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| starship_jen | From the Garden  Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| What a great peak! Hiked with Paul and it was another wonderful weekend in the Adirondacks. Did Haystack along with Basin and Saddleback. It was the first time I had good, clear views off an Adirondack Peak. Spectacular! 12/46 | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2007 10:01 pm | ||
| alpspitze | From the Garden Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2007 | |
| Solo hike on a great sunny day. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2007 5:39 pm | ||
| EastcoastMike | Dayhike Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| Dayhike from the Garden, Saddleback, Basin and Haystack, what a beautiful day. Only came across one couple the whole day. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 11:09 pm | ||
| Florida Frank | Not the easiest place to get to Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1977 | |
| Enjoyed the summit after camping at Lake Tear, back in the days when it was still legal to do so. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 5:16 pm | ||
| TLP | PhelpsTrail up and down Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| Mt. Haystack is a beast that wants to devour you. Drain you. Waste you. This mountain sapped so much energy from me. Took a LONG time to summit and LONG time back. Makes me tired and exhausted now just thinking about it. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2007 4:28 pm | ||
| birdny | Never a view Date Climbed: Jun 27, 1994 | |
| Climbed with my brother Bob in rain and wind. So windy at times we crawled. There were very limited views as we were in clouds and bad weather. Occasionally clouds would clear and you would see the clouds swirl around the "basin" between Basin and Haystack | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:20 am | ||
| MoapaPk | my birthday Date Climbed: Sep 20, 1970 | |
| First time was at age 16 (just). I went back many times, including once with my wife 10 years later, and during many Great Range traverses. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 10:06 pm | ||
| The edge | ADK #36 Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2005 | |
| start up with alain | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 6:24 pm | ||
| jvarholak | outstanding Date Climbed: Jun 25, 1972 | |
| life is good | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 3:40 am | ||
| nartreb | Great Range traverse attempt Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2006 | |
| Last peak for me in a very long day - the 1200ft rise to Marcy just looked too tiring after 13 hours of hiking. Haystack's open, windy summit was a good one to finish on; wish my camera had captured the weird green tinge of the rocks. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:00 pm | ||
| The Ogre | Haystack as part of Great Range traverse | |
| Tagged Haystack as part of a one-day solo Great Range traverse from the Garden. Perfect weather, perfect view of Marcy and the Great Range. One of the finest views in the East. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2006 4:52 pm | ||
| foreverwild | Misty Mountains | |
| Climbed at end of series starting from Ore Bed over Saddleback and Basin. Rain pelting me from Saddleback on. Beautiful day anyhow. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 8:57 pm | ||
| diverbiker | Route Climbed: Garden to Slant Rock and summit Date Climbed: December 23rd, 2005 | |
| Great day for a winter ascent with Mike F. on his 46th! Deep snow, cloud cover, low temps, and high winds made for a great adventure. This was my second ascent of this peak - my first was in 1993 and Haystack was my first ascent of any high peak in the ADK. Beautiful mountain. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2005 5:41 pm | ||
| Seth Maciejowski | Route Climbed: Range Trail Date Climbed: October 2000 | |
| Snowy fall day in october. We climbed from opalescent brook up to skylight and over marcy to Haystack then stayed at slant rock leanto in the valley. There was a lot of ice and snow making the going somewhat treacherous in spots. A great peak though with precipitous drops on all sides. Highly recommended. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2005 10:25 pm | ||
| fredsc | Route Climbed: Range Trail: Haystack-Basin-Saddleback Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| On a beautiful day, this mountain is an undistilled joy to climb. The Little Haystack/Haystack combination works well aestheically because whichever one you're on gives you a hawk's eye view of the other. Don't be daunted by the dropoff between the two; it only takes 20-25 minutes to negotiate; if you've come a far as Little Haystack you might as well go for the big one. Panther Gorge is positively vertiginous; it drops off clean out of sight; you may want to shout out in fear - I did! The shear, vertical cliffs between Panther Gorge and Phelps trail are incredible - they look like the walls of a giant quarry - be sure to check them out. Being on Haystack gives you the best view of Marcy and Skylight anywhere. But the best thing of all that Haystack gives you is several hundred feet of mountain above the treeline, a weird and otherworldly experience, which for me is the gold standard of hiking. The sole of my right hiking shoe became loose from the rest of the shoe during the approach up the Phelps Trail, making for a disconcerting flapping whenever I took a step. I considered tying it back together with a piece of rope, fearing I would get tripped up at some critical moment of rock scrambling, but ultimately just left it alone. I think the glue is drying out in my old boots. I'll just keep epoxying them back together. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 2:59 pm | ||
| woodstrider | Route Climbed: Phelps Trail Date Climbed: 8/24/96 and Feb 15, 99 | |
| Solo from The Garden side, both times | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2005 4:25 pm | ||
| hillman | Route Climbed: from the garden Date Climbed: 8-04 | |
| I love this peak. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2004 9:01 am | ||
| orandall | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: july 1992 | |
| First non-class1 trail peak - did it after Marcy - good times - until we took a wrong turn and accidentally did saddleback and basin too without water. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 2:14 pm | ||
| mikethehiker | Route Climbed: john brooks Date Climbed: may 2003 | |
| A very good 2 day-hike with few people and a lot of snow in late may | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2004 7:42 pm | ||
| climber46 | Route Climbed: ADK Range Trail; trail up the north side Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2001 | |
| In spite of the fact that it was getting late in the day, My friend and I continued our hike from Basin to Haystack because I told him I did not want to trek in from the Garden again just to get Haystack. So we plodded on, up a rocky trail, over little Haystack, and finally up the rest of Haystack, one of only a few ADK mountains that are truly above treeline. The views were outstanding but I ran out of film on Basin. We got back to the Garden over an hour after sunset. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2003 10:17 pm | ||
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