Take the second left onto Chimney Hill Rd. In 1991, S-K-I Ltd., owners of nearby Mount Snow, leased, and then purchased Haystack, and soon began promoting the two ski areas as one. Please alert us if there is any inaccurate information here. For example, theAconcagua mountain page has the 'Aconcagua Group' and the 'Seven Summits' asparents and is a parent itself to many routes, photos, and Trip Reports. It is possible to combine this with an attempt on Marcy itself, but that makes for a long day and the approach from Panther Gorge is even steeper than that from the north. Large and imposing it does look like a giant Haystack. Follow, like and subscribe to adirondack.net on social media. For example, the Buy a map, read it, plan, and prepare. Parents refers to a larger category under which an object falls. The most frequent approach of Haystack as the main goal is to follow the Johns Brook Trail from the popular Garden parking area in Keene Valley to the Phelps Trail and then use Shorey's Short Cut to get over to the Range Trail. From Basin it is a very steep drop to the Shorey Shortcut Trail and an even steeper and longer climb up toward Haystack. Follow to the end at the hiker parking area, where there is a fee to use the lot. If the parking lot is full, you will have to park in Keene Valley and walk the 1.5 miles along the road or park before Keene Valley at Marcy Field (coming from Keene it will be on the right, shortly before you pass the Mountaineer) and take a shuttle from there to the Garden. Mount Haystack : SummitPost.org : Climbing, hiking, mountaineering. Same as for all Adirondack mountians.1) No Camping above 4,000 feet2) No camping withing 150 feet of a stream or other water source except at a designated campsite.3) No soap or washing withing 150 feet of water4) Pack it in Pack it out is the rule for garbage5) Only dead and down wood can be used for fires and set in a proper fire pit. Its bald summit offers incredible views of the Adirondacks. Round Trip Distance: 17.8 miles, Loop with Basin and Saddleback, 18.6 miles, the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. wish i had a photo for the view.... "Bratlett" is a misspelling of Bartlett Ridge. Continue straight past Johns Brook Lodge and head toward Bushnell Falls. The average trip length is 17.8 miles and will take experienced hikers roughly 12 hours to complete. After following the Range Trail over the summit of Basin, (4.5 miles of hiking from the DEC Outpost), turn left at the base of the summit rocks and descend gradually until you reach the top of a ledge nearly 2 miles after Basin’s summit. You will continue down steeply on the range trail past a designated campsite (at 2.4 miles from Basin’s summit) and then begin climbing to the intersection with the trail heading left to Haystack. Little Haystack (left) and Mount Haystack (center), from Mount Marcy, Location of Mount Haystack within New York, U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Haystack, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Haystack&oldid=953236656, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 April 2020, at 10:49. One of the most famous elements of Haystack is the infamous "Devil's Half Mile". Mount Haystack trail map; Hike Features Summit. Phelps was said to at first call this peak a 'great stack of rock' but despite that he then decided to call it Haystack and the name has stuck ever since.When one see the mountain one will know why it is called Haystack. Sign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more…, © 2020 Pure Adirondacks. Der höchste Berg der vielfach bewaldeten Gneis- und Granitkämme der Adirondack Mountains ist der Mount Marcy mit 1626 m), nach anderen Angaben auch 1629 m. Weitere Berge sind der Mount Haystack (1498 m) und der Mount Skylight (1495 m). Haystack is one of the most demanding hikes of the 46 High Peaks due to its rugged terrain and hiking distance. --RCB, Routes Its appearance is not like the other High Peaks in the Adirondacks.