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| foreverwild | From nonstandard side  | |
| Climbed from nostandard side coming up the steep boulders from Lake Placid direction. Long 18ish mile day if I remember right solo + Dog, descended via Willmington train, skipped Ester for the time being due to the puppy. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2006 9:36 pm | ||
| locationA_D_D85 | First DAK hike | |
| This was my first DAK hike_ i did it with school group before school started_ good experience gave me a feel for what the Daks had to offer_ i took the Wilmington trail_ took most of the day_the firs part of the trail was the worst_hiking up a steep rocky stream_ good hike but would have been better without the slow hikers_ | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2006 6:01 pm | ||
| IceRavines | Route Climbed: Not quite sure as of date Date Climbed: March2003 | |
| Awsome hike w/climbing gear on my back... started on a trail and ended up midway of the slide itself..after navigating 2 smaller hills, I followed the slide up which seemed fairly vertical and had some awsome views. Climed over the stone wall and found myself at the concessions and then finished off at the top .Great views but couldnt figure where I lost the trail. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2006 10:06 am | ||
| ZoneOne | Route Climbed: The Road Date Climbed: July 29, 2005 | |
| After Climbing Mt. Jo, we drove up to see what the view would be like. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2005 2:08 am | ||
| Seth Maciejowski | Route Climbed: Meteorological station trail Date Climbed: October 2003 | |
| A long hike which eventually gets you to the road just below the summit. The east ridge was really icy so we opted to walk up the road to the handrail line on the west ridge. Very nice snowy exposure took us to the top. Skiers were skiing the upper mile of the auto road. Looked like fun! We went up esther on the way down. A nice little side trip and a great day in the mountains. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2005 10:39 pm | ||
| evilproofer | Route Climbed: Connery Pond/Lake Placid Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| My first Adirondack and my first 3000+ vertical...I basically pulled into Wilmington and asked Tourist Info, "How do I climb THAT?" After hours of slogging away in the wilderness, I was such an ignoramus that I had no idea I would be greeted at the top by driving tourists sitting in folding chairs chewing on jerky. They truly thought I had nine heads when I appeared trudging to the summit. Got offered a ride down. Fear not: I declined. A very proud day for me on the mountain that started my obsession. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 9:32 pm | ||
| James_W | Route Climbed: Via double black diamond ski runs Date Climbed: September, 2004 | |
| Long slog up this great peak. Fantastic views of fall everywhere. Hoping to ascend via slides ski trail next time. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2005 1:55 pm | ||
| woodstrider | Route Climbed: From Atmospheric Reseach Center, both Date Climbed: 11/30/96 and Dec 25, 98 | |
| Beautiful weather. Both times winter like conditions. In Nov. we walked down the road. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2005 4:27 pm | ||
| SMILLER | Route Climbed: WILMINGTON RESEVOIR TRAIL Date Climbed: OCTOBER 9,2004 | |
| NICE HIKE-TRAIL NEEDS WORK, LOT'S OF DOWNED TREES ACROSS TRAIL-NICE VIEWS FROM THE SUMMIT. ALWAYS THE MOUNTAINS | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2004 2:31 pm | ||
| Bill Jirousek | Route Climbed: A trail Date Climbed: Sometime in the 90's | |
| I did this one during buggy season one year with the Boy Scouts. We were spread out along the trail but I could tell where everyone was by the clouds of black flies hovering above certain sections of trail. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2004 3:17 pm | ||
| avidwanderer | Route Climbed: Not the road Date Climbed: August 2002 | |
| Not sure what route I climbed, I was following a more experienced guy whose whiteface summit was his last for 46! There were women in bikinis on top!! (I think they took the elevator...) | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2004 7:39 am | ||
| mikethehiker | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: september 2004 | |
| Very nice hike, it demands a constant effort and a lot of water, but the view on the summit is superb on a clear day... well if you don't look at the tons of people coming by car. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2004 9:27 pm | ||
| kevsmith | Route Climbed: Wilmington Trail from the reservoir Date Climbed: July 10, 2004 | |
| Warm day, consumed a lot of water. The hike in from the reservoir is moderate, recommend grabbing Esther on the way. One of my favorite parts was the wall along the highway, and the final tenths of a mile to the summit are suspenseful. The top was swarmed, 50 people or so, high tourist area, most drove of course. Still the views on Lake Placid and the High Peaks in the distance are well worth it. I descended the longer way to Connery Pond, for a different experience. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2004 11:15 am | ||
| redcell6613 | Date Climbed: October 2003 | |
| Too many people | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2004 8:36 pm | ||
| hillman | Route Climbed: from the res Date Climbed: 5-29 | |
| Wierd to have throngs of tourists eating packed lunches. They couldn't figure out why someone would hike that mountain... | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2004 2:43 pm | ||
| grandwazoo | Route Climbed: Ski Center Date Climbed: 1980 | |
| Spent sometime up there after the Olympics. | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2003 7:18 am | ||
| mt10climber | Route Climbed: Right up the from the ski center Date Climbed: 07/03/03 | |
| Climbed from the ski lodge up bike paths. found summit trail behind the highest ski lift. Fun trail with the ropes and all. Clear skies, great veiws. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2003 11:49 am | ||
| climber46 | Route Climbed: Old Marble Mtn Ski Area Approach/Wilmington Trail Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2000 | |
| I am proud to say that I have never reached Whiteface's summit by car or chairlift. I have only hoofed it to the top to the 'amazement' of the tourists at the top. This hike had many great views and was a worthwhile hike. I definitely recommend the Marble Mtn approach as it shortens the approach to the mountains by almost one mile. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2003 7:58 pm | ||
| JScoles | Route Climbed: Weather Station Trail from the East Date Climbed: March 16 2002 | |
| My partner and I left our car at about 08:30 in the morning in a drizzle that developed into an ice fog once we got above 1000m. The trail was solid and not too icy and there was only the occasional post-holing and it was quite mild out perhaps –1~5c. After about two hours of we were at the junction with the memorial highway and the wind was blowing at about 60kph, and we were in low-level cloud. We also met two other climbers who had come up the highway. They were sitting in the full force wind having lunch and obviously feeling its ill effects as one of them was shivering and they were debating on weather they should go any further. We directed them to a site a few meters to the left of the highway were it was out of the wind and actually quite sunny and after a few cups of hot coffee they warmed up and followed us up to the top. As soon as we go onto the East Ridge we were above the clouds and had a great summit push with the wind blowing, the sun shining and the occasional wispy cloud streaming by. The ridge was icy in spots but crampons were not really necessary and we topped out in glorious sunshine in only a few minutes, followed closely by the other party. Whiteface was the only high peak to be fully in the clear that day and we looked out on a beautiful sea of white clouds with Marcy and Algonquin occasionally poking though. After a quick lunch headed down and with a side trip up to Ester we were back at our car at 19:00 on the dot. One of the better winter assents I have ever had in the Dacks and the first time I climbed this peak from the east. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2002 10:21 am | ||
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