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Introduction
--Our Hike in the Adirondack Mountains-- |
What's the perfect addition to any honeymoon? That's right, backpacking.
Our first step in preparing for a hike in the Adirondacks was to buy and
study the guidebook for the area: "Guide to Adirondack Trails, High
Peaks Region" from the Adirondack Mountain Club. It provides in depth
information about the region and includes a map for the High Peaks
Region.
We studied the book, looking for a particular area that we would enjoy.
Many people are interested in going to Mount Marcy, the highest peak in
the Adirondacks, so the trails and areas surrounding Mount Marcy are
often crowded in the summer.
The guidebook suggested that the area to the west of Mount Marcy was
less traveled. We read further and found several places that attracted
us to this region:
- Wallface Mountain - the second highest vertical cliff in the eastern US
- Scott and Wallface Ponds - two secluded ponds that are oddly perched
on an arm of Wallface
- Algonquin Peak - the second highest mountain in the Adirondacks,
less crowded than Marcy and some say with a better view
- Mount Colden - eleventh highest mountain in the Adirondacks, looms over
Lake Colden showing its impressive slides
- Avalanche Pass - a one mile long pass containing Avalanche Pond
So we started and ended our hike at the ADK Loj facilities, with
four days of hiking in between. The map below shows the trails we
traveled.
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Map from "Trails of the Adirondack High Peaks Region"
by Adirondack Mountain Club Inc. ISBN 0-935272-87-9
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PURPLE - Road into Loj
YELLOW - Day One
GREEN - Day Two
BLUE - Day Three
PINK - Day Four
Using the topographical map program TopoUSA by DeLorme, the following
3-D image of the area we hiked was created. The yellow lines are the trails that
we followed.
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