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William Marler - Apr 22, 2003 7:17 am
Route Climbed: Regular trail from Marcy Dam Date Climbed: 01/06/2001-18/04/200318/04/2003 3 hours 20 minuites to the summit was a good time due to the excellent conditions of the trails. Trail was solid in the early morning and we zipped right up. On the lower sections still very sloppy and some ice in the shady sections in the afternoon. Excellent weather. One of many summits here. I was wondering where everyone was. Very low traffic for such a great day in April. This is an excellent conditioning hike and for those of us in Eastern Canada easy to reach in one day.
01/06/2001 3 hours 30 minuites to the summit was a good time due to the sloppy conditions of the trails.
Martin Cash - Mar 10, 2003 11:52 am
Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: Summer of 1991Hiked up to the top of Marcy while on summer vacation in high school. Nice views.
linglet - Sep 21, 2002 9:16 pm
Route Climbed: Van Hoevenberg Trail Date Climbed: LingletWhat about it!!! For a first i pick a good one. I was'nt mentally prepared to go in that kind of situation. Let me put it that way, since i'm from Montreal and the only summit i've done before was the Mount-Royal (that is soooooooooooooooo easy), i can say this.... Wow!!!!!
In fact i've just return from it. I can say one thing... damn it feel's good to be home with the feets on the ground!!!! ;)
But i got a say it... I like it a lot!!! For a first, i got it all....
Sun, clouds, winds and heavy rain to go back. But tonight the only thing i'm gonna dream about.... Rocks!!!!!
I don't wanna see one more for a month!!!! grrrrr ;)
Summit reach on September 21 in a little bit more than 4hours at 26 years old.
skiing311 - Sep 6, 2002 8:15 am
Route Climbed: Van Hoevenberg Route Date Climbed: July 3, 2002It was an extremely hot, humid, and buggy day. It was miserable. Our stay at the top was only a few minutes due to the heat and bugs. Nevertheless, the view is great, but the hike is quite long with very few opportunities for views along the way.
mpyle - Aug 10, 2002 2:51 pm
Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 1995Nice hike. Strange to be above the treeline where the air is thick (elev < 5000').
tlogan - May 26, 2002 4:02 pm
Route Climbed: Van Hovenberg Date Climbed: May 1993This was my first true experience on a mountain of any size and proved to be a fantastic introduction.. and a great place to put into practice all that I had picked up playing in the La Cloche range in Killarney provincial park. The hike took my friend Adam and I about 2 hours and 20 minutes... the only people on that day who were quicker was a group of triathletes in training.
It was wonderful when the mountain finally came into out sights. Thoroughly enjoyed the view from the summit and had a fantastic 3 hour nap on some terrifically spongy moss. Great mountain... the mighty cloud splitter!
GuitarWIzard - Mar 21, 2002 9:39 pm
Route Climbed: Van Hovenburg Date Climbed: May, 2001Van Hovenburg....the trail that never seems to end. This was my first non-White Mountain climb, and it didn't seem nearly as rugged. This was my brother's (see MacRaider4's log) first climb up a mountain, and really wasn't in very good shape. However, we plodded along at his pace, and we made it to the summit in about 6 hours. Since it was mid May, the summit was a little chilly, and we ate some half frozen Clif bars and Power bars and sat behind the summit "rock" which formed a wall blocking the 30-40 mph winds. The views were impressive, and being my brothers' first jaunt above treeline, he was having a good time even though he was in quite a bit of pain. Unfortunately, my waterproof boots didn't seem to be waterproof anymore, and some of the stream crossings proved to be rather annoying....particularly the last one on the descent before Marcy dam. Got my feet absolutely soaked after plunging both feet into the river, and had to walk the 2 1/2 miles back to the car with the freezing water sloshing around in my boots. The walking pace picked up a little at that point :).
Not a bad little mountain, although at nearly 15 miles, I'd probably rather hike another 3-5 miles and do a Presidential traverse in the Whites...
MacRaider4 - Mar 21, 2002 8:23 pm
Route Climbed: from the adirondack lodge Date Climbed: May 2001This was my first expirence climbing a mountain that reached above tree line. The climb started off easy as the tail to Marcy Damn is pretty flat and relatively nice scenery (though the bridges and boards kinds threw me for a loop, didn't expect them). 30 min or so past the damn we hit snow, it wasn't very deep, roughly 2 - 3 feet in some areas and was packed somewhat well. My brother didn't have too much trouble on the trail but it seemed to me like I was post holeing every 4 or 5 steps and it was getting very aggravating and tireing. When we finally got to the point where we could see the summit I was very tired but happy (I was getting to the point of wanting to turn around as my hip flexors were killing me due to the post holeing). We finally reached the summit 6 or 7 hours after we left and I finally had a chance to rest, and god did it feel good to sit down and enjoy my power bar. The hike down was more post holeing but went a lot faster though it did feel like it took forever.
I want to hit this one again, but this time in the summer when there is no snow. The 14 or so mile round trip in one day isn't too bad, good character building exercise...
mtboy417 - Dec 16, 2001 12:24 pm
Route Climbed: From South Meadow Date Climbed: May 93we climbed it in two days, and spent the night at Indian Falls (when camping was still allowed there). Beautiful view, but crowded.