: fishkill and cold spring, ny
participants: my friend mike, who i haven't seen in a while / myself.
transportation: metro north (gc to cp $11.25) and mike's buick (classic)
food: roasted cashews (.99) organic applesauce.
trail: dead leaves, gravel, dirt, big boulders, stones, steep in some parts, slope-y in others. [first part: 11:45am - 2:00 pm] hiked the washburn to the yellow lookout trail on bull hill. continued on the yellow trail down bull hill. made a left on the blue trail on the promenade past the round stone thing and past the green house back to the car. [second part: mike then drove me up to the beacon trailhead. the rest of the trip i made myself: 2:15 pm - 6:00 pm] took the hudson scenic, red trail up beacon mountain bypassing north beacon mountain and continuing on to south beacon mountain. junction onto the white trail. walked a mile or so maybe, this was the toughest part of the journey besides the hike up beacon mountain. when i got to the top of breakneck ridge i realized i passed the blue trail's junction. the blue would bypass ascending any unnecessary hills (the same trail with the promenade as before), past all the ruins and past the reservoir, down to route 9. concludes the hike.
thing: i sat drinking water on top of south beacon when two people walked towards me on the white trail. at this point i wasn't sure if the white trail connected to the breakneck trails. they told me the trail was the same that went over breakneck ridge and that it'd take me three hours to get back to route 9 that way. on my way towards breakneck i stopped on a ridge to take pictures. while taking pictures i felt like i had to poop so i hiked down the hill and pooped in this like cave thing and rejoined the white trail further down the hill. some unmarked junction came up and i went to the right, planning on eliminating that trail as a possibility because i felt it might go to the sugarloaf. the couple i had seen on south beacon earlier came from the opposite direction and the three of us went the way i originally headed at the fork. at the top of breakneck where i was drinking water they caught up to me again. they spoke a foreign langue between themselves. the man waved at me as they continued on the white. this is when i turned back to find the blue.
elevation: bull hill is 1,420 at it's highest, breakneck is 1,260 ft at it's highest and south beacon mountain is 1,610 ft. (think i might order the topo-map for the trails and the elevations soon just getting these numbers from wikipedia.)
where: fishkill and cold spring, ny
participants: my friend mike, who i haven't seen in a while / myself.
transportation: metro north (gc to cp $11.25) and mike's buick (classic)
food: roasted cashews (.99) organic applesauce.
trail: dead leaves, gravel, dirt, big boulders, stones, steep in some parts, slope-y in others. [first part: 11:45am - 2:00 pm] hiked the washburn to the yellow lookout trail on bull hill. continued on the yellow trail down bull hill. made a left on the blue trail on the promenade past the round stone thing and past the green house back to the car. [second part: mike then drove me up to the beacon trailhead. the rest of the trip i made myself: 2:15 pm - 6:00 pm] took the hudson scenic, red trail up beacon mountain bypassing north beacon mountain and continuing on to south beacon mountain. junction onto the white trail. walked a mile or so maybe, this was the toughest part of the journey besides the hike up beacon mountain. when i got to the top of breakneck ridge i realized i passed the blue trail's junction. the blue would bypass ascending any unnecessary hills (the same trail with the promenade as before), past all the ruins and past the reservoir, down to route 9. concludes the hike.
thing: i sat drinking water on top of south beacon when two people walked towards me on the white trail. at this point i wasn't sure if the white trail connected to the breakneck trails. they told me the trail was the same that went over breakneck ridge and that it'd take me three hours to get back to route 9 that way. on my way towards breakneck i stopped on a ridge to take pictures. while taking pictures i felt like i had to poop so i hiked down the hill and pooped in this like cave thing and rejoined the white trail further down the hill. some unmarked junction came up and i went to the right, planning on eliminating that trail as a possibility because i felt it might go to the sugarloaf. the couple i had seen on south beacon earlier came from the opposite direction and the three of us went the way i originally headed at the fork. at the top of breakneck where i was drinking water they caught up to me again. they spoke a foreign langue between themselves. the man waved at me as they continued on the white. this is when i turned back to find the blue.
elevation: bull hill is 1,420 at it's highest, breakneck is 1,260 ft at it's highest and south beacon mountain is 1,610 ft. (think i might order the topo-map for the trails and the elevations soon just getting these numbers from wikipedia.)
10/17/10
Mt Taurus (or Bull Hill) / Breakneck Ridge
when: october 16, 2010
where: philipstown / fishkill, ny, usa
participants: peter and myself
transportation: i took a metro north train from grand central terminal to the cold spring station. peter drove his subaru from newburgh, ny, where he works. after the hike he drove me to my grandma's in yorktown, ny.
food: ate a bagel with cream cheese and banana in route to the trailhead. there was a peach but it was kinda rotten. oatmeal cookies. and had an avocado and cucumber in my pack the entire hike but ate those later. drank 2 liters of water.
trail: sort of confusing, we started up the washburn trail from the trailhead nearest cold spring. took the yellow trail out to the lookout on bull hill where i took pictures and found out my peach was shitty. walked back to the white trail and went down the back of Taurus. going up the hill it was pretty steep but the footing is easy and there's a lot of space cause the forest is thin small trees or whatever. on top after the look out the path slopes gently with bushes and trees close on either side. the ground was sort of a wide groove with lost of stones and dead leaves on it. it winds to one more look out and then turns into a few switch backs that seemed great for x-country skiing. eventually a green trail diverts off trail you've been on which in comparison to the new trail seems like a road. this trail decends deeper into the valley, crosses a stream via wood plank and log and leads to the Cornish Dairy Farm / Estate (built approx.1916) ruins (only the stone foundations and metal frames remain. Local fire department records show reports of fires on the property in 1956. The Cornish family ended in 1938. the land they owned was donated to the town to be used as a park. other things happened involved utility companies but it ended up becoming a park of sorts anyway). we then took the blue trail up to the white trail to the back side of breakneck ridge's highest hump. then we jumped on the yellow trail back to the red / blue trail back to the parking area. trail really steep up and down breakneck. some big rocks in the quarrying area. the lower areas covered in fallen leaves. there are really good rocks on this trail. not sure how far the hike was. i felt it was approximately four miles. pete thought it was more than four miles. the last bit is a neat concrete ramp that slopes for a good portion of a mile along rout 9.
elevation: who knows?!................. jk............ Mount Taurus: 1,420 ft; Breakneck Ridge 1,260 ft
where: philipstown / fishkill, ny, usa
participants: peter and myself
transportation: i took a metro north train from grand central terminal to the cold spring station. peter drove his subaru from newburgh, ny, where he works. after the hike he drove me to my grandma's in yorktown, ny.
food: ate a bagel with cream cheese and banana in route to the trailhead. there was a peach but it was kinda rotten. oatmeal cookies. and had an avocado and cucumber in my pack the entire hike but ate those later. drank 2 liters of water.
trail: sort of confusing, we started up the washburn trail from the trailhead nearest cold spring. took the yellow trail out to the lookout on bull hill where i took pictures and found out my peach was shitty. walked back to the white trail and went down the back of Taurus. going up the hill it was pretty steep but the footing is easy and there's a lot of space cause the forest is thin small trees or whatever. on top after the look out the path slopes gently with bushes and trees close on either side. the ground was sort of a wide groove with lost of stones and dead leaves on it. it winds to one more look out and then turns into a few switch backs that seemed great for x-country skiing. eventually a green trail diverts off trail you've been on which in comparison to the new trail seems like a road. this trail decends deeper into the valley, crosses a stream via wood plank and log and leads to the Cornish Dairy Farm / Estate (built approx.1916) ruins (only the stone foundations and metal frames remain. Local fire department records show reports of fires on the property in 1956. The Cornish family ended in 1938. the land they owned was donated to the town to be used as a park. other things happened involved utility companies but it ended up becoming a park of sorts anyway). we then took the blue trail up to the white trail to the back side of breakneck ridge's highest hump. then we jumped on the yellow trail back to the red / blue trail back to the parking area. trail really steep up and down breakneck. some big rocks in the quarrying area. the lower areas covered in fallen leaves. there are really good rocks on this trail. not sure how far the hike was. i felt it was approximately four miles. pete thought it was more than four miles. the last bit is a neat concrete ramp that slopes for a good portion of a mile along rout 9.
elevation: who knows?!................. jk............ Mount Taurus: 1,420 ft; Breakneck Ridge 1,260 ft
Mount Haystack
when: october 9-10, 2010
where: keene, ny, usa
participants: andrew (boozeweather) and myself
trail: a couple miles from the roostercomb parking lot to the garden. 3.4 to john's brook lodge. hiked the phelps trail from john's brook to bushnell then continued on the whatever trail to slant rock. then hiked the trail towards marcy taking left at the fork for hastack summit about 2 miles, from slant rock to summit that is. the trail was cool, there was ice cystals, mud, mud plus ice, flowing water. mostly pine forest after sland rock. we saw a lot of nice foliage on the phelps trail. and the leaves in the valley were all flaired in yellow and orange looking from the peaks. trail from bushnell to slant rock gets pretty tough, steep and the footing is challenging too. i think we walked something like 20 or 21 miles between saturday morning and sunday afternoon.
view/weather: i mentioned the foliage above. the clouds were big and seperated and very high up. you could see far in all direction. moose mountain on the other side of champlain was visible. the dix range, giant, whiteface, skylight and marcy blocks off the stuff to west mostly. seems like i didn't look around that much, my camera was dead by the time we got to slant rock. it was cold at night. i wore all my clothes, a hat, all my socks, and clutched 2 handwarmers through the night. kinda wet and cold at other times. so windy on top of haystack. very clear and sunny during the day. and not a cloud at night. we saw two shooting stars which are just falling rocks burning.
elevation: 4,960 ft according to wikipedia. not sure what we gained and lost over the 10 miles out.
from the slant rock lean-to looking some direction
where: keene, ny, usa
participants: andrew (boozeweather) and myself
trail: a couple miles from the roostercomb parking lot to the garden. 3.4 to john's brook lodge. hiked the phelps trail from john's brook to bushnell then continued on the whatever trail to slant rock. then hiked the trail towards marcy taking left at the fork for hastack summit about 2 miles, from slant rock to summit that is. the trail was cool, there was ice cystals, mud, mud plus ice, flowing water. mostly pine forest after sland rock. we saw a lot of nice foliage on the phelps trail. and the leaves in the valley were all flaired in yellow and orange looking from the peaks. trail from bushnell to slant rock gets pretty tough, steep and the footing is challenging too. i think we walked something like 20 or 21 miles between saturday morning and sunday afternoon.
view/weather: i mentioned the foliage above. the clouds were big and seperated and very high up. you could see far in all direction. moose mountain on the other side of champlain was visible. the dix range, giant, whiteface, skylight and marcy blocks off the stuff to west mostly. seems like i didn't look around that much, my camera was dead by the time we got to slant rock. it was cold at night. i wore all my clothes, a hat, all my socks, and clutched 2 handwarmers through the night. kinda wet and cold at other times. so windy on top of haystack. very clear and sunny during the day. and not a cloud at night. we saw two shooting stars which are just falling rocks burning.
elevation: 4,960 ft according to wikipedia. not sure what we gained and lost over the 10 miles out.
from the slant rock lean-to looking some direction
8/28/10
Mount Si
when: thursday august 19th 2010
where: Puget Sound / North Bend
participants: uncle and myself
driver: dave drove his prius
food: leftover cheeseburgers, peanut butter clif bar, brownies, orange, lettuce, peanut butter and jelly.
trail: the 3 year old trail has many switchbacks built in and is marked by a post at the end of each of the four miles. the previous trail was a "scamper" before the switchbacks were installed during a time of financial abundance and park revitalization.
views/weather: after the 3rd mile-marker the air was damp and misty. virtually no views, besides the rocks and pines on the mountain itself. it was freezing on top. i put on all the clothes i had in my pack.
notes: we originally planned to take three more people with us, but all of them decided not to come. we had more food in that case than we could eat. on top is this thing called 'the haystack' which a hundred foot dome of rock that you have to 'scamper' up to get on top of. it was wet so we didn't think we'd get all the way up but we went to take pictures and look at the rock groove that looks easiest to scale. when we came back to where we left our lunch a person told us a chipmunk was getting into our food. i looked at the bag that had the brownies in it and there were only two left and we had brought three. there were a lot of people on the trail as we came down. seems like a popular spot. you'd pass a group hiking up as you hiked down like every ten minutes.
elevation: 4,167, a relief of 3,200 ft.
where: Puget Sound / North Bend
participants: uncle and myself
driver: dave drove his prius
food: leftover cheeseburgers, peanut butter clif bar, brownies, orange, lettuce, peanut butter and jelly.
trail: the 3 year old trail has many switchbacks built in and is marked by a post at the end of each of the four miles. the previous trail was a "scamper" before the switchbacks were installed during a time of financial abundance and park revitalization.
views/weather: after the 3rd mile-marker the air was damp and misty. virtually no views, besides the rocks and pines on the mountain itself. it was freezing on top. i put on all the clothes i had in my pack.
notes: we originally planned to take three more people with us, but all of them decided not to come. we had more food in that case than we could eat. on top is this thing called 'the haystack' which a hundred foot dome of rock that you have to 'scamper' up to get on top of. it was wet so we didn't think we'd get all the way up but we went to take pictures and look at the rock groove that looks easiest to scale. when we came back to where we left our lunch a person told us a chipmunk was getting into our food. i looked at the bag that had the brownies in it and there were only two left and we had brought three. there were a lot of people on the trail as we came down. seems like a popular spot. you'd pass a group hiking up as you hiked down like every ten minutes.
elevation: 4,167, a relief of 3,200 ft.
Pebble Creek (Mt. Rainier)
when: tuesday august 17th 2010
where: mt rainier national park
who drove: dave ross drove his prius from mercer island, i drove back to mercer island.
participants: myself
food: just water
trail: 2.2 miles of paved walk, stone, gravel, 2x snowfields and occasional dry dirt.
views/weather: you can see mt rainer and the cascades i guess. i don't really know this area. it was beautiful. you could see the niqually glacier and the giant canyon it has carved in mt. rainier. i think i saw mt st. helens. and something called like "jagged teeth" or "goats points," idk. you could really see in all directiosn except directly north because of the trails orientation to rainier which blocks the entire horizon. no clouds around rainier and just some haze around the surrounding ranges. the temperature, from memory, was 70 degrees.
notes: beyond pebble creek it becomes just snow field. signs recommend you don't go beyond pebble creek unless you have ropes and axes and crampons. the people on the trail: there are like lots of tourists, inexperienced hikers, young kids messing around in the snow, leaving water bottles on the ground. everyone had a camera. other people were collected in hiking parties and each carrying heavy backpacks. they seemed to be headed for camp muir which was a mile beyond pebble creek. from camp muir the typical plan is to leave at 2am the next day for the summit of rainier.
8/9/10
Jay Mt.
when: friday august 6th 2010
where: upper jay, essex county, ny
who drove: scott drove his hyundai from westport with us in it.
participants: scott, judy, alaina and myself.
food: tofu cheese with lettuce on whole wheat. corn chips. sliced carrot sticks. sliced and pitted peaches. corn chips. chocolate covered pomegranate pieces. tap water. wild blueberries. gluten-free chocolate graham crackers.
trail: 6 miles of unmarked herd path. windy, up and down. a few really steep parts. lots of roots and stones and trees to maneuver around. second half is an "open" ridge-traverse as opposed to the initial woods hiking.
views/weather: warm and breezy, drastic difference between when the sun was behind a cloud and when it wasn't. green mountains. whiteface mountain. high peaks. dix range. giant and rocky peak ridge. ausable and champlain valleys.
notes: we slept for like 20 minutes on top after lunch. crazy amounts of wild blueberries along the ridge, was just the right time i guess.
elevation: 3,600 feet. (2,100-plus vertical relief)
picture:
where: upper jay, essex county, ny
who drove: scott drove his hyundai from westport with us in it.
participants: scott, judy, alaina and myself.
food: tofu cheese with lettuce on whole wheat. corn chips. sliced carrot sticks. sliced and pitted peaches. corn chips. chocolate covered pomegranate pieces. tap water. wild blueberries. gluten-free chocolate graham crackers.
trail: 6 miles of unmarked herd path. windy, up and down. a few really steep parts. lots of roots and stones and trees to maneuver around. second half is an "open" ridge-traverse as opposed to the initial woods hiking.
views/weather: warm and breezy, drastic difference between when the sun was behind a cloud and when it wasn't. green mountains. whiteface mountain. high peaks. dix range. giant and rocky peak ridge. ausable and champlain valleys.
notes: we slept for like 20 minutes on top after lunch. crazy amounts of wild blueberries along the ridge, was just the right time i guess.
elevation: 3,600 feet. (2,100-plus vertical relief)
picture:
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