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July 5 - Susan & Bill's Short-day Mini Hike to Snow |
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Near the trailhead |
Waterfalls en route |
Dix, Dial, Nippletop in view |
Better view |
Our shortened day was capped with a visit to the Adirondack Museum (Essex County Museum) in Elizabethtown to see this "shrine" to the late Grace Hudowalski |
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Noonmark |
The actual summit |
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August 10-13 - Johns Brook Lodge Base Camp
with D & N (Some pix by D; some by N) |
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August 11 - Basin & Saddleback |
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En route to Slant Rock |
On the way up the Shorey Short Cut |
More fun on the Shorey Short Cut |
Basin teases us with its seeming proximity |
Haystack says hello (pic by D) |
On the way up Basin |
Our group, France, & Leann atop Basin |
Bill recovering on Basin (pic by N) |
Leaving Basin |
Looking forward to Saddleback |
On the way up Saddleback. That's not sky: it's a blue cloud from the "commentary" by hikers about the "fun" on the steep slope. |
Slides on Basin's south side from Saddleback (pic by D) |
Heading away from Saddleback (pic by D) |
Checking out Gothics from the east side of Saddleback |
The picture N was taking (pic by N) |
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August 12 - Haystack - pics by D |
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At the junction for Haystack vc Marcy |
"A great stack of rock" |
The summit in sight |
Looking into Pather Gorge |
Descending Haystack |
Recollections of yesterday's "fun": the junction with the Shorey Short Cut |
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August 30 - September 1: Gray and Skylight (pix by D) |
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The new bridge downstream from Marcy Dam |
What remains of Marcy Dam courtesy of Hurricane Irene |
On the soggy trail |
More sogginess |
"Dang, we love this fun in the mud!" |
At Lake Tear of the Clouds |
Gray's remnarkable summit |
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Remarkable hikers on Gray |
Snackifying at Lake Tear of the Clouds |
The summit of Skylight |
"Great view!" |
Second lunch on Skylight |
Health stop on the way back |
Suspension bridge on the Opalescent River |
Avalanche Lake beckons: only 6 more miles to the car! |
Hitch-Up Matilda along Avalanche Lake |
The slope of Mt. Colden broods |
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