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'A' Hikes |
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| Basin & Saddleback (A) 12.7 miles 3,500 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Garden (pickup) | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 15 min. |
| Start from Upper Lake and return to Garden parking lot. | ||
| Camels Hump, Niagara & Nippletop Mts. (A) 11 miles 2,300 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Rt. 9 in N. Hudson | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 30 min. |
| Don't confuse this with "our" Nippletop. Three trailless peaks, each with a great view and relatively easy bushwhacking. | ||
| Colden via the Trap Dike (A) 13 miles 2,600 ft | ||
| Trailhead: ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| This classic Adirondack scramble from Avalanche Lake involves a short roped pitch. Descent via east slide possible. | ||
| Cy Beede's Slide and Pinnacle (A) 8 miles 2,200 | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| 6 miles of paddling. A steep scramble up the new slide to a short bushwhack to Knollview Trail, then on to three more views. | ||
| Dix Mt. (A) 13.6 miles 3,600 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Club | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Start and finish at Club. | ||
| Dix via new slide (A) 13.5 miles 3,600 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Club | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Final ascent via 1993 vintage slides with 0.5 mile bushwhack to top. | ||
| East Dix (A) 10 miles 2,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Rt. 73 | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 10 min. |
| Approach via North Fork of Boquet to slide. | ||
| Giant via North Trail (A) 10.4 miles 3,300 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Rt. 9N | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 20 min. |
| Ascent via Owl Head Lookout to summit with return via Zander Scott Trail to Chapel Pond. | ||
| Giant via the Bottle Slide (A) 7 miles 3,600 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Roaring Brook | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Prominently visible from the Club porch, this is a demanding scramble. Recent rain could require a change to the "Finger". | ||
| Giant and Rocky Peak from New Russia (A) 11 miles 5,300 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Rt. 9 in New Russia | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 20 min. |
| Ascend over Bald Peak to Rocky Peak and Giant. Down the Zander Scott Trail to Chapel Pond. Harder than the average "A" hike. | ||
| Gothics via new North Slide (A) 9 miles 3,100 ft | ||
| Trailhead: The Garden | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 10 min. |
| Ascend from Johns Brook via a combination of old and new slides. Descend via Pyramid and return on the Lake Road bus. | ||
| Gothics & Sawteeth (A) 8.8 miles 3,500 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Up Gothics via Beaver Meadow Trail, then down over Sawteeth to Warden's Camp and return by boat. (or reverse). | ||
| Indian Pass Traverse (A) 10.4 miles 800 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Tahawus/ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 1 hr |
| A hike through Indian Pass with its view of Wallface, the Adirondack's highest cliff at 1,000 ft. | ||
| Jay Range traverse (bushwhack) (A) 9 miles 2,500 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Jay (Upper Valley Rd.) | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 30 min. |
| Ascent of Jay Mt. from west with descent via Slip and Saddleback Mt. (All trailless). | ||
| Lower Great Range (A) 10.5 miles 5,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Ausable Club | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Ascents of Lower and Upper Wolf Jaw, Armstrong, and Gothics with descent to Lower Lake. Bus ticket needed for return. | ||
| Lower Wolf Jaw via new slide (A) 7.7 miles 2,300 ft | ||
| Trailhead: The Garden | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 10 min. |
| A relatively easy slide created by the October 1995 flood. Return via Wedge Brook. Ascent of Upper Wolf Jaw possible as well. | ||
| Macomb Mt. (A) 7.5 miles 2,400 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Elk Lake | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| Ascent via newer slide. Return via older slide or take in South Dix and descend via Lillian Brook. | ||
| Marcy from ADK Loj (A) 15 miles 3,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| The shortest trail to Marcy, the route is often crowded but views at Indian Falls add interest. | ||
| Marcy via Bartlett Ridge (A) 12.6 mi 4,600 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Lower Lake | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 15 min. |
| Transportation needed to Lower Lake in A.M. Then by boat, over Bartlett Ridge, through Panther Gorge to the, summit. | ||
| Moose & McKenzie (A) 10 mi. 2,300 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Lake Placid | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| Located on west shore of Lake Placid, both peaks offer unique views. Newly opened trail. | ||
| Marcy Traverse (A) 15.5 miles 3,900 ft . | ||
| Trailhead: Return-Garden | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 10 min |
| Up Lower Lake, over Bartlett Ridge to Marcy, and return to the Garden. | ||
| Nippletop & Dial (A) 9.5 miles 4,000 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Climb Nippletop via Elk Pass and then down the long ridge to Dial and Bear Den and walk back the final mile of the Lake Road. | ||
| Nippletop via the slide (A) 12 miles 4,500 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| From Elk Pass a thick bushwhack leads to the base of one of the longest slides in the Adirondacks. | ||
| Panorma Bluff and Stillwater (A) 14 miles | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| 10 mi. of this trip is by boat, leading to unmatched views of Marcy, Skylight and the Range. Great birding along the way. | ||
| Peak 3373 (A) 8 miles 1,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Crow Clearing | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 20 min. |
| A relatively easy bushwhack to a remote ledge with good views. Challenging route finding. | ||
| Saddleback via Shanty Brook Slide A 9.5 miles 3,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Bus | ATIS Car Needed? No | 1 Way Drive Time: |
| Start from Upper Lake. 1.5 miles easy bushwhacking leads to base of slide. Moderate scramble. Return over Gothics. | ||
| Skylight and Grey A 14.5 miles 5,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Lower Lake | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 15 min. |
| Drive to Boathouse, then up Lake and over Bartlett Ridge to Skylight with a great view and Gray with a herdpath. Return by bus. | ||
| Street and Nye A 8 miles 2,800 ft | ||
| Trailhead: ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| Both are climbed via herdpaths and only Street has a view, but the trip is relatively easy - provided you stay on the herdpath. | ||
| Tabletop A 10.6 miles 2,100 ft | ||
| Trailhead: ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| Hike to Indian Falls and take the recently improved herdpath to the summit which offers only partial views of Marcy, etc. | ||
| Tabletop and Phelps A 13 miles 3,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: ADK Loj | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 45 min. |
| Hike to Indian Falls and climb Tabletop's recently improved herd path, then back down and up trailed Phelps with its great view. | ||
| Upper Great Range A 11.2 miles 5,400 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Lower Lake | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 15 min. |
| Drive to Boathouse in A.M., the up lake to climb Haystack ,Basin Saddleback, and Gothics with return to Boathouse and bus return. | ||
| Whiteface and Esther A 9.6 miles 3,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Whiteface Highway | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 30 min. |
| Up via old marble Mt. ski center to Whiteface with side trip on a good herdpath to Esther. | ||
| Whiteface Mt. via west slide A 11.5 mi 3,200 ft | ||
| Trailhead: Connery Pond | ATIS Car Needed? Yes | 1 Way Drive Time: 40 min. |
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This prominent slide has both some thick bushwhacking and steep scrambling, but finishes beautifully just below the summit. |
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