An Aspiring Forty-Sixer...
24 down, 22 to go...
A few years ago, some friends convinced me to go climb a mountain up in the Adirondack mountains of northern New York state. While Pharoh mountain wasn’t one of the “high peaks”, the inspiring view from the top had an astounding effect on me. I was instantly hooked, and wanted more!
Ever since then, I try to get up to the Adirondacks to go hiking at least twice a year. One of my “life goals” is to summit the highest of the forty-six peaks in New York, (hopefully by age 46).
To accomplish this goal would make me a bona-fide Forty-Sixer; part of an elite club of individuals like me, who lust for that big payoff at the end of each tough ascent; the view from the top.
This web site describes my trips up there, and shows some photos of the views along the way.
See each hike (chronological order):
Pharoh Mountain (September, 1999)
Ampersand (October, 2003)
Haystack/Basin/Saddleback (July, 2004)
Phelps (October, 2004)
Giant/Rocky Peak Ridge (August 2005)
Cascade/Porter (October 2005)
The Northern Great Range (July 2006)
Big Slide via The Brothers (October 2006)
Sawteeth, Colvin and Blake (July 2007)
Mt. Jo (October 2007)
Street & Nye (October 2007)
Algonquin, Wright Peak (July 2008)
Whiteface, Esther (August 2009)
Colden, Tabletop (October 2009)
Other helpful Adirondack hiking links:
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©Copyright 2009 Jon Cammarata.
All photography is original to the webmaster, with some images courtesy of Andy and Karen Schweitzer, Dave Hine and Tanner Gjersvig. Topographic trail map images shown on the following pages are courtesy of TopoZone.com, and mapmyhike.com
DISCLAIMER:
This web site is provided for little more than entertainment purposes, and not meant to serve as an instructional guide. The trails mentioned and illustrated herein are nothing more than my personal hiking archive. If you are interested in hiking mountains such as the ones listed here, GREAT, but you should not depend on the information in this web site alone to plan any excursions. You need to access a wide variety of informational sources, web sites, hiking guide books and topographic maps found elsewhere. I have listed many valuable links above for researching hiking trips like the ones I have done. I use the links every time I plan a trip, and so should you!
List of the 46 highest peaks
in New York State
Last updated: 11/21/09
My cousin Jim and I at the summit of Whiteface
with Lake Placid behind us in the distance
Andy, my dog Molly and I, atop Big Slide, with the Great Range in the background
= peaks I’ve summited so far...
NOTE: high-resolution topo maps of any of my hikes can be emailed to you, just ask.
