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| Narendra | Saddleback  | |
| Nice little scramble | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2008 11:03 am | ||
| sskeep | Saddleback Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Had great day climbing Mt Marcy, Haystack, Saddleback, Basin with Scott and Pat. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2008 9:28 pm | ||
| Tahawus | Saddleback Mountain Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Haystack and Basin via the Range Trail from the Garden. After traversing over Basin, we had a little difficulty ascending the Class 3 slabs below Saddleback's summit block, but otherwise had little trouble. After we began our descent into John's Brook Valley it began to rain, at times heavely, but things cleared up after about a hour. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 5:28 pm | ||
| Sam Page | Steep "trail" Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008 | |
| This was part of an 18+ mile loop that included Upper Wolf Jaw, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback, and Basin. The descent toward Basin is alarmingly steep and exposed, considering that it is a trail. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 11:29 am | ||
| MoapaPk | many times, range traverse Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1971 | |
| Always between here and there. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2008 1:12 am | ||
| MattGreene | Frostbite Prevention | |
| My pal Tony and I had a snack out of the wind, then headed into a 60-mph gale for our descent. Almost instantly, we each noticed the other's face turning white. We cowered behind the closest rock, threw on our face masks, and made it down unscathed, but respecting the mountain even more. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 10:08 pm | ||
| starship_jen | From the Garden Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| The last of a 3 peak string with Paul. Intimidating rock "climb" to get to the summit. I appreciated Paul's help with this one. Headed back to the garden after a long day of hiking. Good trip! 14/46. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2007 10:07 pm | ||
| EastcoastMike | En Route to Haystack Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| Climbed en route to Haystack. Nice open rock section before on the way to Basin! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2007 10:10 pm | ||
| Florida Frank | Range traverse Date Climbed: Jul 21, 1977 | |
| Got hit by a big thunderstorm trying to get off the top. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2007 6:53 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | Great Times | |
| Nice hike with my Philmont crew. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 3:25 pm | ||
| birdny | Nice Date Climbed: Jun 4, 1994 | |
| Climbed with brothers Bob and Mike. Awesome hike and views. the trail down over to Basin was a drop and a half but was awesome!! | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2007 9:38 am | ||
| The edge | ADK #38 Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2005 | |
| almost done... | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 6:26 pm | ||
| lalpinist | Packed Date Climbed: Feb 24, 2007 | |
| This trail is well-packed. Even though this area did not get the snow that the more western and southern peaks saw, there were lots of people on trail today as word was out that it was one of the few that had been broken since the snow. The trail from the peak of Saddleback to Basin is blown clean, however, and there is a lot of exposed ice and rock. Crampons minimum. Belay is recommended for the stretch near the top. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2007 9:27 pm | ||
| mancopa | From The Garden | |
| Started at the Garden and hit this summit, then spent the night at Ore Bed Leanto. Lots of fun. Great views. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2007 12:31 am | ||
| danny-boy | Verglace Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2004 | |
| We were pretty tired from summiting Basin and then the haul up from the Basin-Saddleback col. The way up the west trail had patched that were very steep and icey. The 'trail' below the summit was pretty much a low-grade ice climb. We had a lot of fun, but were relieved to find ourselves at the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2006 12:50 am | ||
| nartreb | Great Range traverse attempt Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| We took a long break on the windy summit ledge, and I tried to "bend the map" to convince myself we were already on Basin, as it started to sink in that the Great Range Traverse is a lot steeper than the Presidential Traverse. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:08 pm | ||
| rasgoat | great loop | |
| camped near johns brook lodge to saddleback basin and back. another one i did in reverse. thats all right, i'll have to go back! | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2006 11:08 pm | ||
| The Ogre | Saddleback Cliffs as part of Great Range Traverse | |
| From the Garden, one day traverse of Marcy/Haystack/Basin/Saddleback/Gothics/Armstrong/UWJ. The "Saddleback Cliffs" (west side hiking trail) is definitely the hardest 200' of "trail" in the Adirondacks. I haven't done all 46 yet, but that seems to be the consensus, and after climbing it, I believe it. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 5:06 am | ||
| foreverwild | Long Rainy Day | |
| Steep beginning to a long rainy day with basin and haystack to go. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 9:31 pm | ||
| woodstrider | Route Climbed: Range Trail and down The Orebed Tr. back to camp Date Climbed: 5/25/96 | |
| The last peak of a 5 peak day. We were bushed, but satisfied. The true summit is the one closer to Basin. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 3:49 pm | ||
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