Table of Contents

Abstract iii
Preface iii
Introduction to the Adirondacks v

Keene Valley
KV01: Snow and Rooster Comb 9
KV02: Snow 10
KV03: Rooster Comb 10
KV04: Baxter Mountain 11
KV05: Big Slide via The Brothers 13
KV06: The Brothers 15
KV07: Big Slide 15
KV08: Lower Great Range and Orebed 16
KV09: Lower Great Range via Slide 20

Saint Huberts
SH01: Round and Noonmark Loop 25
SH02: Round Mountain 27
SH03: Noonmark Mountain 27
SH04: Dial, Nippletop, Colvin and Indian Head 28
SH05: Noonmark Shoulder 31
SH06: Dial 31
SH07: Nippletop 32
SH08: Colvin 32
SH09: Indian Head 33

North Elba
NE01: Cascade and Porter 34
NE02: Cascade 35 NE03: Pitchoff and the Balanced Rocks 36
NE04: The Balanced Rocks 37
NE05: Colden and Avalanche Lake from South Meadow 38
NE06: Colden from South Meadow 41
NE07: Marcy and Avalanche Lake from South Meadow 42
NE08: Marcy from South Meadow 47

Coreys
CO01: Ampersand 48

Lake Colden
LC01: To Lake Colden from Upper Works 50
LC02: Skylight, Panther Gorge, Haystack and Marcy from Lake Colden 53
LC03: Marcy from Lake Colden 56
LC04: Marcy and Skylight 57
LC05: Wright, Algonquin and Iroquois 58
LC06: Algonquin Loop from Lake Colden 61
LC07: Algonquin from Lake Colden 61

Giant Wilderness
GW01: Bald Peak, Rocky Peak Ridge and Giant 63
GW02: Bald Peak 68
GW03: Rocky Peak Ridge from New Russia 69
GW04: Bald, Rocky Peak Ridge and Giant, no loop 69
GW05: Giant from Route 73 70
GW06: Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge from Route 73 70
GW07: Owl Head Lookout, Rocky Peak Ridge and Giant 71
GW08: Owl Head Lookout 75
GW09: Giant from Route 9N 76

Whiteface
WF01: Whiteface via Lake Placid 77

Dix Wilderness
DW01: Dix via Round Pond 80
DW02: Macomb and Dix from Elk Lake 83
DW03: Macomb via Slide Brook 87
DW04: Dix from Elk Lake 87
DW05: Elizabethtown Number 4 88
DW06: Shoe Box Falls 91
DW07: Trail-less Dix via the Boquet Rivers: to Inner Camp 92
DW08: Trail-less Dix Loop from Inner Camp 94

Upper Works
UW01: MacNaughton and Indian Pass 98
UW02 Indian Pass 101
UW03 MacNaughton from Upper Works 101

Hurricane Wilderness
HW01: Hurricane Mountain 102

Jay Wilderness
JW01: Jay Wilderness 104

Bibliography and References 107
Index 108
Summary Table of Hikes on Trails (hikes under 9 miles) 110
Summary Table of Hikes on Trails (hikes between 9 and 15 miles) 111
Summary Table of Hikes on Trails (hikes over 15 miles) 112
Summary Table of Routes that are Trail-less or have a Trail-less Component 113