Been wanting to do this one for a while! Going to be a great time !
What: 17.3 mile loop
Where: Adirondacks, NY
When: Sept 18,19,20. (Friday Saturday, Sunday)
Who: Anyone able to safely complete hike
Length: 2 nighter
Plan: Drive 14 hours after work and start hiking to a camp area, (might just be a big flat rock - not going to be tooooo picky after being awake for over 24 hours,. ) sleep, then wake up and start hiking again.
Oh yea: As usual, you are responsible for you on this trip. Sounds like some of the trail is really old game trail, so semi-expect to take one or two wrongways on this hike.
Directions TO TRAILHEAD: Take I-87 to exit 30 and head northwest on US 9. In 2.4 miles, continue northwest on NY 73 for 1.2 miles to the parking area. From Lake Placid, take NY 73 southeast for 26.2 miles to the pull-off
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Description: South of Lake Placid, this 17.3-mile loop tracks unmaintained trails and herd paths through lush forest to a peak-bagging route along an Adirondack
cirque. From an off-the-road parking lot, follow a herd path past several campsites and killer swimming holes before crossing the Bouquet River. Before the steeper climbing kicks in, you'll reach several group-size campsites.
Veering south up East Dix, the trail gets steeper, turning to cobbles and roots as it ascends the trickling headwaters of the Bouquet and then the East Dix slide, an open slab of blue-grey rock to the summit (where a single-tent campsite awaits). At the rocky summit, take in views of the entire Dix cirque then follow cairns along the rocky ridge to the South Dix summit.
From there, descend rocks and drop into a col on an optional 1.4-mile detour south to the summit of Macomb Mountain. Retrace to the South Dix col, and head north towards Hough Peak as you climb, descend, and scramble past ledge overlooks of Dix and Elk Lake. Hiking through a blow-down, you’ll climb steeply toward Dix Mountain. Take in 360-degree views, then hike down a steep, rooty (but marked) trail along the Dix slide, descending about 1,600 feet and following cairns and paint as you cross the slide.
At the bottom of the slide, the maintained trail descends gently through hardwood forest, eventually crossing the Bouquet to a lean-to (one of three in the Dix Wilderness), and continuing another 4.2 miles back to Route 73.
Whos going:
- Wrongway_08 & Erwin the dog (if allowed on this trail)