Hiking the Adirondacks: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures

by Lisa Ballard

Overview

This book features the best day hikes and weekend backpacking trips in the mountain wilderness of northeastern New York State. From 360-degree mountaintop views to dramatic waterfalls and pristine ponds, it takes readers to 47 of the most scenic locations, some well-known and others off the beaten path.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493024490
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	06/30/2017
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	640,537
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lisa Densmore Ballard is a third generation Adirondack native. Born in Saranac Lake, New York - in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park - she has hiked, paddled, fished, and skied in the Adirondacks her entire life. Though now a resident of Montana, she travels back to the Adirondacks each summer to visit her family, explore the backcountry, and enjoy her second home on Chateaugay Lake. This is her ninth book.

Table of Contents

Meet Your Guide xii

Map and Icon Legends xiv

Trail Finder xv

Top 5 Hikes xviii

Before You Hit the Trail 1

How to Use This Guide 17

The Hikes

Northern Adirondacks

1 Mount Arab 20

2 Debar Mountain 27

3 High Fails-Cat Mountain Loop 32

4 Lyon Mountain 43

5 Saint Regis Mountain 50

High Peaks Region: A Sampling of 4,000-Footers

6 Algonquin Peak 59

7 Avalanche Lake-Mount Marcy Loop 67

8 Big Slide-Yard Mountain Loop 78

9 Cascade Mountain 85

10 Mount Colvin Loop 90

11 Giant Mountain via the Ridge Trail 98

12 Great Range Loop 105

13 Mount Marcy via Elk Lake and Panther Gorge 115

14 Phelps Mountain 123

15 Whiteface Mountain 129

16 Wright Peak 135

High Peaks Region: Big Rewards under 4,000 Feet

17 Ampersand Mountain 142

18 Baker Mountain 148

19 Baxter Mountain 154

20 Catamount Mountain 159

21 Giant's Nubbie via the Ridge Trail 165

22 Haystack Mountain (Ray Brook) 170

23 Hurricane Mountain 176

24 The Jays 181

25 Mount Jo Loop 186

26 Noonmark Mountain-Round Mountain Loop 192

27 Nun-da-ga-o Ridge-Weston Mountain-Lost Pond Loop 199

28 Pitchoff Mountain 206

29 Rooster Comb-Snow Mountain Loop 213

Eastern Adirondacks

30 Black Mountain 221

31 Buck Mountain 227

32 Pharaoh Mountain 233

33 Poke-O-Moonshine 240

34 Tongue Mountain Loop 246

Southern Adirondacks

35 Crane Mountain-Crane Pond Loop 258

36 Echo Cliff 264

37 Hadley Mountain 269

38 Kane Mountain 274

Central Adirondacks

39 Blue Mountain 281

40 Goodnow Mountain 286

41 Snowy Mountain 291

42 Vanderwhacker Mountain 296

43 Wakely Mountain 301

West-Central Adirondacks

44 Bald Mountain (Rondaxe) 308

45 Black Bear Mountain 313

46 Gleasmans Falls 318

47 Middle Settlement Lake 324

Local Trail Finder 331

Appendix A For More Information 334

Appendix B Further Reading 336

Appendix C Forty-Six Peaks Over 4,000 Feet 337

Hike Index 339