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| Steger | summer hike  | |
| The real start of my addiction to hiking. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2008 6:10 pm | ||
| kid4life2 | My First 46 Date Climbed: Jul 22, 1984 | |
| My father was half way through climbing all 46 when he decided to drag me along this time and I was hooked. ADK 46er #2188. THX DAD. | ||
| Posted Feb 3, 2008 10:49 am | ||
| MattGreene | Ice Palace | |
| Loved the ice palace at the top. The summit lodge was totally deserted, and completely covered in rime ice. It was surreal, like something out of a fantasy. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 10:29 pm | ||
| EastcoastMike | Canoe | |
| Have done Whiteface several times, most notable time was canoing to from a friends house on Lake Placid and hiking it then canoing back, long day! | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2007 10:45 pm | ||
| Brian Pierz | My Buddy's 46th Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007 | |
| Took the trail from Connery Pond to Whiteface Landing, then on up. About halfway we bushwhacked to the top of the brook, and hiked/climbed the slide all the way up. It was tough in spot due to wet rocks, and my advice is to stay to the left when it looks like there are two slides. The headwall was intimidating, but our fearless leader took his 46th in style, right over the front of it, leaving me down below shaking in my boots. If you go to the right it's not too bad, but not easy either. Sherpa Chris and Sarah joined in, and as is custom, we celebrated with UBU ales at the LPPB. This was #14 for me. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2007 12:06 pm | ||
| argothor | Whiteface Date Climbed: Aug 17, 1971 | |
| Did this one with my parents and brother when I was 13 years old. Don't remember much about it, except on the hike down my Mom was thinking the best way down would have been to roll down! | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2007 4:58 pm | ||
| tioga | Climbed it Now Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2010 | |
| Revamped my post from stating that I drove to the top in 2002. Now I have actually climbed it via the Wilmington Trail from the Science Center. The top was pretty fogged over, but there were some slight views to Esther Peak, but nothing toward Lake Placid. Also, a very hot day. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 10:31 pm | ||
| CookieMonster | Paddle and Climb Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2001 | |
| Took the family canoe from Paradox Bay on Lake Placid. Foggy morning and COLD (for August) on the trail. Fearing hypothermia, the only reason that I kept going was because the structures on top were closer. Continued to Esther. The clouds broke on the way back from Esther, making for nice view from Whiteface on the return. Sunny skies for the paddle back. Whiteface sure looks impressive from the North end of Lake Placid. I admit that we cheated and took the elevator back up from Esther. Lame. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2007 12:26 am | ||
| birdny | ok Date Climbed: Jul 30, 1994 | |
| Well it is nice especially for family but theres a building and road on top. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:25 am | ||
| starship_jen | Wilmington & Auto Road Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2007 | |
| Tough hike in DEEP snow!! Took longer than expected, but we made it to the top and I snowshoed down the auto road while the others skied down. Cleared off enough for great views from the top. Windy and cold! Thanks Paul & Rick!! : ) | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2007 2:06 pm | ||
| The edge | ADK #5 Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2004 | |
| solo !! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2007 4:43 pm | ||
| rasgoat | Woohoooo!!!! Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2007 | |
| Wow, I love this mountain! Almost didn't make it after breaking trail in knee to waist deep snow for five hours... We turned around about 1 mile from the summit and right then, the dudes from the lean-to came up and started to break trail! it was awesome. at this point we turned back around and made it! thanks to the dudes in the lean-to! Took seven hours to summit to go four miles! climbed from the south from the Whiteface Landing on Lake Placid, awesome trail but seldom used. Temps on summit were 5 degrees with about 30 mph winds -20 wind chill My fifth winter summit! The Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:53 pm | ||
| The Ogre | Ice and snow Date Climbed: Nov 18, 2006 | |
| Great hike from Atmostpheric Research Center with Dave Ryan, up Whiteface and tagged Esther on the way back. No tourists, just us and a couple other groups of hikers. Took the trail all the way up; took the stairs and road loop back to the trail on the descent. | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2007 5:08 pm | ||
| jvarholak | share the summit Date Climbed: Jun 26, 1972 | |
| grab a slab of granite....stay awhile....noone goes there anymore, it's too crowded (thanks yogi) | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 3:43 am | ||
| lalpinist | Soaker Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2006 | |
| 50 degrees and pouring rain in the AM. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2006 8:00 pm | ||
| Jerry L | From Wilmington Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2006 | |
| Climbed this one in a snow and wind storm. You could barely keep your footing due to the high winds (Mount Washington recorded wind gusts over 150 mph that day). That night as I relaxed in my RV, two trees came crashing down on it and did significant damage. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2006 12:50 pm | ||
| rematore | Whiteface Mt. | |
| We made it, but we couldn't see anything at the top; it was too foggy. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2006 6:42 am | ||
| danny-boy | Willmington trail in the snow Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2003 | |
| Could hardly find the trail for the fresh snow and white trail markers on the trees. Great and tough hike on snowshoes | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2006 1:42 am | ||
| Koonsy | Connery pond and brook slide Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2006 | |
| Started out at route 86 and had to hike to the connery pond trail then bushwhacked to brook slide to summit. descended connery pond trail from summit, it was poorly marked but a good trail.fun hike | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2006 3:17 am | ||
| royswkr | From Wilmington res, what a trip Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2003 | |
| Walked last part with retired ranger Pete Fish who was doing trailwork, walked down to parking lot and rode an elevator to a summit for the first time My last peak for NE P2k | ||
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 11:19 pm | ||
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