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| birdny | Beautiful  Date Climbed: Jun 4, 1994 | |
| Climbed with brothers Bob and Mike via Saddleback. Nice hike, nice day, nice views. Doesnt get much better. I dont recomend the Shorey Cut trail, it sucked LOL | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2007 9:29 am | ||
| The edge | ADK #37 Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2005 | |
| great loop with buddy alain; I had a nice nap on the top waiting for my friend!! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 6:25 pm | ||
| mancopa | Birthday Climb Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2004 | |
| Hit this as part of a loop with Marcy and Saddleback. Spent the previous night at Slant Rock Leanto. Poured at night, but besides that, we had great summer weather. Great views. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2007 1:12 am | ||
| danny-boy | Spectacular Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2004 | |
| Spent the night open air at about -20C under Slant Rock. Then a tough hike through knee-deep snow and over/under fallen trees to the summit. Increadible views and sunny skies, then off to Saddleback | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2006 12:41 am | ||
| nartreb | Great Range traverse attempt Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Fantastic weather, clear and cool. But the col from Saddleback took a lot out of me. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:03 pm | ||
| rasgoat | great loop | |
| camped near johns brook lodge. went up saddle back to basin and back. better in other direction | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2006 11:10 pm | ||
| The Ogre | incomplete Great Range Traverse | |
| Spring 2006, solo. 1am start from The Garden. Summited Marcy at 6:30, then proceeded to Haystack, Basin, Saddleback, Gothics, Armstrong, and Upper Wolf Jaw. Decided not to go to Lower Wolf Jaw, so it wasn't a full Great Range Traverse (which arguably might include Skylight as well). | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 5:00 am | ||
| foreverwild | Enroute to Haystack | |
| Climbed enroute to being blasted by wind and rain on Haystack. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 9:33 pm | ||
| fredsc | Route Climbed: Phelps and Range Trails Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| I did this one in combination with Haystack and Saddleback, which gave me a nicely changing perspective of the Great Range as I went from peak to peak. Giant, Big Slide, Rocky Peak Ridge and Lake Placid are also visible under clear sky conditions. From Basin you get a magnificent view of Haystack, with Marcy and I think Slylight peeking out from behind. Can't see much to the southeast from Basin's summit. The approach from the west is somewhat arduous due to a long vertical ascent and shear rock faces near the top. Suggest you bring some glucose energy supplement and/or Gatorade as a pick-me-up. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 3:11 pm | ||
| woodstrider | Route Climbed: Date Climbed: Feb 15, 99 and Aug 24, 96 | |
| Solo both times | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2005 4:25 pm | ||
| diverbiker | Route Climbed: Garden Via Shorey Short Cut Date Climbed: 25 March 2005 | |
| Great winter climb and my 46th. Climbed with Mike F... we started early and made a day of it including Saddleback. Deep snow with a broken trail, the weather and views were great. Had a small bottle of champagne on top to celebrate my 46th. The scramble up Saddleback was a bit hairy... but worth the trip. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 5:33 am | ||
| mavs0 | Route Climbed: Range Trail Date Climbed: 8-04 | |
| Was with hillman below during the lightning storm mentioned below. Been there several other times too. Basin is a special place for me. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 2:35 pm | ||
| Bill Jirousek | Date Climbed: Sometime in the 90's | |
| Don't remember much about this one other than knee pain. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2004 3:36 pm | ||
| hillman | Route Climbed: from haystack Date Climbed: 8-04 | |
| Finished my 46 on this peak. Bad lightning storm when we ran over the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2004 8:58 am | ||
| orandall | Route Climbed: From Haystack Date Climbed: July 1992 | |
| #3 on our 4-peak day with wrong turms and not enough water. stellar on its own, but after Marcy and Haystack, all I could really say was meh. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2004 8:42 pm | ||
| Brian Pierz | Route Climbed: Johns Brook Trail to Shorey to State Range Date Climbed: July 21, 2004 | |
| Hiked with the brother and sister on this jaunt. Finally, good weather after a week of hiking in the rain and fog! Parked at the Garden, and camped out next to the brook along the junction with the trail to Big Slide. Took the Johns Brook Trail, then the Shorey Shortcut to the Range Trail. The Shorey Shortcut is quite a bit of work for a "shortcut." Headed up the Range Trail to Basin, then onto SaddleBack and back down the Ore Bed. Invented, or maybe discovered, a great new trail meal: warm chili inside a pita pocket. Delicious. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2004 10:32 am | ||
| MrOysterhead | Route Climbed: From Saddleback Date Climbed: August, 2003 | |
| Climbed from Saddleback on our way to Haystack. Ended up in a giant cloud with about 10 feet of visibility. Had to coax our slightly hypotermic companion off the summit (he was really dusted that that point). | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2004 5:24 pm | ||
| climber46 | Route Climbed: ADK Range Trail Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2001 | |
| The section of trail between Saddleback and Basin is one of the roughest sections of trail in the Adirondacks. The great views are the reward for the effort needed for all this scrambling. It takes almost an hour to get from Saddleback to Basin unless you are in much better physical shape than I. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2003 10:12 pm | ||
| mt10climber | Route Climbed: Ore bed brooke Date Climbed: March 1,2003 | |
| Cloudy,warm 30degrees | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2003 10:35 am | ||
| mavs0 | Route Climbed: From Johns Brook Lodge, via phelps and shorey shrot cut Date Climbed: July 20, 2002 | |
| A rugged and steep ascent up this great mountain. One of the best views in the Park (for my money). A mostly bare summit and perfectly clear warm day made the views to nearby Marcy, Haystack, Saddleback and Gothics quite a sight. We were alone on the summit for about 45 minutes. Also traversed Saddleback and Gothics the same day. A nice, but tough, hike over some of the steeper trails in the High Peaks. A must see for any true Adirondack Hiker. A much more remote and isolated hike then some of the more popular mountains, which makes it all the more attractive. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2002 2:53 pm | ||
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