This section tends to be a bit wet and slippery in spots. We relaxed for a few minutes and enjoyed the incredible views, we had such great visibility. The flowed lands, in particular, are a stunning vista of serene mountains from a waters edge. ..." —, "Unbelievable hike, my third time was a charm! I always turn North from Utica through Old Forge and up to Saranac Lake / Lake Placid. Plenty of streams to get water. We would never have been able to do the entire hike as a day hike, but we are slow hikers. It’s defined as the vertical distance between a peak and the lowest contour line surrounding that peak and no higher peak. of 10 feet wide and 5 feet tall stands atop resulting from a Apologies for so many questions, I've always worked out of the Garden/Loj and don't know NY at all. with my permission. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Adirondacks community. The nearest 4000 peak to Mount Marcy, Skylight is the fourth highest peak in and as the name suggests is one of the best vantage points in the mountains. There are a few trailheads on this road, this on is at the end of the road. The climb remains steady and eventually you will come to Lake Tear of the Clouds. Long way down - much harder going back out then going in. Do you know where the trailhead or parking for this starts? See above for the remaining portion of the trail to the summit of Mount Skylight. Awesome. Also do you know which peaks I can access from there? Primary Trailhead: From Upper Works follow the trail to Flowed Lands and Lake Colden which isn’t all that demanding and can be accomplished relatively fast. The South approach from Upper Works is the easiest one Marcy as well from the top of the last cliff. Please see the Mount Marcy page on details on how to access the summit of Marcy. It's not 360 degree, but still very nice rewarding view. Mt. My cousin's Jesse and Jason and our friend Keith began at… I've never hiked from there, but you can. Enjoyed the report and photos. Elk Lake to Panther Gorge is a 17.2 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near North Hudson. Dogs are also able to use this trail. When we topped out, we were reminded of the sub zero temperatures as the wind was really blowing, and we took in the amazing scenery around us while looking for a good wind block (which we found). peakery features 1 photo of each peak - ideally one that: We'll select the best photo to feature. Did this on 9/4/2020 and it was a beautiful yet muddy hike. Short, steep and a great view from the top. The beginning of this day can be found on my Gray Peak log. Long day. The South approach from Upper Works is the easiest one to get there in one day. This is a very long trail which can easily be broken up into 2 days. Skylight is commonly done as a loop with either an approach or return over Mt. We set out to camp at the Up Hill Lean to. Otherwise if the high peaks aren't accessible from there, anyone recommend any interesting hikes/climbs/scrambles in the West/Southern Adks close to Syracuse? I actually found the views from Redfield to be quite nice, so not sure what people mean by the view not being good. I would be very interested in any of those -- Whiteface especially. Prominence is a popular metric for peaks for two reasons: 1) it’s objective and relatively easy to calculate, and 2) higher prominence peaks are more likely to be interesting with higher independence vs. peaks with lower prominence. - The Calamity Brook Trail is the southern approach to the central high peaks, it is relatively flat and passes by Flowed Lands. It took us about 5 and a half to get there. We started out at the Loj around 6:30 am and took our time through the floating bridges to Feldspar L2 and then onto Gray and the 4 corners to Sky and finally Marcy. We’ll review and let you know when it’s approved. Elevation. Experienced Hiker: Primary trail – 4.5 to 5.5 hours to summit, Upper Works to Four-Corners or over Mount Marcy, 18.0 miles over Marcy, 20.2 miles from Upper Works, 10 to 12 Hours over Mount Marcy, 11 to 13 hours from Upper Works.