Author: inoh
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Hopkins & Spread Eagle Mountains
In the first week of October, I went for a day hike up Hopkins Mountain in New York’s Adirondack range. I was going along with two other guys who I’ve hiked with before, and we’d also made a loose plan to take the trail from Hopkins’ peak over to nearby Spread Eagle Mountain.
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Excellent Videos From CleverHiker.com Dave Collins
Dave Collins hosts a series of excellent backpacking and hiking information videos through his YouTube channel via the website he runs at cleverhiker.com. If you’re new to hiking or backpacking, or not new, the advice and tips he shares are absolutely recommended. http://www.cleverhiker.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9j0UvB3iECVk9PwCVj0gw
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Pharaoh Mountain to Pharaoh Lake
On a recent day hike I walked up Gore Mountain with a small group who I’d never met or hiked with. I tend to go solo most of the time, so the group dynamic added something new to the experience. Well more recently, I met up with one of the guys from the Gore hike…
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Early Spring Hike On Gore Mountain
When it comes to hiking New York’s Adirondack Mountains in early Spring, it’s more accurate to call it a late Winter hike. There may not be snow in the trees or along most of the ground, unless you’re in the High Peaks region, but once you gain some elevation and find shaded stretches of path,…
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Winter Hiking Buck Mountain
When I hike somewhere, I like to do a little research into the history behind the land that the trail cuts through. In the Adirondacks it usually doesn’t take much to dig up something related to military battles, Native American habitation, or even who originally blazed the trail. With Buck Mountain however, located just west of…
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Mount Greylock and the Money Brook Trail
At 3,491 feet (1,064 m) Mount Greylock is the tallest mountain in Massachusetts. Its peak offers a wide-ranging view of the surrounding Berkshire landscape, while the Money Brook trail that leads you there from its base offers numerous minor stream crossings within beautifully secluded woods. If hiking mountains isn’t your thing however, there’s a road right up to…
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Winter Hiking On Cat & Thomas Mountains
While looking for a moderately demanding trail that didn’t rise too high above sea level to worry about the mercurial nature of winter weather found on the Adirondack’s higher peaks, I came across the Cat & Thomas Mountains loop. I took a snowshoe hike up Thomas Mountain first, as I had a weekend free but…