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| 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 | ||
| fredsc | Route Climbed: Range Trail Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| This peak has some astonishing views of the Gothics and Keene Valley. I hiked it by myself and, when I first was unable to scale the western cliffs, started to freak out knowing that a retreat would mean doubling back over Basin, a bad thing as the day was getting late. Fortunately I found a way up the shear rock face, although I was scared! The dip between the two summits looks pretty serious but is really not bad at all in difficulty. I think an additional ladder or two would increase the safety of the western approach. | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 2:41 pm | ||
| diverbiker | Route Climbed: Garden, SSC, Basin, up Saddlebback Date Climbed: 25 March 2005 | |
| After climbing Basin (my 46th), Mike F. and I headed for Saddleback - short trip but spooky scramble up the ~100 or so foot rock face. Great weather and views from both Basin and Saddleback... one of the best trip I've ever had in the ADK! | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 6:27 pm | ||
| Bill Jirousek | Date Climbed: Sometime in the 90's | |
| This was a tough one in full pack in the rain. I remember being on the steep section and seeing nothing but clouds above and below me. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2004 3:34 pm | ||
| orandall | Route Climbed: trail from west side Date Climbed: july 1992 | |
| last peak which we did by accident after marcy/haystack and basin in one day without enough water- first introduction to scrambling - scared me a bit but looking back - glad I did it. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 2:18 pm | ||
| Brian Pierz | Route Climbed: Range Trail from Basin Date Climbed: July 21, 2004 | |
| Hiked to Saddleback for Number Eight with the brother and sister after hitting Basin. This is a fun climb, although quite steep and a tad nerve-wracking at times. Some nice scrambles. I wanted to do Gothics real bad, but time ran out for us. There's always next time. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2004 1:13 pm | ||
| hillman | Route Climbed: southside trail from garden Date Climbed: september 13 2003 | |
| Round trip in 6 hours. Great view of the cliff on big slide. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2003 9:29 pm | ||
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