1) B* - Santanoni Range (Santanoni, Panther, Couchi)
Trailhead: 2.0 Mi. below upper works
Route: approach and return on Duck Hole via Bradley Pond trail
(p.257-59).
summit Santanoni, Panther, Couchi – all bushwhack (herdpath for all
3 leaves trail 0.3 mi. S of Santanoni lean-to at a beaver dam)
(p.260-1)
RT distance: 8.6+ miles
Difficulty: hardcore
2) B** - Sewards #1 (Emmons, Donaldson with approach over Seward)
Trailhead: 5.8 Mi. off Rte. 3 (outside of Coreys) between Saranac
Lake and Tupper Lake Route: approach and return on Duck Hole from
Coreys via Ward Brook Truck trail (p. 262-4) approach and return from
Emmons and Donaldson over Seward (easiest route) – all bushwhack
(p. 269-70)
RT distance: 10.6+ Mi.
Difficulty: hardcore
3) B** - Sewards #2 (Seward, Seymour)
Trailhead: 5.8 Mi. off Rte. 3 (outside of Coreys)
Route: Duck Hole from Coreys via Ward Brook Truck trail (p.262-4)
bushwhack to Seward (approach from 1st brook crossed 0.2 MI. SE of
Coreys-Fire truck trail junction ) (p. 269-70) Ward Brook Truck
trail bushwhack to Seymour (1st brook after lean-to, 0.1 mi. SE Ward
Brook lean-to) (p.269-70) return Ward Brook Truck trail to Coreys
RT distance: 10.6+ Mi.
Difficulty: hardcore
4) B* - Mt. Marshall
Trailhead: Upper Works
Route: Calamity brook trail (#121 p.242-6)
trail around NW shore of Lake Colden (#69 p. 141) Lake Colden - Indian
Pass trail (p. 148) Mt. Marshall – bushwhack (Herdpath leads from
height of land between Iroquois and Marshall) (p.149-50) Return same
Rte.
RT distance: 15.2+ Mi.
Difficulty: hard
5) B* - Mt. Cliff
Trailhead: Upper works
Route: Calamity brook trail (#121 p. 242-6)
Cliff – bushwhack (leave from height of land between Cliff and Redfield
on abandoned Twin brook trail (p. 248) return to Upper works
via Calamity brook trail
RT distance: 14.8+ Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
6) B* - Mt. Allen
Trailhead: Upper Works
Route: Calamity Brook trail (#121 p. 242-6) flowed lands via
Hanging spear falls (#123 p.248-51) Mt. Allen – bushwhack (leave from
site of former twin brooks lean-to) (p. 151) continue on flowed lands
via Hanging spear falls trail parking area 0.5 Mi. below upper works
RT distance: 13.2+ Mi.
Difficulty: hard
7) Partial Bushwack - McIntyres - Algonquin, Wright, Iroquois
(unmarked trail)
Trailhead: ADK Loj *$7 parking fee/day unless parked
on road*
Route(s):
option 1
Loj to Algonquin trail (#61 p.130) junction Algonquin trail to summit
Algonquin (#64 p. 137) side trail to Wright (#65 p. 139) Algonquin
summit to Iroquois summit via unmarked trail (#66 p.139) junction
Algonquin-Iroquois trails to Lake Colden (#71 p.147) Trail around
NW shore Lake Colden (#69 p.144) Avalanche pass to Marcy Dam (#68
p.143-4) Van Hoevenberg tail to Loj (#61 p.130-33)
option 2
Loj to Algonquin trail (#61 p.130) junction Algonquin trail to summit
Algonquin (#64 p.137) side trail to Wright (#65 p.139) Algonquin summit
to Iroquois summit via unmarked trail (#66 p.139) return same route
RT distance: option 1 – 13.9 Mi.
option 2 – 11.0 Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/ hard
*NOTE: if interested, carry rock from trailhead @ Loj to pile on summit
Algonquin*
8) Mt. Colden
Trailhead: ADK Loj
Route: Van Hoevenberg trail to Marcy dam (#61 p.130-33) Marcy
Dam to Lake Arnold via avalanche camp (#73 p.150) Mt. Colden from
Lake Arnold via L. Morgan Porter trail (#74 p.151-2) Mt. Colden to
Lake Colden (#70 p.145-6) Avalanche Pass (#68 p.141-3) Van Hoevenberg
trail (@ Marcy Dam) (#61 p.130-33)
RT distance: 13.6 Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
9) Mt. Phelps
Trailhead: ADK Loj
Route: Van Hoevenberg trail (#61 p.130-33) trail to summit
Phelps (#62 p.134) return via same route
RT distance: 8.8 Mi.
Difficulty: easy
10) B - Tabletop
Trailhead: ADK Loj
Route: Van Hoevenberg trail (#61 p.130-33) to Indian falls
summit tabletop – bushwhack (follow compass line from Indian Falls
or Marcy Brook) return on same route
RT distance: 8.8+ mi.
Difficulty: moderate
11) Partial Bushwack* - Marcy, Skylight and Gray (bushwhack)
Trailhead: ADK Loj
Route: Van Hoevenberg trail to summit Marcy (#61 p.130-33)
4 corners (#121 p.242-6) summit Skylight (#122 p.246-7) Lake Tear-of-the-Clouds
(#121 p.242-6) Gray summit – bushwhack (from lake tear) (p.247) Avalanche
Camp to Lake Arnold and Feldspar Brook trail (#121 p.242-6) Marcy
Dam (#73 p.150-1) Van Hoevenberg trail (#61 p.130-33)
RT distance: 17.6 Mi.
Difficulty: hard
*NOTE: can carry rock from pile at Loj trailhead to summit of Marcy,
if interested*
12) * - Saddleback & Basin
Trailhead: the Garden ($5/day parking fee)
Route: Southside trail (#3 p.45-7) junction with State Range
trail (#8 p.51-2) summit Saddleback (#9 p.53-55) summit Basin (#9
p.53-55) Shorey shortcut (#11 p. 57) Phelps trail (#1 p.40-44)
RT distance: 16.3 Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
13) * - Haystack
Trailhead: the Garden ($5/day parking fee)
Route: Phelps trail (#1 p.40-44) State Range trail (#9 p.53-55)
summit Haystack (#10 p.56-7) State Range trail (#9 p.53-55) Shorey
shortcut (#11 p.57) Phelps trail (#1 p.40-1)
RT distance: 18.0 Mi.
Difficulty: hard
14) Great Range (Gothics, Armstrong, Upper and Lower Wolfjaw)
Trailhead: the Garden ($5/day parking fee)
Route: Southside trail (#3 p.45-7) ADK range trail (#4 p.47-9)
summit Lower Wolfjaw (#5 49-50) summit Upper Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Gothics
(#4 p.47-9) Orebed Brook trail to DEC Interior outpost (#8 p.51-3)
Southside trail (#3 p.45-7)
RT distance: 15.5 Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
15) Sawteeth
Trailhead: Park off Rte. 73 opposite roaring brook lot
Route: 0.5 miles from trailhead to Lake Road Lake Road (#25
p.79-81) Gothics from Lower Ausable Lake via Pyramid Peak (#35 p.90-1)
Sawteeth via pyramid-Gothics trail (#37 p.92-3) Sawteeth from lower
Ausable Lake (#36 p.91-2) Lake road (#25 p.79-81)
RT distance: 13.2 Mi.
Difficulty: moderate
16) Big Slide via the Brothers
Trailhead: The garden ($5/day parking fee)
Route: Big slide via the brothers (#15 p.61-2) summit Big Slide
Slide Mt. brook trail (#13 p.59-60) Phelps trail (#1 p.40-4)
RT distance: 9.5 mi
Difficulty: easy
17) Nippletop and Dial
Trailhead: parking off Rte. 73 across from Roaring brook lot
Route: 0.5 mi. from parking lot to Lake Rd. Lake Road (#25
p.79-81) Henry Goddard Leach trail to Dial and Nippletop (#42 p.97-9)
summit Bear Den Mt, Dial Mt, Nippletop (#42 p.97-9) Nippletop via
Elk Pass (#41 p.96-7) Lake Rd. (#25 p.79-81)
RT distance: 13.3 mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
18) B* - East Dix, South Dix, Macomb
Trailhead: Elk Lake Lodge
Route: approach and return on Elk Lake-Dix trail (#119 p.235-7)
summit Macomb (via slide brook), S. Dix (follow ridge down col – up
open rocks), and E. Dix (follow ridge)
RT distance: 4.6+ mi.
Difficulty: hard
19) Partial Bushwack* - Dix and Hough (bushwack)
Trailhead: route 73
Route: Round Pond trail (Dix Mt. from rte 73) (#46 p.103-5)
Summit Dix (#46 p.103-5) Beckhorn (Dix via Beckhorn trail) (#120 p.238)
Hough via Beckhorn Ridge (p.238-40) return on same route
RT distance: 14.0 mi.
Difficulty: moderate
20) Partial Bushwack - Whiteface and Esther
Trailhead: parking at Wilmington Reservoir (off Whiteface
Memorial highway)
Route: summit Whiteface via Wilmington trail (#82 p.168-9)
unmarked trail to Esther (p.171) return on same rte.
RT distance: 13.0 mi.
Difficulty: easy/moderate
21) Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge
Trailhead: Chapel Pond (rte. 73)
Route: summit Giant Mt. via Ridge trail (#48 p.107-9) East
trail to Rocky Peak Ridge (#112 p.220-22) return via same rte.
RT distance: 8.6 Mi
Difficulty: easy/moderate
22) B - Street and Nye
Trailhead: ADK Loj
Route: Indian Pass from Hear Lake trail (#75 p.152-4) Nye Mt.
via Old Nye ski trail (p.155) Street Mt. via ridge from Nye (p.155)
return same rte.
RT distance: 1.0++ Mi.
Difficulty: moderate
23) Cascade and Porter
Trailhead: rte. 73 at Cascade Lakes
Route: summit Cascade Mt. trail from Cascade Lakes (#90 p.181-2)
summit Porter Mt. from junction with Cascade trail (#91 p.182) return
via same rte.
RT distance: 6.2 Mi.
Difficulty: easy
24) Colvin and Blake
Trailhead: parking on rte. 73 (across from roaring brook)
Route: 0.5 Mi. from trailhead to Lake road Lake Road
(#25 p.79-81) summit Colvin from Lake road via shorter Gill Brook
trail (#40 p.95-6) Mt. Colvin carry trail (#55 p. 118-9) summit Blake
Peak (#56 p.119) Mt. Colvin carry trail Lake road via long Gill Brook
trail (#40 p. 95-6) Lake road (#25 p.79-80)
RT distance: 15.0 mi.
Difficulty: moderate
25) * - Mt. Redfield
Trailhead: Upper Works
Route: Calamity Brook Trail (#121 p.242-6)
Bushwhack to Mt. Redfield – follow uphill brook from uphill lean-to
(p.247-8) return via same route
RT distance: 14.8+ Mi.
Difficulty: moderate/hard
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