Adirondack Slide Climbs by Mountain : Custom Object : SummitPost

About the Catalog

What's New in 2013?

Giant's East Face Slide: 2013 January 15,
Gothics West Face/Saddleback Catastrophic Chaos Slide: 2013 February 2
Pyramid South Face: 2013 February 18
Gothics Rainbow Slide: 2013 February 23,
Basin East Face: 2013 March 10

Over the years I've posted reports to several forums and sites. Thus the primary purpose of this page is to align all my personal climbs under a common index. Updates are appended immediately after each trip so the 'edited date' above should remain current.

Trip Reports: I tend to explore several slides in a route on any give outing, first ascending one then descending another based on proximity. Therefore, many of these reports aren't written from a traditional climbing perspective. The following links sometimes connect to a certain 'chapter' of the overall trip report so it may be helpful at times to read the full report for context. Dates are included next to the title since slides sometimes change especially when major weather events move through such as August of 2011. When applicable, links to successive climbs of the same slide are listed.

Albums & Pictures: A picture's worth a thousand words, so the albums are really the heart of this page. Album hyperlinks connect to either a specific set of pictures for stand-alone slides or a specific picture if the album hosts several slides. Simply use the arrows on the picture to move forward through the set in the second case. Mosaics link to an overall image of the slide with smaller pictures inset to reference specific areas of interest.

Thanks for your interest in the page and I'd greatly appreciate being notified of any dead-links or errors that you may run across. That being said, I do realize that certain slide names in trip reports titles don't always match their relevant album titles. They're difficult to amend since title changes tend to break links on various webpages.

A

Algonquin Southeast (aka Elevator Shaft or Zero) Slide 8/2010 ~ ALBUM
Algonquin South (aka Bear Claw) Slide 8/2010 ~ ALBUM
Algonquin Northeast Face Slide 12/2011 ~ Winter ALBUM
Armstrong East Slides/Ledges 8/2008 ~ Mosaic

B

Basin Brook (NE Slide from NW summit) Slide 8/2010 ~ ALBUM
Basin East Face 7/2012 ~ Summer ALBUM (starting at relevant pic in album)
Basin East Face 3/2013 ~ Winter ALBUM ~ Mosaic ~ Video
Basin East Face (SE Exposure Finger...new 2011 before Irene) 7/2012 ~ ALBUM (starting at relevant pic in album)
Basin NW/N Ridge Slides (4 or 5 slides ... expanded and NEW from Irene 2011) 9/2011 ~ ALBUM
Basin Northeast Shoulder Slide (new/enlarged from Irene) 9/2011 ~ ALBUM
Blake Slide 10/2007 ~ Mosaic
Brothers' Northeast Slide 5/2011 ~ ALBUM

C

Cascade Northwest Slide (Post Irene) 3/2012 Associated Press Article by Michael Virtanen 7/2012 ~ ALBUM
Cliff Slide 6/2007 ~ Mosaic
Colden Avalanche Pass Slide 9/2008~ Mosaic
Colden Avalanche Pass Slide (Skinny Tributary) 6/2011 ~ ALBUM
Colden Northeast False Summit Slides (2 Slides located off Otis Gully) 6/2011 ~ ALBUM
Colden Northwest Gully Slide (New 2011) 5/2012 ~ ALBUM, Mosaic
Colden Slide (2011 Irene) "A Rainy Day and a Trap Dike" 10/2011, Trap Dike Tragedy 2011 ~ ALBUM
Colden Trap Dike, 1869 Slide & Southeast Slide 10/2005 ~ Mosaic
Colden "West Ramp" Slide Summer 6/2011 & Winter 2/2012 ~ Summer ALBUM, Winter ALBUM, Mosaic

D

Dial Southeast Exposure (Vertically short/wide slide) 8/2012 ~ ALBUM
Dix Beckhorn Slide (2011 Tributary) in Winter 12/22/2012 ~ ALBUM, Mosaic
Dix "Finger" Slides 2010:

I've labeled these numerically since each tributary is very unique and several numbers sometimes constitute a 'finger' (reference photo). I explored these as a single route over about 10 hours during September of 2010. Thus some pictures display in descending order.
- Slide 1 (thumb) 1 ~ ALBUM
- Slide 2 (index) ~ ALBUM
- Slide 3 (middle) ~ ALBUM
- Slide 4 (remnant slide that I used as a connector) ~ ALBUM
- Slide 5 (ring) ~ ALBUM & ALBUM 2 (8/2012)
- Slide 6 (ring) ~ ALBUM
- Slide 7 (ring) ~ ALBUM
- Slide 8 ~ ALBUM
- Slide 9 (pinky) ~ ALBUM
Dix Hunters Pass Slide 8/2006 & 8/2012 ~ ALBUM, Mosaic
Dix North Fork Slide 8/2006 (Western Face to the south of Hunters Pass)
Dix South Fork Slide 8/2012 (scroll down report) ~ ALBUM
Dix West Buttress Slide 8/2012 ~ ALBUM, Mosaic