Hike to Etown4 and Near Lower Wolfjaw
May 2007
117k
Route to Elizabethtown No 4 via herdpath and trailless climbing
207k
Rooster comb and nearly to Lower Wolfjaw
812k
It starts to sprinkle at the trailhead
709k
easy stream crossing
480k
Shoe box falls
412k
the beavers have been busy
204k
reaching views
216k
climbing on open rock
256k
we pose
132k
view from the top
447k
hiding from the wind
391k
hiding in a crevice
329k
we must descend
374k
patches of blue
146k
and the sun peeks out
300k
nearly back to Shoe Box
366k
checking out the hole at the bottom of the falls
621k
filtering water
587k
dinner time
505k
camp survives a rainy night
354k
no stream crossing today
439k
turning up the trail toward Rooster comb
241k
where we catch only the vaguest glimpse of Lower Wolfjaw
634k
very near the summit, the trail is ice covered, and in pouring rain without ice gear, we turn back
543k
lots more snow and water
585k
but the forest remains beautiful
561k
no longer an easy crossing
411k
Shoe box falls roars
253k
we pack our soaked gear into the jeep for an early return home
Panoramics created with the aid of autostitch
Maps based upon USGS maps made available by NYS GIS Clearinghouse, Digital Raster Quadrangles with routes drawn using Forerunner 205 GPS data.